Quinton Flynn (born October 10, 1964) is an American voice actor and comedian, who has provided the English voices of video game characters such as Raiden in the ''

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'' series, Marcus Damon in ''

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'', and Axel and his original self Lea in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series.

Early life

Quinton Flynn was born in

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. He is a graduate of the

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and

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Career

Flynn began his career in 1992, his first acting credit was the character Jonathan Willis Internal Monologue in the television film '' Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted''. He also worked in

sketch comedy Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...

, such as portraying

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on ''

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''. He reprised the role again in the

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'' My Dinner with Jimi''. As a

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, he has provided many character voices in animated films, television shows, anime and video games. He is a frequently recurring actor in the ''

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'' video game series. He later became the voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the ''

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'' series starting in 2010, he continued to voice the character for seven more years up until 2017 when he was replaced by

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. Flynn also provided the voice of Reno in '' Final Fantasy VII'' and its sequels and prequels, and Henry in '' No More Heroes.'' He is also best known for providing the voices of Raiden in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' video game series and Axel in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. He played the role of Kael'thas Sunstrider in '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' and ''

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'', his lines in the latter were replaced in 2021. In television, he voiced Timon in Disney's '' Timon & Pumbaa'', replacing

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after he voiced the character for 10 episodes. Flynn also provided the voice of

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in the '' Mickey Mouse Works'' episode "Minnie Takes Care of Pluto". Additionally, he voiced many other characters in '' All Grown Up!'', '' The Angry Beavers'', '' As Told by Ginger'', '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', '' Cow and Chicken'', '' Dave the Barbarian'', ''

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'', '' Freakazoid!'', '' Generator Rex'', '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', '' Johnny Bravo'', '' Mad'', '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', '' The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'', ''

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'', '' Samurai Jack'', '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In anime, he voiced Iruka Umino in ''

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'', '' Naruto: Shippuden'' and '' The Last: Naruto the Movie''. He also voiced characters such as Shingo Shoji for the Tokyopop dub of the '' Initial D'' series, Marcus Damon in ''

'',

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in '' Final Fantasy VII Advent Children'', Raiden in the English dub of ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee'', Carl and McCoy in ''

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'', Kon in the ''

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'' series, and Dr. Riddles in ''

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''.

Filmography

Animation

* '' All Grown Up!'' – Kid #3, Funny Hair Man (Ep. 9) * ''

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'' – Joey, Ross * '' The Angry Beavers'' – Rusty, Singer * '' As Told by Ginger'' – George Magrority * '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'' – Tycho (Ep. 35) * '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' –

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* '' Cow and Chicken'' – Beaver #1, Man * '' Dave the Barbarian'' – King, Cute Backstreet Minstrel * ''

'' – Human Torch/Johnny Storm (season 2) * '' Freakazoid!'' – Elliot (Ep. "Nerdator") * '' Generator Rex'' – Beau (Ep. "Rock My World"; uncredited) * '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' – Harvey, Bailiff, Dr. Gaylord * '' Johnny Bravo'' – Boy #1 * '' Mad'' – Jack Harper, Captain Thomas Gregson, MADitorial Announcer (Ep. "POblivion/Umbrellamentary") * '' Mickey Mouse Works'' –

* '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'' – Sheldon Lee, Don Prima, additional voices * '' The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest'' – Jonny Quest (season 2), * ''

'' –

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, Swiper the Fox, Sir Topham Hatt, additional voices * '' Samurai Jack'' – Monk A * '' Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' – Additional voices (2 episodes) * '' Seal Team'' - Shark * '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series'' – Human Torch/Johnny Storm * ''

'' – Snowbell (13 episodes, replacing

) * ''

'' –

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* '' Timon & Pumbaa'' – Timon (24 episodes) * '' Totally Spies!'' – Rick * '' Xyber 9: New Dawn'' – Mick

Anime

* '' Initial D'' series – Shingo Shoji (Tokyopop dub) * ''

'' – Marcus Damon * '' Final Fantasy VII Advent Children'' –

* ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee'' – Raiden (English voice) * ''

'' – Iruka Umino * '' Naruto: Shippuden'' – Iruka Umino * ''

'' – Carl, McCoy * ''

'' – Kon * '' The Last: Naruto the Movie'' – Iruka Umino, Messenger * ''

'' – Dr. Riddles

Film

* '' Bilal: A New Breed of Hero'' – Additional voices * ''Globehunters: An Around The World in Eighty Days Adventure'' – Dr. Wilkins, Spume * ''Immigrants'' – Hermaphrodite, Businessman * '' The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story'' – Bad Baboon, Wolf #3 * '' Ultimate Avengers'' – Additional voices

