Brian Donovan is an American voice actor. Donovan is best known for his role of Rock Lee from the critically acclaimed Naruto series.[1] He has reprised his role of Rock Lee in Naruto: Shippuden[2] and in 2010, he was cast as the voice of Salty in Alpha and Omega and its sequel.[3] Donovan is also known as the lead role of Davis Motomiya from Digimon Adventure 02.[4][5]
Brian Donovan | |
|---|---|
 Donovan in 2023 | |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Biography
editDonovan was set to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. Due to the events of the COVID-19 pandemic and a fault in his home studio, however, the role was instead recast to Griffin Burns.[6]
Filmography
editAnimation/anime roles
edit- A.T.O.M. – Ollie Sharker, Rayza
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations - Rock Lee[7]
- Digimon Adventure 02 – Davis Motomiya
- Digimon Tamers – Narrator/Kai Urazoe
- Digimon Frontier – Terou, Mushroomon
- Flint the Time Detective – Tony Goodman, Monk
- Naruto – Rock Lee
- Naruto: Shippuden – Rock Lee
- Rurouni Kenshin – Yutaro Tsukayama
- Vampire Princess Miyu – Boy in Swamp (episode 10)
- The Zeta Project – Rudy
Movie roles
edit- Alpha and Omega – Salty
- Digimon: The Movie – Davis Motomiya
- Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon – Davis Motomiya
- Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom – Rock Lee
- Naruto: Shippūden the Movie – Rock Lee
- Naruto Shippuden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire – Rock Lee
- The Last: Naruto the Movie – Rock Lee
- Boruto: Naruto the Movie – Rock Lee
- Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning-Davis Motomiya
Other roles
edit- Digimon Rumble Arena - Davis Motomiya[8]
- Jetix – Promo/Commercial Announcer
- Mighty Me - Training Camp – Creator/Show's Host
References
edit- ^ "Naruto: Ninja Destiny :: Voice Actor Interview (pg. 2)". Kidzworld. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ "Front and back of Alpha and Omega 2 DVD case". DVD Box. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ "91.8 The Fan » Blog Archive » Kana's Korner – Interview with Brian Donovan". 918thefan.com. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ IncendiaryLemon, Author (2016-11-14). "Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 2". Anime UK News (AUKN). Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Anime Chronicles, Interview With Brian Donovan (Digimon Davis/Naruto Rock Lee Voice Actor): Brian Donovan: "Originally I was supposed to, in fact I was supposed to speak at the premiere - the Japanese version - right before the pandemic hit, and so that got cancelled. And then I had a really hard time with the studio, and my home studio faltered, and because they were under such a gun to record, someone else did it." Youtube, 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Kitsunes96 on twitter". Twitter. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ "Brian Donovan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 20 August 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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External links
edit- Brian Donovan at IMDb
- Brian Donovan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Official website