Quinton Flynn is an American voice actor and comedian, who has provided the English voices of video game characters such as Raiden in the ''

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'' series, Marcus Damon in ''

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'',

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and Axel in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series.

Early life

Quinton Flynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the

Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the ...

and

Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in ...

Career

Flynn began his career in 1992, his first acting credit was the character Jonathan Willis Internal Monologe in the television film '' Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted''. He also worked in sketch comedy, such as portraying

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

on '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!''. He reprised the role again in the

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, ''

My Dinner with Jimi ''My Dinner with Jimi'' is a 2003 comedy film written by Howard Kaylan, dealing with events in 1966-67 which led up to the night in 1967 when the Turtles encountered the Beatles and Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix in London, England. The film ...

''. As a

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

, he has provided many character voices in animated films, television shows, anime and video games. He is a frequently recurring actor in the ''

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'' video game series. He later became the voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series starting in 2010, he continued to voice the character for seven more years until 2017 when he was replaced by

Bryce Papenbrook Bryce Austin Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor and martial artist who has done voice work for Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, Animaze, Studiopolis and Scoffer Studios. He has voiced in several ani ...

. Flynn also provided the voice of Reno in '' Final Fantasy VII'' and its sequels and prequels, and Henry in '' No More Heroes.'' He is also best known for providing the voices of Raiden in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' video game series and

and Axel in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. He played the role of Kael'thas Sunstrider in ''

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'' and '' World of Warcraft''; his lines in the latter were replaced in 2021. In television, he voiced

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in Disney's '' Timon & Pumbaa'', replacing

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after he voiced the character for 10 episodes. Flynn also provided the voice of Mickey Mouse in the ''

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'' episode "Minnie Takes Care of Pluto". Additionally, he voiced many other characters in '' All Grown Up!'', ''

The Angry Beavers ''The Angry Beavers'' is an American animated television series created by Mitch Schauer for Nickelodeon. The series revolves around Norbert and Daggett Beaver, two young beaver brothers who have moved out of their parents' home to become bache ...

'', '' As Told by Ginger'', ''

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'', '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', ''

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'', '' Dave the Barbarian'', '' Fantastic Four'', ''

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'', '' Generator Rex'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Mad'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Robot Chicken'', ''

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'', '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In anime, he voiced Iruka Umino in ''

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'', '' Naruto: Shippuden'' and '' The Last: Naruto the Movie''. He also voiced characters such as Shingo Shoji for the Tokyopop dub of the '' Initial D'' series, Marcus Damon in ''

'',

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in ''

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'', Raiden in the English dub of ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee'', Carl and McCoy in ''

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'', Kon in '' Bleach'' series and Dr. Riddles in ''

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''.

Filmography

Animation

* '' All Grown Up!'' – Kid #3, Funny Hair Man (Ep. 9) * ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American animated comedy musical television series created by Tom Ruegger for Fox Broadcasting Company's Fox Kids block in 1993, before moving to The WB in 1995, as part of its Kids' WB afternoon programming block, until ...

'' – Joey, and Ross * ''

'' – Rusty, Singer * '' As Told by Ginger'' – George Magrority * ''

'' – Tycho (Ep. 35) * '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' – Malekith the Accursed * ''

'' – Beaver #1, Man * '' Dave the Barbarian'' – King, Cute Backstreet Minstrel * '' Fantastic Four'' – Human Torch/Johnny Storm (season 2) * ''

'' – Elliot (Ep. "Nerdator") * '' Generator Rex'' – Beau (Ep. "Rock My World"; uncredited) * ''

'' – Harvey, Bailiff, Dr. Gaylord * ''

'' – Boy #1 * '' Mad'' – Jack Harper, Captain Thomas Gregson, MADitorial Announcer (Ep. "POblivion/Umbrellamentary") * ''

'' – Mickey Mouse * ''

'' – Sheldon Lee, Don Prima, additional voices * ''

'' – Ben, Jonny Quest (season 2), Policeman * '' Robot Chicken'' – Elmer Fudd, Swiper the Fox, additional voices * ''

'' – Monk A * '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' – Additional voices (2 episodes) * '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' – Human Torch/Johnny Storm * ''

'' – Snowbell (13 episodes, replacing

) * ''

'' –

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* '' Timon & Pumbaa'' –

(24 episodes) * ''

Totally Spies ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian com ...

'' – Rick * '' Xyber 9: New Dawn'' – Mick

Anime

* '' Initial D'' series – Shingo Shoji (Tokyopop dub) * ''

'' – Marcus Damon * ''

'' –

* ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee'' – Raiden (English voice) * ''

'' – Iruka Umino * '' Naruto: Shippuden'' – Iruka Umino * ''

'' – Carl, McCoy * '' Bleach'' – Kon * '' The Last: Naruto the Movie'' – Iruka Umino, Messenger * ''

'' – Dr. Riddles

Film

* '' Bilal: A New Breed of Hero'' – Additional voices * ''Globehunters: An Around The World in Eighty Days Adventure'' – Dr. Wilkins, Spume * ''Immigrants'' – Hermaphrodite, Businessman * '' The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story'' – Bad Baboon, Wolf #3 * '' Ultimate Avengers'' – Additional voices, postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.}

Video games

* '' Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits'' – Kharg * ''

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'' – Sir Maurescu, Base Defense Force * '' Call of Duty: United Offensive'' – Private Ender * '' Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' – Billy ( 3DS version only), Toiletnator (XL version only) * ''

'' series ** '' Nitro Kart'' – Doctor N. Gin, Nitros Oxide ** '' Tag Team Racing'' – Chick Gizzard Lips ** '' Twinsanity'' – The Evil Twins (Victor and Moritz), Doctor N. Gin, Penguin, Skunk * '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'' – Reno * '' Curse of Monkey Island'' – Mr. Fossey * '' Digimon World Data Squad'' – Marcus Damon * '' Final Fantasy X'' – Isaaru * ''

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'' – Isaaru * '' Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure'' – Roger, Poco * '' Hearthstone'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * ''

Heroes of the Storm ''Heroes of the Storm'' is a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on June 2, 2015. The game features various characters from Bl ...

'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider * '' Kingdom Hearts'' series – Axel (English voice) ** '' II'' ** '' Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'' ** '' 358/2 Days'' ** '' Birth by Sleep'' –

** '' Dream Drop Distance'' – Lea (English voice) ** '' 1.5 Remix'' (archived and new footage) ** '' 2.5 Remix'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) (archived and new footage) ** '' 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) (archived footage) ** '' III'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) * '' La Pucelle: Tactics'' – Croix * ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by '' Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', ...

'' - Jhin * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Video Game'' – Merry, Gollum * '' Madagascar: The Video Game'' – Big Mouth Parrot, Delivery Truck Driver, Sailor #1, Lemur #2 * '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' – Spider-Man/Peter Parker * ''Metal Gear Solid'' series – Raiden ** ''

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'' ** '' Portable Ops'' – Fox Soldier B ** '' Guns of the Patriots'' ** '' Revengeance'' * '' Minority Report: Everybody Runs'' – Danny Witwer, Rufus T. Riley, additional voices * '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact'' –

Iruka Umino The manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a Ninja World, fictional universe where countries vie for power by employing ninja who can use Jutsu (Naruto), superhum ...

* '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3'' –

* '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' –

* '' No More Heroes'' – Henry Cooldown * '' No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle'' – Henry Cooldown * '' Onimusha: Blade Warriors'' – Kotaro Fuma * '' Orphen: Scion of Sorcery'' – Orphen * '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow'' – Lucky, Ice Viking King, Magistrate of Nassau, Port Royal Civilian * ''

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale ''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' is a 2012 crossover fighting video game developed by SuperBot Entertainment, in conjunction with Bluepoint Games, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It features various characters drawn from dif ...

'' – Raiden * '' Rogue Galaxy'' – Monsha, Toady, Ugozl lo Burkaqua * ''

Shark Tale ''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman (in his feature directorial de ...

'' – Middle-age Man Fish, News-truck Fish * '' Shadow of Rome'' – Askari, additional voices * '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series –

Silver the Hedgehog The ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' video game franchise began in 1991 with the game ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Sega Genesis, which pitted a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog named Sonic against a rotund male human villain named Doctor Eggman (or Doctor ...

(2010-2019, replaces Pete Capella) ** ''

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'' (DS version only; credited as Derek Allen) ** '' Forces'' - Eagle Squad Soldier ** ''

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'' ** '' Generations'' ** '' Mario & Sonic'' series: *** ''

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'' *** '' Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games'' *** '' Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' * '' Spider-Man: Friend or Foe'' –

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* ''

The Bard's Tale ''The Bard's Tale'' is a fantasy role-playing video game franchise created by Michael Cranford and developed by Brian Fargo's Interplay Productions (1985–1992) and inXile Entertainment (2004–present). The initial title of the series was '' ...

'' – Additional voices * '' The Saboteur'' – Additional voices * '' True Crime: New York City'' – Additional voices * '' Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * '' Warcraft 3: Reforged'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider, High Botanist Freywinn (Line replaced) * '' World of Warcraft: Shadowlands'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * ''

The Wonderful 101 is an action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game was directed by Hideki Kamiya and produced by Atsushi Inaba; the pair also worked together on the ''Viewtiful Joe'' series and ''Ōkami''. It ...

'' – Prince Vorkken (English voice) * '' X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' –

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Abyss Abyss may refer to: * Abyss (religion), a bottomless pit, or a passage to the underworld Film and television * ''The Abyss'' (1910 film), a Danish silent film starring Asta Nielsen * ''The Abyss'' (1988 film) (''L'Œuvre au noir''), a French- ...

Live-action

* '' Against the Sun'' – Newsreel Narrator * ''A Hard Day's Day'' –

* ''Eyewitness'' – Joe * '' I'd Kill for You'' – Narrator (voice) * '' Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' – Paul McCartney * '' Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted'' – Jonathan Willis * ''

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'' – Man from Bar * ''

Men Behaving Badly ''Men Behaving Badly'' is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey; series 2 on ...

'' –

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

* ''

My Dinner With Jimi ''My Dinner with Jimi'' is a 2003 comedy film written by Howard Kaylan, dealing with events in 1966-67 which led up to the night in 1967 when the Turtles encountered the Beatles and Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix in London, England. The film ...

'' – Paul McCartney * ''The Christopher Walken Ecstatic Dance Academy'' – Christopher Walken * '' The Mystery of Natalie Wood'' – James Dean V.O. (voice) * ''WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation'' – Nilsson Ovërgartten

References

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