Years active 1985–present Children Sam Thornton Role Radio announcer | Name Jim Thornton Spouse(s) Susan Thornton | |
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Occupation Radio/television announcer Movies and TV shows Wheel of Fortune, Monsters - Inc, Let's Pollute Similar People Pat Sajak, Jeff Pidgeon, Geefwee Boedoe, Merv Griffin, David Silverman | ||
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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.
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- Wof 9 23 11 meet jim thornton
- Aerial Awards Jim Thornton 3 Golden Rules for great radio
- Education
- Game show announcer
- Voiceover work
- TV series
- Shorts
- Movies
- Video games
- References
Aerial Awards// Jim Thornton: 3 Golden Rules for great radio
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.
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.
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. Because of this job, Thornton has scaled back from his job at KNX.
Voiceover work
Thornton provided the voice of Johnny Gomez in Celebrity Deathmatch, a Christmas caroler in Rugrats, and the 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.