Most recognized as the voice of
Krillin 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 in the business. Besides
Dragon Ball Z, he has worked on many popular animated series 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 and 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 2008. The book received glowing reviews in many trade magazines including
Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Play and
Anime Insider.He has also appeared in many video games such as the title role in
S’plosion Man, the psychos in
Borderlands and Neptune in
Smite.Recently, Strait has reprised his roles of Krillin in the theatrical release
Dragonball Z Resurrection F and Toonami TOM 1 in the
Intruder 2 series for
Cartoon Network. He was also cast in his current favorite roles of Koro Sensei in
Assassination Classroom and Maple in
Show By Rock.In 2015 Sonny returned to directing starting with the anime series
Maria the Virgin Witch,
Mikagura School Suite and the highly controversial
Prison School. He has also returned to
Elfquest as a colorist for
Dark Horse Comics. He also did a Ford commercial as Krillin!If you are a geek genre unmarred by his carnage, know that you are
so next!