Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton
Kirk Thornton
Born	Sean Thornton; May 13, 1956 (age 68); Portland, Oregon
Other names	Ronald Allen, Ron Allen, Sparky Allen, Todd Crump, Donald Lee, Robert Lloyd, Sean Roberts, Spanky Roberts, Sparky Roberts, Kurt Thornton, Sean Thornton, Sparky Thornton, Sparly Thornton, Starky Thornton, Kirk Thorton, Sean Thorton, Sparky Thorton
Occupation	Voice Actor
Agent	Cunningham, Escott, Slevin, and Doherty
Notable credits	Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo; as Don Patch; Digimon; as Gabumon; Eureka Seven; as Matthieu; Gun X Sword; as The Claw; Gungrave; as Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat; Kingdom Hearts II; as Saïx; Naruto; as Tazuna/Kisame Hoshigaki; Rurouni Kenshin; as Hajime Saito; The Prince of Tennis; as Kunimitsu Tezuka; Samurai Champloo; as Jin; Tales of the Abyss; as Jade Curtiss; The Castle of Cagliostro; as Count Cagliostro

Kirk Thornton (Born Sean Thornton on May 13, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is a prolific American voice actor.

Bio

He is known for playing tough or grouchy men in dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi and Jin in Samurai Champloo. He also played numerous cameos and minor characters in Rurouni Kenshin, in addition to the major character of Hajime Saito. He also does Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo as well as Gabumon and other voices in Digimon. He is even the English voice of Jet Link.

According to Anime News Network, Thornton has the most credits of any male voice actor and he is second in total voice actor credits only next to Wendee Lee. He has been in nearly two hundred voice-over productions for Japanese animation.

Thornton is also well-known for having played many different minor voice roles throughout the Power Rangers franchise (and similar series such as VR Troopers and Masked Rider).

Thornton has also had experience with ADR direction. Currently, he is co-directing the ADR for the popular anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee.

Thornton's career is difficult to track, due to the multiple names he has been credited under.

Filmography

Anime

.hack - Orca
Black Jack - Black Jack (credited as Sean Thornton)
Blue Dragon - Minotaur
Bleach - Eikichiro Saido, Hinagiku (Shun Shun Rikka), Ugaki
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo - Don Patch and Hydrate
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie 2 - The Sealed Card - Toya Kinomoto
Chobits - Zima/Jima
Code Geass - Kaname Ohgi
Cowboy Bebop - Asimov Solenson (Episode 1)
Cyborg 009 - Jet Link/Cyborg 002
Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure 02 - Gabumon, Mummymon
Digimon Frontier - Tsunomon/Gabumon(8), Karatenmon
Digimon Tamers - Mr. Matsuki
Digimon Savers - Yushima
Duel Masters - Knight
Eureka Seven - Matthieu
Figure 17 - Hideo Shiina
Fist of the North Star - Head Banger (1986 movie)
Fushigi Yūgi - Emperor Hotohori
Gatchaman (1994) - Kesslor
Gate Keepers - Chotaro "Big Boss" Banba
Gate Keepers 21 - Nazo/Reiji Kageyama
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig series - Hideo Kuze
Great Teacher Onizuka series - Ryuji Danma, Yoshito Kikuchi, Noboru Yoshikawa, additional voices
Gun X Sword - The Claw
Gundam 0083 - Anavel Gato
Gungrave - Brandon "Beyond the Grave" Heat
Heat Guy J - Ken Edmundo
Idaten Jump - Gabu Samejima
I'll CKBC - Akane Tachibana
Immortal Grand Prix - Mark Ramsey
Kikaider - Hattori
Love Hina - Seta Noriyasu
Mars Daybreak - Dolittle
Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo - Ishikawa Goemon XIII
Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden: Kiyomi Kawahara
"Mega Man Star Force" - Damian Wolfe
Mon Colle Knights - Earth Dragon
Naruto - Tazuna, Kisame Hoshigaki, Shukaku, Anbu Captain, Akahoshi
Ninja Scroll - Hanza
Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety - Moe's Father (credited as Sparky Thornton)
Outlaw Star - Crackerjack, Ark Manaf
Overman King Gainer - Gain Bijou
Perfect Blue - Yamashiro
Planetes - Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino
Please Teacher & Please Twins - Hyosuke Magumo
Rave Master - Berial
Reign: The Conqueror - Demosthenes
Rurouni Kenshin - Saito Hajime, Ginji
Saiyuki Reload/Saiyuki Reload Gunlock - Dr Ni Jianyi
Samurai Champloo - Jin
Scrapped Princess - Doyle Barrett
s-CRY-ed - Narrator, Hideki, Urizane
Serial Experiments Lain - Masami Eiri
Shingetsutan Tsukihime - Michael Roa Valdamjong
Space Adventure Cobra - Professor Topolov
Street Fighter II V - Guile
Tenchi Muyo! GXP - Seiryo Tennan, Barry, Wau Official
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 3 - Ikeda, Nakita Kuramitsu
Tenjho Tenge - Bunshichi Tawara
The Big O - Instro (Episode 6)
The Castle of Cagliostro - Count Cagliostro (Manga version); Gustav (MGM version)
The Prince of Tennis - Kunimitsu Tezuka
Transformers: Robots in Disguise - Dr. Onishi
Trigun - Rai Dei the Blade
Vampire Hunter D - D's left hand
Vandread - Bart Garsus
Witch Hunter Robin - Kazuya Misawa; Shirou Masuda
Wolf's Rain - Leara's Father
Yu Yu Hakusho - Hiei

