Sonny Strait
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Sonny Strait | ||
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Birth name | Don Strait | |
Born | June 28, 1965 Kaufman, Texas |
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Occupation(s) | Voice Actor/Comic Book Artist | |
Spouse | Gayla Strait | |
Children | Savannah (step-daughter), James (step-son) | |
Website | Sonny Strait.biz |
Don "Sonny" Strait (Born June 28, 1965 in Kaufman, Texas) is an American comic artist and voice actor (mainly anime related). Most people will know him as Krillin from Dragon Ball Z, The first voice of Toonami's mascot, TOM , Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist or the current voice of Usopp from One Piece. Also, according to Anime News Network, Sonny will be voicing the role of Ryoji "Ranka" Fujioka, the father of heroine Haruhi Fujioka, in the English dub of Ouran High School Host Club.
He and his friend William (Bill) Foster made a comic called Muff Dyver and the Sex Gophers From Hell and, after being noticed by some local celebrities in the small college town Denton, Texas, they went on to make more such as The Atomic Punk and Mr.Average.
His first voice audition was as Krillin (from the hit anime series Dragon Ball Z). He mainly works with FUNimation.
Besides his voice acting career, Sonny has also penciled several comic strips as well as two stories for the Elfquest series.
Sonny is currently under contract to publish a manga titled "We Shadows" with Tokyopop. The first volume debuted in August 2007 and was nominated shortly after for YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens list in 2008.
[edit] Other Voices
- Usopp (One Piece)
- Bardock, Krillin (Dragon Ball Z),
- Giru, Krillin (Dragon Ball GT),
- Bandages, General Blue, Krillin (Dragon Ball),
- Arsène Lupin III (Lupin III),
- Maes Hughes (Fullmetal Alchemist),
- Crook (Kiddy Grade),
- Kyuzo (Samurai 7),
- Zenjiro (Kodocha).
- Haruhi Fujioka's father (Ouran High School Host Club).
He has also done "Additional Voices" in Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Gender, I'm Gonna Be An Angel! and Fruits Basket.
[edit] Comics
- We Shadows
- Elfquest: In All But Blood
- Elfquest: Wolfshadow
- Muff Dyver and the Sexy Golphers From Hell
- The Atomic Punk
- Darwin's
- Goth Metal Gods
[edit] External links
- Sonny Strait.biz
- Sonny Strait's Events Blog
- Sonny Strait at MySpace
- Sonny's Profile at A Fan's View
- Sonny Strait at the Anime News Network
- Sonny Strait at the Internet Movie Database
- Sonny Strait at the Voice Chasers Database