Kirk Thornton

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Kirk Thornton
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Birth Name Sean Thornton
Born May 13, 1956
in Portland, Oregon
Age 50
Statistics
Occupation Voice Actor
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
Gender Male
Notable Credit(s) Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
as Don Patch
Digimon
as Gabumon
Eureka Seven
as Matthieu
Gun X Sword
as The Claw
Kingdom Hearts II
as Saïx
Naruto
as Tazuna/Shukaku
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
Agent Cunningham, Escott, Slevin, and Doherty

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

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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 also has played many different voice roles throughout the Power Rangers franchise (and similar series), though they were all minor characters.

According to Anime News Network, Thornton has the most credits of any male voice actor and he is 2nd in total voice actor credits only next to Wendee Lee and of course, Steven Blum. He has been in over one hundred voice-over productions for Japanese animation.

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

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