Sonny Strait is an American voice actor, ADR director, and writer at Funimation, known for his work on a number of English versions of Japanese anime series and as an illustrator for the independently published comic book series '' Elfquest.''

Career

Strait began voicing

Krillin (known as Kuririn in Funimation's English subtitles and Viz Media's release of the manga, and Kulilin in Japanese merchandise English translations) is a fictional character in the ''Dragon Ball'' manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is in ...

in the English dub version of

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for Funimation in 1999. He has since consistently voiced the kid, teen and adult incarnations of Krillin in every anime series produced to date (''

'', '' Z'', '' GT'', '' Kai'' and ''

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'') and numerous of animated movies and video game adaptations, as well as other characters such as Bardock. Besides voicing Krillin in ''Dragon Ball'', Strait has worked on many popular animated characters including Usopp in '' One Piece'',

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in '' Fullmetal Alchemist'', and

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’s laid back, robot host '' Toonami'' TOM, until the T.I.E., ''The Intruder'', when he was replaced by Steve Blum. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''

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'', and '' Lupin the Third''. As a comic book artist, Strait has 17 published works to date. Strait's self-published debut work, ''Mr. Average'', was featured in The Comics Journal and Elfquest. In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called ''We Shadows'', was published by Tokyopop and was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel in 2008. The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines including Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Play and Anime Insider. In 2009, Strait voiced the titular character in the Xbox game ''

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''. Strait is also a voice actor in the anime ''

Black Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since February 2015, with its chapters collected in 33 ''tankōbon'' volumes ...

'' as King Clover.

Personal life

Strait has been married three times. He married Davina Lynn Copsy on June 26, 1986. They divorced on April 7, 1992. On June 20, 1992, Strait married Alicia Lang Leath. Strait's second marriage ended in divorce on November 15, 1995. In 2002, Strait married his third wife, Gayla Jackson. Strait is the stepfather of Gayla's children: Savannah and James.

Dubbing roles

Anime

Film

Video games

Comics

* ''The Atomic Punk'' * ''B-Side Beat'' * ''Car Bombs'' (Web Comic) * ''Darwin's'' * ''ElfQuest: In All But Blood'' * ''ElfQuest: Wolfshadow'' * ''Goth Metal Gods'' * ''Jack'' * ''Mr. Average'' * ''Muff Dyver and the Sex Gophers from Hell'' * ''We Shadows'' * ''ElfQuest: The Final Quest'' (color artist) * ''ElfQuest: Stargazer's Hunt'' (comic artist)

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strait, Sonny 1965 births Living people American male video game actors American male voice actors American comics writers American comics artists American voice directors People from Kaufman, Texas Mesquite High School (Texas) alumni