Quinton Flynn Explained

Quinton Flynn
Birth Date:10 October 1964[1]
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Alma Mater:Bowling Green State University, Kent State University[2]
Occupation:Voice actor, comedian
Years Active:1992–present

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 Metal Gear series, Marcus Damon in Digimon Data Squad, Lea and Axel in the Kingdom Hearts series.

Early life

Quinton Flynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] He is a graduate of the Bowling Green State University and Kent State University.[2]

Career

Flynn began his career in 1992, his first acting credit was the character Jonathan Willis Internal Monologe in the television film . He also worked in sketch comedy, such as portraying Paul McCartney on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He reprised the role again in the comedy film, My Dinner with Jimi.[2]

As a voice actor, he has provided many character voices in animated films, television shows, anime and video games. He is a frequently recurring actor in the Crash Bandicoot video game series. He later became the voice of Silver the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series starting in 2010, he continued to voice the character for seven more years until 2017 when he was replaced by Bryce Papenbrook.

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 Lea and Axel in the Kingdom Hearts series. He played the role of Kael'thas Sunstrider in and World of Warcraft; his lines in the latter were replaced in 2021.

In television, he voiced Timon in Disney's Timon & Pumbaa, replacing Nathan Lane after he voiced the character for 10 episodes. Flynn also provided the voice of Mickey Mouse 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, , , Cow and Chicken, Dave the Barbarian, Fantastic Four, Freakazoid!, Generator Rex, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Johnny Bravo, Mad, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Robot Chicken, Samurai Jack, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Stuart Little and Teen Titans.

In anime, he voiced Iruka Umino in Naruto, and . He also voiced characters such as Shingo Shoji for the Tokyopop dub of the Initial D series, Marcus Damon in Digimon Data Squad, Reno in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, Raiden in the English dub of Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee, Carl and McCoy in Blood+, Kon in Bleach series and Dr. Riddles in Zatch Bell.

Filmography

Animation

Anime

Film

Video games

Live-action

Discography

Puzzled Yesterdays EP - 2011:

• 1: Miss Right (2:43)

• 2: Puzzled Yesterdays (2:59)

• 3: Billy (4:08)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Quinton Flynn . quintonflynn.live . January 12, 2024.
  2. Web site: Quinton Flynn Interview - Raiden . www.metalgearsolid.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102041036/http://www.metalgearsolid.net/features/interview-with-voice-actor-quinton-flynn-raiden-jack . 2 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Quinton Flynn (visual voices guide). Behind The Voice Actors. 2 March 2018. . 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 credits or other reliable sources of information..
  4. Web site: Korkis . Jim . A New Mouse Voice In Town by Wade Sampson . August 25, 2010 . Mouseplanet . 2016-08-16.
  5. Web site: Ultimate Avengers - Cast Images. Behind The Voice Actors. 2 March 2018. |postscript=. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.}
  6. Command & Conquer: Renegade Game Manual
  7. Command & Conquer: Generals Game Manual
  8. . Armored Core 4 . . Ending credits, 2:28:09 in, Voice Cast . 2007.
  9. 1058437309912178688. PavelSadovnik. Jungle Bungle was meant to be a summation of the classic Crash games, with familiar characters and styles of gamepl… . November 2, 2018.
  10. . La Pucelle: Tactics . . Ending credits, 44:29 in, English Voice Talent . 2004.
  11. . The Bard's Tale . InXile Entertainment . Ending credits, 2:10:17 in, More Great Talent . 2004.
  12. Web site: The Saboteur - Cast Images. Behind The Voice Actors. 2 March 2018. . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information..
  13. . True Crime: New York City . . Pause menu credits, 4:29:18 in, VOICE TALENT . 2005.
  14. Web site: 14 April 2021 . New Voice Actor for Kael'thas Sunstrider - Previous Voice Lines Replaced in Patch 9.1 .

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