Kirk Thornton


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.

Personal life

Thornton is married to Julie Nesbitt. Together they have two children.

Filmography

Anime

YearTitleRoleCrew roleNotesSource
Zillion: Burning NightBig Odama
Fight! Iczer-OneTeacherAs Sparky Thornton
Doomed MegalopolisDoctor
The CockpitEnsign Nogami
Crimson WolfProfessor Shagdol
Street Fighter II VGuile
Super PigMilton Massen
Black JackBlack Jack
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust MemoryAnavel GatoAs Sparky Thornton
Fushigi YūgiHotohoriAs Sparky Thornton
Serial Experiments LainMasami Eiri
Perfect BlueYamashiroAs Sparky Thornton, grouped under Voice Cast
Cowboy BebopSteve, Asimov Solensan
14.08.1999–2001Digimon: Digital MonstersGabumon, Mummymon, othersAdventure/02/Tamers
The Castle of CagliostroCount Lazare do CagliostroAs Sparky Thornton. In the 1992 English dub of the film, he voiced Gendarme Captain Gustav and the Archbishop.
24.04.2001Rurouni KenshinHajime SaitoAs Sparky Thornton
24.04.2001Transformers: Robots in DisguiseDr. Onishi
19.02.2002Love HinaSeta NoriyasuAs Ronald Allen
19.02.2002Digimon FrontierTsunomon, Gabumon, Karatenmon
19.02.2002GundressADR director
19.02.2002Cosmo Warrior ZeroADR director
19.02.2002YsRuta Gemma, KaitaCredited as Ron Allen and Sparky Thornton
06.06.2003Ys II: Castle in the HeavensDarm, Ruta GemmaCredited as Ron Allen
06.06.2003s-CRY-edADR director
06.06.2003Heat Guy JKen Edmundo
27.02.2004Duel MastersBlack Knight
27.02.2004Wolf's RainLeara's father
27.02.2004Gad GuardADR director
27.02.2004GungraveBrandon Heat / Beyond the GraveAs Ron Allen
27.02.2004TsukihimeADR director
27.02.2004Mobile Suit Gundam F91Sam Ehrug
27.02.2004Sky BlueCade
15.03.2005Otogi ZoshiADR director
15.03.2005PlanetesHachirota
15.03.2005Mars DaybreakADR director
15.03.2005IGPXMarkTV series
15.03.2005Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGKuze
2005–06Samurai ChamplooJinGrouped under English Voice Cast
2005–09NarutoKisame Hoshigaki, Tazuna, othersADR director
15.04.2006Eureka SevenMatthieu
15.04.2006Kannazuki no MikoGirochiVoice Director
15.04.2006Bobobo-bo Bo-boboDon Patch
15.04.2006Fate/stay nightKiritsugu Emiya
08.09.2006–13BleachNarrator, Zennosuke Kurumadni, othersADR director, ADR script
Digimon Data SquadHomer Yushima
Afro SamuraiVarious
28.03.2008Blue DragonMinotaurADR director
28.03.2008Code GeassKaname Ohgi
28.03.2008Strait JacketGeorge Thomson
12.10.2009MonsterThe Baby, others
04.12.2009–13Stitch!Hämsterviel, Suzuki, others
28.10.2009–18Naruto: ShippudenKisame Hoshigaki, Fukasaku, Shukaku, others
2012–14MonsunoBeyal
18.09.2012Persona 4: The AnimationKinshiro Morooka
18.09.2012The Testament of Sister New DevilJin Toujou
02.10.2012–presentBlue ExorcistShiro Fujimoto, Satan, Ukemochi
07.08.2013B-Daman CrossfireGoichiro Tsukinowa / Grizz Sukino
07.08.2013KDaikaku Kokujoji, Yujiro Benzai, Saburota Bandom, Prime Minister, Yo Chitose
07.09.2013–15Digimon FusionTactimon, AxeKnightmon, Leviamon, Kabukimon, others
13.08.2013–presentSword Art OnlineKlein/Ryōtarō Tsuboi3 TV seasons and a movie
13.08.2013–presentThe Jungle BunchMaurice
02.09.2014Blood LadADR director
2014–19Sailor MoonSakiko's Father, Takao, Katsutoshi Yamada, Dr. Gia/Sailor Doctor, Jotaro Kiriyama/Sailor Antique Viz Media dub
03.02.2015CoppelionMitsuo Kawabata
03.02.2015Mobile Suit Gundam: The OriginRamba Ral
03.02.2015Durarara!!×2ADR directorDirected the first part called Shō with Patrick Seitz
03.02.2015BlazBlue Alter MemoryJubei
21.07.2015–16Aldnoah.ZeroSaazbaum
16.07.2016One-Punch ManSnek, Sitch, Fukegao, and Frog-Man
16.07.2016March Comes In like a LionKai Shimada
2017Hunter x HunterDalzollene2011 series
2017Anohana: The Flower We Saw That DayAtsushi Yadomi
2018The Seven Deadly SinsGaland
31.10.2018–2020BakiYujiroNetflix
2019–presentDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaHand Demon, Tanjuro Kamado
2020–21Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsShukaku
28.02.2020Marvel Future AvengersArnim Zola, Scragg, Councilman Reiner, Narrator
28.02.2020Drifting DragonsUra
28.02.2020DorohedoroNarrator
28.02.2020Great PretenderSeiji Ozaki
2021Kuroko's BasketballMasaaki Nakatani
2021Case Closed: The Fist of Blue SapphireInspector Ginzo Nakamori
2021–23Vinland SagaAskeladdNetflix dub
2021The Faraway PaladinGus
2022Vampire in the GardenLargo
2022Fate/Grand CarnivalJames Moriarty
2022Cyberpunk: EdgerunnersJimmy Kurosaki
2022–presentBleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarZennosuke Kurumadni, Rojuro Ohtoribashi, Hiyosu
2023The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern WarBleublanc
2023Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the MacabreTagaisu, Rogi, Additional Voices
2023Mashle: Magic and MusclesRegro Burnedead
2023–24Jujutsu KaisenAtsuya Kusakabe, Narrator
2023PlutoSchelling, The Doctor
2023OnimushaMatsuki Kensuke
2023Akuma-kunSaito
2024Mission: Yozakura FamilyBan Yozakura
2024DandadanJuichi Kito
2025Sakamoto DaysPizza Nakajima, Yutaro's Father