Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor, director and screenwriter working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese animated series.
Career His major roles include Brandon Heat in Gungrave, Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi, Klein in Sword Art Online, Jin in Samurai Champloo, Anavel Gato in Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, Jet Link in Cyborg 009, Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Ensign Nogami in The Cockpit and numerous Digimon. Additionally, Thornton co-directed for the anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee and also serves as the narrator. In video games, he voices Organization XIII member Saïx in the Kingdom Hearts series and Shadow the Hedgehog and Orbot in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
In early February 1989, Thornton appeared as a contestant on the game show Classic Concentration.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
Personal life Thornton is married to Julie Nesbitt. Together they have two children.
Filmography
Anime
+ List of English dubbing performances in anime Year Title Role Crew role Notes Source Zillion: Burning Night Big Odama Fight! Iczer-One Teacher As Sparky Thornton Doomed Megalopolis Doctor The Cockpit Ensign Nogami Crimson Wolf Professor Shagdol Street Fighter II V Guile Super Pig Milton Massen Black Jack Black Jack Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory Anavel Gato As Sparky Thornton Fushigi Yūgi Hotohori Serial Experiments Lain Masami Eiri Perfect Blue Yamashiro As Sparky Thornton, grouped under Voice Cast Cowboy Bebop Steve, Asimov Solensan –2001 Digimon: Digital Monsters Gabumon, Mummymon, others Adventure/02/Tamers The Castle of Cagliostro Count Lazare do Cagliostro As Sparky Thornton. In the 1992 English dub of the film, he voiced Gendarme Captain Gustav and the Archbishop. Rurouni Kenshin Hajime Saito As Sparky Thornton Transformers: Robots in Disguise Dr. Onishi Love Hina Seta Noriyasu As Ronald Allen - select Extras, Credits, page to "Featuring the Voices Of" Digimon Frontier Tsunomon, Gabumon, Karatenmon Gundress ADR director Cosmo Warrior Zero ADR director Ys Ruta Gemma, Kaita Credited as Ron Allen and Sparky Thornton Ys II: Castle in the Heavens Darm, Ruta Gemma Credited as Ron Allen s-CRY-ed ADR director Heat Guy J Ken Edmundo Duel Masters Black Knight Wolf's Rain Leara's father Gad Guard ADR director Gungrave Brandon Heat / Beyond the Grave As Ron Allen Tsukihime ADR director Mobile Suit Gundam F91 Sam Ehrug Sky Blue Cade Otogi Zoshi ADR director Planetes Hachirota Mars Daybreak ADR director IGPX Mark TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG Kuze 2005–06 Samurai Champloo Jin Grouped under English Voice Cast 2005–09 Naruto Kisame Hoshigaki, Tazuna, others ADR director (episodic) Eureka Seven Matthieu Kannazuki no Miko Girochi Voice Director Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Don Patch Fate/stay night Kiritsugu Emiya –13 Bleach Narrator, Zennosuke Kurumadni, others ADR director, ADR script Digimon Data Squad Homer Yushima Afro Samurai Various Blue Dragon Minotaur ADR director (episodic) Code Geass Kaname Ohgi Strait Jacket George Thomson Monster The Baby, others –13 Stitch! Hämsterviel, Suzuki, others –18 Naruto: Shippuden Kisame Hoshigaki, Fukasaku, Shukaku, others 2012–14 Monsuno Beyal Persona 4: The Animation Kinshiro Morooka The Testament of Sister New Devil Jin Toujou –present Blue Exorcist Shiro Fujimoto, Satan, Ukemochi B-Daman Crossfire Goichiro Tsukinowa / Grizz Sukino K Daikaku Kokujoji, Yujiro Benzai, Saburota Bandom, Prime Minister, Yo Chitose –15 Digimon Fusion Tactimon, AxeKnightmon, Leviamon, Kabukimon, others –present Sword Art Online Klein/Ryōtarō Tsuboi 3 TV seasons and a movie The Jungle Bunch Maurice Blood Lad ADR director 2014–19Sailor MoonSakiko's Father (ep. 20), Takao (ep. 95), Katsutoshi Yamada (ep. 98), Dr. Gia/Sailor Doctor (ep. 185), Jotaro Kiriyama/Sailor Antique (ep. 186)Viz Media dub Coppelion Mitsuo Kawabata Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Ramba Ral Durarara!!×2 ADR director Directed the first part called Shō with Patrick Seitz BlazBlue Alter Memory Jubei –16 Aldnoah.Zero Saazbaum One-Punch Man Snek, Sitch, Fukegao, and Frog-Man March Comes In like a LionKai Shimada2017 Hunter x Hunter Dalzollene 2011 series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Atsushi Yadomi 2018The Seven Deadly SinsGaland–2020 Baki Yujiro Netflix 2019–presentDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaHand Demon, Tanjuro Kamado"Hinokami". Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. Season 1. Episode 19. USA. 2020-03-07. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Language Cast. Adult Swim.2020–21Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsShukaku Marvel Future Avengers Arnim Zola, Scragg, Councilman Reiner, Narrator Drifting Dragons Ura Dorohedoro Narrator Great Pretender Seiji Ozaki 2021 Kuroko's Basketball Masaaki Nakatani Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Inspector Ginzo Nakamori 2021–23 Vinland Saga Askeladd Netflix dub 2021 The Faraway Paladin Gus 2022Vampire in the GardenLargoFate/Grand CarnivalJames MoriartyCyberpunk: EdgerunnersJimmy Kurosaki2022–presentBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarZennosuke Kurumadni, Rojuro Ohtoribashi, Hiyosu2023The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern WarBleublanc (ep. 7)Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the MacabreTagaisu ("Four x Four Walls"; ep. 4a), Rogi ("Mold"; ep. 6a), Additional VoicesMashle: Magic and MusclesRegro Burnedead2023–presentJujutsu KaisenAtsuya Kusakabe, Narrator2023PlutoSchelling, The DoctorOnimushaMatsuki KensukeAkuma-kunSaito2024Mission: Yozakura FamilyBan YozakuraDandadanJuichi Kito2025Sakamoto DaysPizza Nakajima, Yutaro's Father2026Akane-banashiIkken Arakawa
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Crew role Notes Source Edgar & Ellen Mayor Huntik: Secrets & Seekers DeFoe Superman: Red Son Jimmy Olsen, Batman, Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Pyotr Roslov Web series Tweet Spectrobes Commander Grant The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Adam Warlock Episode: "Michael Korvac" Star Wars: The Clone Wars King Sanjay Rash, others 3 episodes Mad Matt Hooper, Spock Episode: "Old Spock's Off Their Spockers" Clarence Buckey O'Neil –17 Sonic Boom Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog, various voices 2019 Love, Death & Robots Old Man Episode: "Fish Night" Pucca: Love Recipe Uncle Dumpling, Bruce The Idhun Chronicles Ashran
Films + List of voice and English dubbing performances in feature films Year Title Role Crew role Notes Source Digimon: The Movie Gabumon, MetalGarurumon and Omnimon (Shared) English dub What the Bleep Do We Know!? Voice Over Talent –2018 Digimon Adventure tri. Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon (shared), Tsunomon English dub 2016Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XVNewscaster 2019The Queen's Corgi Donald TrumpUS dub2020Ni no KuniTeacherEnglish dub Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna Gabumon, Garurumon, WereGarurumon, Tsunomon, Omnimon (Shared), Gabumon (Bond of Friendship) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Tanjuro Kamado
+ List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Crew role Notes Source Dirty Pair: Project Eden Boss Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Guile As Donald Lee; English dub Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie Hiei As Sean Thornton; English dub Black Jack: The Movie Black Jack Perfect Blue Yamashiro As Sparky Thornton Akira Various As Sparky Thornton, Animaze/Pioneer dub Resident Evil: Degeneration President English dub Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple Munk Tiger & Bunny: The Rising Muramasa Kaburagi English dub The Snow Queen Housemaster The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Jojo The Nutcracker Sweet Drosselmeyer, Commander, Mice Peruvian film The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover Antonio, Mechanic The Jungle Bunch Maurice English dub The Son of Bigfoot Japanese Man #1 (a.k.a. Asian Investor #1) Belgian-French film Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! Gabumon, MetalGarurumon, Omnimon English dub
+ List of motion capture performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Notes Source Resident Evil: Damnation Ivan Judanovich / Ataman
Live-action dubbing + List of English dubbing performances in live-action series Year Title Country Dubbed from Role Original actor Source 2016 Marseille France French Farid Hedi Bouchenafa
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