Video games

* '' Command & Conquer: Renegade'' – Additional Voices * '' Command & Conquer: Generals'' – Additional Voices * '' Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits'' – Kharg (English version) * '' Armored Core 4'' – Sir Maurescu, Base Defense Force (English version) * '' Call of Duty: United Offensive'' – Private Ender * '' Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' – Billy ( 3DS version only), Toiletnator (XL version only) * ''

'' series ** '' Nitro Kart'' – Doctor N. Gin, Nitros Oxide ** '' Tag Team Racing'' – Chick Gizzard Lips ** '' Twinsanity'' – The Evil Twins (Victor and Moritz), Doctor N. Gin, Penguin, Skunk * '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'' – Reno (English version) * '' Curse of Monkey Island'' – Mr. Fossey * '' Digimon World Data Squad'' – Marcus Damon (English version) * '' Final Fantasy X'' – Isaaru * '' Final Fantasy X-2'' – Isaaru * '' Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure'' – Roger, Poco (English version) * ''

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'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * ''

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'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider * '' Kingdom Hearts'' series – Axel (English voice) ** ''

Kingdom Hearts II ''Kingdom Hearts II'' is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios, Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The game is a sequel to ''Kingdom Hear ...

'' ** '' Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories'' ** '' Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' ** '' Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'' – Lea ** '' Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' – Lea (English voice) ** '' 1.5 Remix'' (archived and new footage) ** '' 2.5 Remix'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) (archived and new footage) ** '' 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) (archived footage) ** ''

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'' – Axel/Lea (English voice) * '' La Pucelle: Tactics'' – Croix (English version) * ''

League of Legends ''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraf ...

'' - Jhin * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Video Game'' – Merry, Gollum * '' Madagascar: The Video Game'' – Big Mouth Parrot, Delivery Truck Driver, Sailor #1, Lemur #2 * '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' – Spider-Man/Peter Parker * '' Mass Effect 2'' - Kolyat Krios * ''Metal Gear Solid'' series – Raiden (English version) ** ''

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'' ** '' Portable Ops'' – Fox Soldier B ** '' Guns of the Patriots'' ** '' Revengeance'' * '' Minority Report: Everybody Runs'' – Danny Witwer, Rufus T. Riley, additional voices * '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact'' – Iruka Umino (English version) * '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3'' – Iruka Umino (English version) * '' Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' – Iruka Umino (English version) * '' No More Heroes'' – Henry Cooldown (English version) * '' No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle'' – Henry Cooldown (English version) * '' Onimusha: Blade Warriors'' – Kotaro Fuma (English version) * '' Orphen: Scion of Sorcery'' – Orphen (English version) * '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow'' – Lucky, Ice Viking King, Magistrate of Nassau, Port Royal Civilian * '' PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' – Raiden * '' Rogue Galaxy'' – Monsha, Toady, Ugozl lo Burkaqua (English version) * ''

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'' – Middle-age Man Fish, News-truck Fish * '' Shadow of Rome'' – Askari, additional voices (English version) * ''

'' series – Silver the Hedgehog (2010–2019, replaces Pete Capella) (English version) ** ''

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'' (DS version only; credited as Derek Allen) ** ''

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'' - Eagle Squad Soldier ** '' Free Riders'' ** '' Generations'' ** '' Mario & Sonic'' series: *** ''

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'' *** '' Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games'' *** '' Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' * '' Spider-Man: Friend or Foe'' –

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* ''

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'' – Additional voices * '' The Saboteur'' – Additional voices * '' True Crime: New York City'' – Additional voices * '' Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider * '' Warcraft 3: Reforged'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider * '' World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider, High Botanist Freywinn (Line replaced) * '' World of Warcraft: Shadowlands'' – Kael'thas Sunstrider (Lines replaced) * '' The Wonderful 101'' – Prince Vorkken (English voice) * '' X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' –

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, Abyss

Live-action

* '' Against the Sun'' – Newsreel Narrator * ''A Hard Day's Day'' –

* ''Eyewitness'' – Joe * '' I'd Kill for You'' – Narrator (voice) * ''

'' – Paul McCartney * '' Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted'' – Jonathan Willis * ''

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'' – Man from Bar * ''

Men Behaving Badly ''Men Behaving Badly'' is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang ( Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey ( Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart ( Neil Morrissey; series ...

'' –

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* '' My Dinner With Jimi'' – Paul McCartney * ''The Christopher Walken Ecstatic Dance Academy'' –

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* '' The Mystery of Natalie Wood'' – James Dean V.O. (voice) * ''WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation'' – Nilsson Ovërgartten

Discography

Puzzled Yesterdays EP - 2011: • 1: Miss Right (2:43) • 2: Puzzled Yesterdays (2:59) • 3: Billy (4:08)

References

External links

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