Darryl Kurylo Explained

Birth Date:	17 November 1965
Birth Place:	East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation:	Voice actor
Years Active:	2000–present

Darryl Hughes Kurylo (born November 17, 1965) is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice of Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the Yakuza video game series in the English versions of the game, as well as Asher Mir in the 2017 video game Destiny 2.

Career

Kurylo began his voice acting career in 2000. One of his earliest roles was voicing several characters in the video game, Escape from Monkey Island.

In 2005 he voiced characters in the game, The Punisher. He has also voiced characters in , , Prototype 2, Guild Wars 2 and Diablo III. He has recurring voice acting roles in Destroy All Humans! and Company of Heroes.

Kurylo has also helped narrate dozens of textbooks and works of fiction for Audible Books and as a volunteer for Reading For the Blind & Dyslexic.^[1]

Filmography

Television

• The Cartoon Cartoon Show (voice) (2000)
• God, the Devil and Bob (voice) (2001)
• Totally Spies! (voice) (2003–2004)
• Stroker and Hoop (voice) (2005)

Video games

• Escape from Monkey Island (2000) - Admiral Casaba, Monkey 3, Pirate 3
• Toy Story Racer (2001) - Slinky Dog
• (2003) - Eric Golem, Sr., Drill Sergeant, Town Official, Shop Assistant^[2]
• The Punisher (2005) - John Saint / Jigsaw
• Kingdom of Paradise (2005) - Soh Yu / Captain
• Yakuza (2005) - Kazuma Kiryu
• (2006) - Glorfindel
• Guild Wars Factions (2006) - Master Togo
• Titan Quest (2006) - Xi Kang, Polymedes, Hylas
• Company of Heroes (2006) - Schultz
• Open Season (2006) - Shaw, Beaver 2, Duck 2
• Tony Hawk's Project 8 (2006) - Eddie X, The Colonel
• (2006) - Glorfindel
• Armored Core 4 (2006) - Joshua O'Brien^[3]
• (2007) - Additional voices
• (2007) - Okku
• Crash of the Titans (2007) - Voodoo Bunny
• (2007) - Operation Overdrive Black Ranger, S.P.D. Shadow Ranger
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (2008) - Orthopox
• (2008) - Sayid Hassan Jarrah
• (2008) - Prince Kabala, Pitter Pat
• (2008) - Additional voices
• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (2008) - The Master
• Ninja Blade (2009) - Kanbé Ogawa
• (2009) - Cloven 1
• (2009) - Bormann, Schwimmwagen, Panzer IV
• Terminator Salvation (2009) - Peters
• Brütal Legend (2009) - Sonbat, Headbangers, Bouncers
• White Knight Chronicles II (2010) - Yggdra
• (2011) - Various
• (2011) - Russian Soldier, Various
• Prototype 2 (2012) - Alex Mercer
• Diablo III (2012) - Belial, additional voices
• Guild Wars 2 (2012) - Agravaine, Kagula, Tonka
• Saints Row 4 (2013) - The Dom
• (2015) - Shockwave, Ground Soldier 2, Insecticon 1
• Destiny 2 (2017) - Asher Mir
• (2020) - Kazuma Kiryu^[4]
• Mullet MadJack (2024) - Jack^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A1L8HG3G8H7T38#elementId=creditsTabItem&tabDivId=creditsTabContent Darryl Hughes Kurylo acX
2. Web site: Darryl Kurylo (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 14 July 2021. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
3. . Armored Core 4 . . Ending credits, 2:28:06 in, Voice Cast . 2007.
4. . Yakuza: Like a Dragon . . Ending credits, 0:37 . 2020.
5. Web site: Zia . Muhammad Nameer . 2024-05-15 . Mullet Madjack Review - Guns Of The North Star . 2024-07-16 . eXputer.com . en-US.