Kirk Thornton

Kirk Thornton (born May 13, 1956 in Portland, Oregon) is an American voice actor, comedian, singer, ADR director and script writer. He is known to voice Shadow the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series after he is succeeding Jason Griffith and he might be later succeeded by Eric Grasso. He also voices Shadow himself in Sonic Boom and voices Orbot in both Sonic Boom and the mainline video game series itself in addition to other roles such as Kisame Hoshigaki from the Naruto series (his most notable English Voice Acting role of all time) and Yuujiro Hanma from the Baki the Grappler series as of the ongoing 2018 Netflix series in addition to it's succeeding Seasons. In the future, he becomes the next English Voice Actor of Rafiki (replacing and succeeding the late Robert Guillaume) from The Lion King.

Voices

 * Psonic X Touhou - Unzan
 * Kingdom Hearts series - Saïx/Ïsa, Adam Warlock
 * Sonic the Hedgehog Video Game Series - Orbot (2010-present), Master Zik (2013-present), Shadow the Hedgehog (2010-present), Additional Voices
 * Tekken 7 - Shadow the Hedgehog
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 * Future Mortal Kombat games (if possible), Untitled NetherRealm Studios-developed Baki the Grappler Fighting Game that is done in the style of the recent Mortal Kombat Games (albeit with some changes and tweaks to make the game feel different and fresh compared to NetherRealm's other games) - Yuujiro Hanma
 * Warner Bros. vs. Sonic Universe - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Disney vs. Sonic Universe - Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Sonic Boom - Orbot, Shadow the Hedgehog, Various Others
 * The Simpsons (Full English Dub Cast) - Principal Seymour Skinner
 * Saint Seiya (Full English Dub Cast) - Aquarius Camus
 * Jimmy Neutron (Studiopolis / Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Evil Jimmy
 * Fairy Tail (Full English Dub Cast) - Narrator, Yomazu, Wally Buchanan, Vidaldus Taka
 * The LEGO Movie (Viz Media / Funimation Redub) - Octan Robots
 * The LEGO Batman Movie 2017 (Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Agent Smith
 * The Powerpuff Girls (Bang Zoom! / Funimation Redub) - Butch
 * Tales of Asteria: Grand Voyage - Jade Curtiss
 * Kingdom Hearts vs. Sword Art Online - Ryotaro Tsuboi
 * Sword Art Online games English dub - Klein
 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Anime DLCs - Klein (Sword Art Online pack/Assist Trophy)
 * Shinzo (2015 Anime) - Katris
 * Future The Lion King installments - Rafiki (succeeding after the late Robert Guillaume in some of his appearances), Additional Voices, Narrator