Video Games

.hack//Infection - Orca
.hack//Quarantine - Orca
.hack//G.U. vol.1//Rebirth - Antares, Negimaru
.hack//G.U. vol.2//Reminisce - Antares, Negimaru
.hack//G.U. vol.3//Redemption - Antares, Negimaru
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - AWACS Thunderhead (uncredited)
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation - Sgt. Louis McKnight (uncredited)
Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - Leard Barsett (uncredited)
Armored Core: for Answer - Additional voices (uncredited)
Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Additional voices (uncredited)
Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm - Ash F. Abenstein (uncredited)
Baten Kaitos Origins - Shanath
Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Additional voices (uncredited)
Brave Fencer Musashi - Ed (as Sparky Thornton)
Codename: Panzers Phase II - Dario DeAngelis
Culdcept Saga - Koenig
Death by Degrees - Soldiers (uncredited)
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- - Incidental Characters
Drakengard - Fighter Jet Pilot (uncredited)
Dragonshard - Additional voices
Dynasty Tactics 2 - Taishi Ci, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 4 - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5 - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Dynasty Warriors 6 - Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Earth Defense Force 2017 - EDF Soldiers (as Kirk Thorton)
Front Mission 4 - Billy Renges (uncredited)
Galerians: Ash - Major Romero (as Ron Allen)
Grandia III - Rotts (uncredited)
Kessen II - Cao Cao (uncredited)
Kessen III - Nagahide Niwa, Katsuyori Takeda (uncredited)
Kingdom Hearts II - Saïx
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 - Kisame Hoshigaki
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 - Kisame Hoshigaki
Naruto: Clash Of Ninja Revolution - Kisame Hoshigaki
Neo Contra - Plant Contra (uncredited)
Phantom Brave - Ringmaster Hamm (uncredited)
Race Driver: GRID - Chief
Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 - Kevin Ryman (uncredited)
Return to Krondor - James
Rogue Galaxy - Cancer King, Starr, Logan
Romancing SaGa: Darque (uncredited)
Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked - Jin
Samurai Warriors - Katsuyori Takeda, Kennyo Honganji, Morichika Chosokabe Type Generic Officer (uncredited)
Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends - Tadakatsu Honda (uncredited)
Scaler - Bootcamp (as Ron Allen)
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 - Roland (uncredited)
Silent Bomber - John Loss (as Sparky Thornton)
Spectral Force 3 - Cassius (uncredited)
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Lancar, Vendeen Soldier (uncredited)
Steambot Chronicles - Fennel (uncredited)
Suikoden IV - Gary (uncredited)
Suikoden V - Rahal (uncredited)
Tales of the Abyss - Jade Curtiss (uncredited)
The Bouncer - Commander (as Sparky Thornton)
The Granstream Saga - Slayzer (as Sparky Thornton) (was miscredited as the voice of Korky)
Trauma Center: New Blood - Robert Cromwell (uncredited)
Urban Reign - Various Gang Members (uncredited)
Warriors Orochi - Meng Huo, Xiahou Dun (uncredited)
Wild Arms 5 - Fereydoon, Joseph Russellberg, Sol Niger (uncredited)
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Capt. Matthews (uncredited)
Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse - Capt. Matthews
Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra - Hermann / Capt. Matthews

Live-action voice over

Masked Rider - Recyclotron, Skull Reapers #2 and #3
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Hatchasaurus (1st voice), Dramole, Professor Longnose (uncredited)
Power Rangers: Zeo - Silo (2nd voice), Altor, Nuklifier (uncredited)
Power Rangers: In Space - Craterites, Powerdriller (uncredited)
Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy - Brunt, Samuron (uncredited), Alien
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue - Spellbinder
Power Rangers: Time Force - Angelcon
Power Rangers: Wild Force - Motorcycle Org
VR Troopers - Mechanoid
What the Bleep Do We Know!? - Various Character Voices
Versus (film) - Villain (credited as Ron Allen)
Death Trance - Coffin Man/Grave

Movie roles

The Castle of Cagliostro - Gustav/Archbishop (MGM/Streamline version); Count Cagliostro (Manga version)

Documentaries

Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself

External links

Kirk Thornton at IMDb
Kirk Thornton ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia