Brian Donovan (actor)

For the journalist, see Brian Donovan (journalist).

**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. He has reprised his role of Rock Lee in *Naruto: Shippuden* and in 2010, he was cast as the voice of Salty in *Alpha and Omega* and its sequel. Donovan is also known as the lead role of Davis Motomiya from *Digimon Adventure 02*.

## 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.

Donovan currently lives in Los Angeles with his family and dog, Cosmo.

## Filmography

### Animation/anime roles

* *A.T.O.M.* – **Ollie Sharker**, **Rayza**
* *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations* - **Rock Lee**
* *Digimon Adventure 02* – **Davis Motomiya**
* *Digimon Tamers* – Narrator/Kai Urazoe
* *Digimon Frontier* – Terou, Mushroomon
* *Flint the Time Detective* – **Tony Goodman**, **Monk**
* *Naruto* – **Rock Lee**
* *Naruto: Shippuden* – **Rock Lee**
* *Rurouni Kenshin* – Yutaro Tsukayama
* *Vampire Princess Miyu* – Boy in Swamp (ep. 10)
* *The Zeta Project* – Rudy

### Movie roles

* *Alpha and Omega* – Salty
* *Digimon: The Movie* – **Davis Motomiya**
* *Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon* – **Davis Motomiya**
* *Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom* – **Rock Lee**
* *Naruto: Shippūden the Movie* – **Rock Lee**
* *Naruto Shippuden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire* – **Rock Lee**
* *The Last: Naruto the Movie* – **Rock Lee**
* *Boruto: Naruto the Movie* – **Rock Lee**

### Other roles

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

## References

1. ↑ "Naruto: Ninja Destiny :: Voice Actor Interview (pg. 2)".
2. ↑ "Naruto Shippūden's Main English Dubbing Cast Announced".
3. ↑ "Front and back of *Alpha and Omega 2* DVD case". DVD Box. http://dvd.box.sk/newsimg/dvdmov/max1386516957-frontback-cover.jpg. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
4. ↑ "91.8 The Fan  » Blog Archive  » Kana’s Korner – Interview with Brian Donovan". http://918thefan.com/2011/kanas-korner-interview-with-brian-donovan/.
5. ↑ IncendiaryLemon, Author (2016-11-14). "Digimon: Digital Monsters Season 2". http://site.animeuknews.info/2016/11/14/digimon-digital-monsters-season-2/.
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". February 5, 2019. https://twitter.com/Kitsunes96/status/1092096913984421891. Retrieved February 5, 2019.

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