Brian Donovan (actor)
Brian Donovan | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Brian Donovan is an American anime voice actor residing in California. 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]
Biography
Donovan has been a professional actor for more than 25 years in film, television and radio. He has worked on-screen with such luminaries as Jim Belushi, Jim Carrey, and Angelina Jolie. He has been the voice of countless animated heroes; currently as Rock Lee from the juggernaut hit Naruto.
In addition, Donovan has been the executive director of the Los Angeles Repertory Theater since 1994, producing and directing more than 50 inner-city high school workshops and live shows. He is also the creator, writer and producer of the Mighty Me Training Camp, a top ranking children’s self-empowerment program streamed by Discovery Education for more than five years.
Donovan was set to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna, however because of the COVID-19 pandemic he was unable to because of a fault in his home studio, so the role was recast.[6]
Donovan currently lives in Los Angeles with his family and dog, Cosmo.
Filmography
Animation/anime roles
- 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 (ep. 10)
- The Zeta Project – Rudy
Movie roles
- 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
Other roles
- Jetix – Promo/Commercial Announcer
- Mighty Me - Training Camp – Creator/Show's Host
References
- ^ "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.
External links
- Brian Donovan at IMDb
- Brian Donovan at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Donovan Donovan at TV.com
- Official website