Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956) is an American voice actor, director, and script writer working mainly with English-language versions of Japanese anime shows.

He is known for playing tough or grouchy men in dubbed anime and video games. 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.

Some of his most notable roles include Brandon Heat in Gungrave, Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi, Jin in Samurai Champloo, Hajime Saito in Rurouni Kenshin, Jet Link in Cyborg 009, Don Patch in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and numerous Digimon.

Anime

 * Lupin the 3rd Part II (1977-1980) - Schmidt, Additional Voices
 * Fist of the North Star (1984-1987) - Toki, Spade, Amiba
 * Street Fighter II V (1995) - Guile (Animaze Dub)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Tsunan Tsukioka (eps. 23-32), Kanryu Takeda, Jinpu, Additional Voices (Sony Dub)
 * Hajime Saitō, Additional Voices (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999) - Asimov Solensan
 * Cyborg 009 (2001-2002) - Jet Link (Cyborg 002), Black Ghost Agent (ep. 2)
 * Dragon Ball Super (2015-present) - Master Roshi (Bang Zoom! Dub)

Anime Films

 * Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) - Gustav, Archbishop (Streamline Dub)
 * Count Cagliostro (Animaze Dub)
 * Fist of the North Star: The Movie (1986) - Additional Voices
 * Akira (1988) - Additional Voices (Animaze Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: The Golden Seal (1993) - Hiei (Animaze Dub)
 * Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Additional Voices
 * Lupin the 3rd: Jigen's Gravestone (2014) - Mamo, Additional Voices

Voice Director

 * Lupin the 3rd: Jigen's Gravestone (2014)