Brian Donovan (actor)
American actor
Brian Donovan is an American voice actor. 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 was set to reprise his role as Davis Motomiya in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna. Due to the events of the COVID-19 pandemic and a fault in his home studio, however, the role was instead recast to Griffin Burns.
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
Vampire Princess Miyu – Boy in Swamp (episode 10)
The Zeta Project – Rudy
Movie roles
Alpha and Omega – Salty
Digimon: The Movie – Davis Motomiya
Digimon: 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
Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning – Davis Motomiya
Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! / Transcendent Evolution!
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