Brian Donovan (actor)

Brian Donovan is an American 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]

For the journalist, see Brian Donovan (journalist).
Brian Donovan
Born
California
OccupationVoice actor
Years active1991–present

Biography

Donovan became the executive director of the Los Angeles Repertory Theater in 1994, which led him to produce and direct 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.

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

Movie roles

Other roles
  • Jetix – Promo/Commercial Announcer
  • Mighty Me - Training Camp – Creator/Show's Host

References
  1. "Naruto: Ninja Destiny :: Voice Actor Interview (pg. 2)". Kidzworld. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  2. "Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  3. "Front and back of Alpha and Omega 2 DVD case". DVD Box. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  4. "91.8 The Fan » Blog Archive » Kana's Korner – Interview with Brian Donovan". 918thefan.com. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Kitsunes96 on twitter". Twitter. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
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