Brian Donovan is an American voice actor. Donovan is best known for his role of Rock Lee from the critically acclaimed ''

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'' series. He has reprised his role of Rock Lee in '' Naruto: Shippuden'' and in 2010, he was cast as the voice of Salty in ''

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'' and its sequel. Donovan is also known as the lead role of Davis Motomiya from '' Digimon Adventure 02''.

Biography

Donovan was set to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya in '' Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna''. Due to the events of the

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and a fault in his home studio, however, the role was instead recast to Griffin Burns.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.

Filmography

Animation/anime roles

* ''

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'' – Ollie Sharker, Rayza * '' Boruto: Naruto Next Generations'' - Rock Lee * '' Digimon Adventure 02'' – Davis Motomiya * ''

Digimon Tamers is a Japanese anime television series and the third television series in the '' Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. The series takes place in a new setting separate from the preceding series, '' Digimon Adventure'' and '' Digim ...

'' – Narrator/Kai Urazoe * ''

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'' – Terou, Mushroomon * '' Flint the Time Detective'' – Tony Goodman, Monk * ''

'' – Rock Lee * '' Naruto: Shippuden'' – Rock Lee * ''

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'' – Yutaro Tsukayama * '' Vampire Princess Miyu'' – Boy in Swamp (ep. 10) * '' The Zeta Project'' – Rudy

Movie roles

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'' – 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

* ''

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'' - Davis Motomiya * ''

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'' – Promo/Commercial Announcer * ''Mighty Me - Training Camp'' – Creator/Show's Host

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Brian Living people American male voice actors Year of birth missing (living people)