Jim Thornton

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Jim Thornton
Born Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Radio/television announcer
Years active 1985–present
Spouse(s) Susan Thornton
Children Sam Thornton

Jim Thornton is an American television, radio announcer and voice actor. He is known for his voiceover work in video games, movies and TV shows.

Early life and career

Education

Born in Huntington, West Virginia, he graduated from Huntington High School in 1983 and then moved to Los Angeles in 1984 where he would start his broadcasting career a year later. He also has a degree in linguistics from Marshall University.[1]

Thornton is best known as the afternoon anchor on all-news radio KNX 1070 in Los Angeles, having been promoted from traffic reporting. He has also announced on Celebrity Deathmatch and did narration in a portion of Monsters, Inc.[2]

Game show announcer

Thornton did substitute announcing work on The Price Is Right following the death of former announcer Rod Roddy. In December 2010, he auditioned for the same role on Wheel of Fortune following the death of the show's announcer Charlie O'Donnell, and was confirmed as the show's new announcer on June 13, 2011.[3][4] Because of this job, Thornton has scaled back from his job at KNX.[4]

Voiceover work

Thornton provides the voice of Johnny Gomez in Celebrity Deathmatch, A Christmas Caroller in Rugrats, and Announcer in The Cleveland Show. He also appeared in video games where he provided Additional Voice over work for Hitman: Blood Money and as a DJ in Mafia II. He also appeared in movies where he also provides Additional voice over work for Monsters, Inc..

Filmography

TV series

Shorts

Movies

Video games

References

  1. "Jim Thornton". CBS Los Angeles. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. Henderson-Bentley, Angela (20 January 2011). "Huntington native takes a spin on the 'Wheel'". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. Episode #5336, original air date December 20, 2010
  4. 1 2 Henderson-Bentley, Angela (15 June 2011). "Huntington's Jim Thornton realizes lifelong dream on 'Wheel of Fortune'". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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Preceded by
Charlie O'Donnell
Announcer of Wheel of Fortune
September 19, 2011-
Succeeded by
incumbent
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