Sonny Strait
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Strait at the 2006 Anime Vegas
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| Born |
Don Strait June 28, 1965 Kaufman, Texas |
| Occupation | Voice actor, comic book artist, Voice director |
| Notable credit(s) |
Dragon Ball as Krillin, Bardock One Piece as Usopp Assassination Classroom as Koro-sensei "Show by Rock!!!" as "Maple Arisugawa" |
| Spouse(s) | Gayla Strait |
| Children | Savannah (step-daughter) James (step-son) |
| Website | http://www.sonnystrait.com/ |
Don "Sonny" Strait (born June 28, 1965) is an American voice actor, ADR director, and script writer at Funimation who provided voices for a number of English versions of Japanese anime series, and video games. He is also a comic book artist.
Most recognized as the voice of Krillin, and also Bardock on the wildly popular, animated TV show Dragon Ball Z and as an illustrator for, arguably, the most famous, independently published comic book series Elfquest. Strait has over 20 years of experience in the arts.
As a voice actor, Strait is considered to be one of the most recognized voice actors in the business. Besides Dragon Ball Z's Krillin he has worked on many popular animated characters including Usopp in One Piece, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Cartoon Network’s laid back, robot host Toonami TOM. He has also worked as a writer and director on several TV series including Dragon Ball series, Case Closed, and Lupin the Third.
As a comic book artist he has 17 published works to date including his débuted self-published series Mr. Average featured in The Comics Journal and Elfquest which was published by both WARP Graphics and DC Comics. he's considered one of the top Elfquest artists from its over 30-year history.
In 2007, he wrote and illustrated a graphic novel about a reluctant punk rock, faerie princess named Goat. The book, called We Shadows, was published by Tokyopop and was nominated by The American Library Association for Best Graphic Novel in 2008. The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines including Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Play and Anime Insider.
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