Darryl Kurylo

American voice actor (born 1965)

Darryl Kurylo
Born	(1965-11-17) November 17, 1965 (age 58) 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 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor, 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
Rocket Power: Beach Bandits (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^[2]
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (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
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king (2006) - Glorfindel
Armored Core 4 (2006) - Joshua O'Brien^[3]
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (2007) - Additional voices
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007) - Okku
Crash of the Titans (2007) - Voodoo Bunny
Power Rangers: Super Legends (2007) - Operation Overdrive Black Ranger, S.P.D. Shadow Ranger
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed (2008) - Orthopox
Lost: Via Domus (2008) - Sayid Hassan Jarrah
Speed Racer: The Videogame (2008) - Prince Kabala, Pitter Pat
Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) - Additional voices
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (2008) - The Master
Ninja Blade (2009) - Kanbé Ogawa
Resistance: Retribution (2009) - Cloven 1
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (2009) - Bormann, Schwimmwagen, Panzer IV
Terminator Salvation (2009) - Peters
Brütal Legend (2009) - Sonbat, Headbangers, Bouncers
White Knight Chronicles II (2010) - Yggdra^[2]
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (2011) - Various
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (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
Transformers: Devastation (2015) - Shockwave, Ground Soldier 2, Insecticon 1
Destiny 2 (2017) - Asher Mir
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) - Kazuma Kiryu^[4]

References

^ Darryl Hughes Kurylo acX
^ ^a ^b ^c "Darryl Kurylo (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ FromSoftware. Armored Core 4. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 2:28:06 in, Voice Cast.
^ Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Sega. Scene: Ending credits, 0:37.