Kirk Thornton
Actor
Los Angeles, CA
Biography:
Kirk Thornton is an American voice actor. He is known for playing tough or grouchy men in English-dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in Fushigi Y?gi and Jin in Samurai Champloo. He also played the major character Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, in addition to numerous cameos and minor characters. 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 in Cyborg 009, the Narrator in Bleach, as well as Kisame Hoshigaki in Naruto and its sequel, Naruto: Shippuden. Kirk is now the official voice of Shadow the Hedgehog as of the 2010 release Sonic Free Riders. According to Anime News Network, Thornton boasts the most credits of any male voice actor who does English language dubbing, and in the field in general, is second only to Wendee Lee in total credits. To date he has been in over 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). He has also had experience with ADR direction. Currently, he is co-directing the ADR for the popular anime series Bleach alongside Wendee Lee. He has also been working as a key grip on television shows such as Little Britain, Duck Patrol and Distant Shores.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- Kawacon 2025 - January 17-19, 2025 in San Antonio, TX 2024
- The Nostalgia Con Houston 2024 - December 6-8, 2024 in Houston, TX
- Sonic Expo 2024 - November 8-10, 2024 in Mesquite, TX
- Youmacon 2024 - October 31 - November 3, 2024 in Detroit, MI
- Comic Verse 2024 - August 11, 2024 in Sacramento, CA
- Anime Expo 2024 - July 4-7, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA
- Colossalcon 2024 - May 29 - June 2, 2024 in Sandusky, OH
- MomoCon 2024 - May 24-27, 2024 in Atlanta, GA
- OtakuFest 2024 - May 17-19, 2024 in Miami Beach, FL
- The Nostalgia Con 2024 - May 10-12, 2024 in San Antonio, TX
- Zenkaikon 2024 - March 22-24, 2024 in Lancaster, PA
- StocktonCon Winter 2024 - February 24-25, 2024 in Stockton, CA
- Kami-Con 2024 - February 9-11, 2024 in Birmingham, AL
- Pasadena Comic Con 2024 - January 28, 2024 in Pasadena, CA 2023
- UwU Con 2023 - October 27-29, 2023 in Mesa, AZ
- Y2kon 2023 - September 22-24, 2023 in Allen, TX
- Matsuricon 2023 - August 11-13, 2023 in Columbus, OH
- Anime Riverside 2023 - May 27-28, 2023 in Riverside, CA 2022
Actors Voice Over Expo 2022 - July 2-3, 2022 in Pasadena, CAConvention Cancelled 2021- L.A. Comic Con 2021 - December 3-5, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA 2020
Actors Voice Over Expo 2020 - July 3, 2020 in Pasadena, CAConvention Cancelled 2019- Otakon 2019 - July 26-28, 2019 in Washington, DC
- Colorado Anime Fest 2019 - April 19-21, 2019 in Denver, CO 2018
- Anime Expo 2018 - July 4-8, 2018 in Los Angeles, CA 2017
- Anime Expo 2017 - July 1-4, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA 2016
- San Japan 2016 - September 2-4, 2016 in San Antonio, TX 2015
- Ryu-Kon 2015 - July 10-12, 2015 in Buffalo, NY 2012
- Anime Boston 2012 - April 6-8, 2012 in Boston, MA 2009
- Kumoricon 2009 - September 5-7, 2009 in Portland, OR 2008
- Kumoricon 2008 - August 30 - September 1, 2008 in Portland, OR 2007
- Kumoricon 2007 - September 1-3, 2007 in Vancouver, WA
- Anime Central 2007 - May 11-13, 2007 in Rosemont, IL 2006
- KumoriCon 2006 - September 2-4, 2006 in Portland, OR
31 confirmed guest appearances