# Kirby Morrow
**Kirby Morrow** (born 1973) was a Canadian actor, voice actor, writer, and comedian based in Vancouver, best known for voicing Miroku in the English dub of the anime *InuYasha*, Cyclops in *X-Men: Evolution*, Cole in *Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*, and Trowa Barton in *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) • [2](https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Kirby_Morrow) He also worked steadily in live-action television, most visibly as Captain Dave Kleinman on *Stargate: Atlantis*.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) He died in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 18, 2020, at the age of 47.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973, Jasper, Alberta, Canada[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) |
| Died | November 18, 2020, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, aged 47[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) |
| Signature voice roles | Miroku (*InuYasha*, 147 episodes, 2001–2004), Cyclops/Scott Summers (*X-Men: Evolution*, 49 episodes, 2000–2003), Cole (*Lego Ninjago*), Trowa Barton (*Gundam Wing*), Goku (Ocean dub of *Dragon Ball Z*)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) • [1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) |
| Best-known live-action role | Captain Dave Kleinman, Daedalus weapons officer, in eight episodes of *Stargate: Atlantis*; also appeared in *Stargate SG-1* and *Stargate Universe*[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) • [4](https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/06/drivers-seat/) |
| Training | Theatre degree from Mount Royal University, Calgary; also trained in Vancouver, Paris, Dublin, Toronto, and Los Angeles[5](https://animecons.com/guests/bio/7/kirby-morrow) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) |
| Final role | Miroku in Funimation's *InuYasha* sequel series *Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon*[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) |
## Early life and training
Morrow was born in Jasper, Alberta, in 1973.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) He graduated with a degree in theater from Mount Royal University in Calgary.[5](https://animecons.com/guests/bio/7/kirby-morrow) Throughout his career he also trained in Vancouver, Paris, Dublin, Toronto, and Los Angeles.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits)
His route into performance began with stand-up comedy. In a 2000 interview he described touring western Canada as a comic, with a couple of shows in Australia, and said he had always done voices for fun. When he came to Vancouver, he made a voice tape and started going out for auditions. He had started doing stand-up while still in theater school, and said it paid for most of his schooling; he would finish classes, drive to a show, and drive back to make school the next day.[6](https://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html)
## Voice acting career
Morrow became a mainstay of English-language translations of Japanese anime recorded in Vancouver. Fandango's biography dates the launch of his voiceover career to the *Ranma ½* anime series in 1993, followed by steady work dubbing anime classics through the 1990s.[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/kirby-morrow-480170/biography) By the time of the 2000 Rumic World interview, his credits already included Van Fanel in *The Vision of Escaflowne*, Trowa Barton in *Gundam Wing*, and Picolet Chardin II in *Ranma ½*; over his career he also voiced Goku in multiple episodes of the Ocean Group dub of *Dragon Ball Z*. The interview predates his casting as Miroku, and the description of that role as perhaps his most well-known is retrospective commentary.[8](https://w.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html) • [10](https://dragonballencyclopedia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z_%28anime%29) In the dubbing database record, his *Dragon Ball Z* work as Goku covers episodes 160–291 of the Ocean dub, alongside many small additional parts.[9](https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby_Morrow)
**Signature roles.** From 2000 to 2003 he voiced Cyclops (Scott Summers) in 49 episodes of *X-Men: Evolution*, and from 2001 to 2004 he voiced the monk Miroku in 147 episodes of *InuYasha*, returning to the character in the series' films and later in *InuYasha: The Final Act*.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) • [7](https://www.fandango.com/people/kirby-morrow-480170/biography) He voiced Cole in *Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*, a role fans frequently name as their favorite.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) His last role was again Miroku, in Funimation's *InuYasha* sequel *Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon*; he also co-starred in *Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar*, which aired on [Nickelodeon](https://www.edgepedia.org/nickelodeon) in the United States.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow)
In interviews Morrow described the appeal of the booth: voice work let him play a far wider range of characters, including different sexes and ages, than his on-camera appearance allowed. He said that for Van Fanel in *Escaflowne* the cast had little direction at first and built the character by watching the Japanese footage and feeling out an aggressive, energetic voice for a young-looking character, adjusting as the series went on.[8](https://w.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html) • [4](https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/06/drivers-seat/) He also voiced Michaelangelo in the live-action *Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation* and played young-hero types such as Tommy Tukyuk, a 14-year-old Inuit boy, in *Yvon of the Yukon*.[6](https://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html)
## Live-action work
On camera, Morrow appeared in episodes of *Bones*, *Stargate SG-1*, *The L Word*, *The Flash*, *Van Helsing*, *Supergirl*, and *When Calls the Heart*.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) His best-known live-action part was Captain Dave Kleinman, a weapons officer on the Daedalus, introduced in *Stargate: Atlantis*'s "The Siege, Part 3"; he reprised the role seven more times over the series' run and returned in *Stargate Universe*.[4](https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/06/drivers-seat/) • [1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) In a 2009 GateWorld interview he said the character's name began as a kind of joke with a crew member's name on his tag, that he started as a captain and was later moved to major status, and that a planned storyline expansion never materialized among the show's many A-plots.[4](https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/06/drivers-seat/)
He also wrote and directed. His comedic short *The Boxing Day Classic* won top prize at the Whistler International Film Festival in 2005.[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/kirby-morrow-480170/biography)
## Death
Morrow died on November 18, 2020, in Vancouver, at 47, eight days after the death of his father, Thomas Morrow.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) No cause of death was given, but his brother Casey Morrow wrote on Facebook that his body "could not keep up" after a long history of substance abuse.[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) One biography, Fandango's, gives the date as November 19, 2020; IMDb, the Television Academy, and dubbing databases give November 18.[7](https://www.fandango.com/people/kirby-morrow-480170/biography) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits) • [1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow)
Casey Morrow established the Kirby Morrow Memorial Scholarship Fund, starting on December 4, 2020, to help people pursuing an education in the performing arts.[9](https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby_Morrow)
## References
1. [Kirby Morrow, Television Academy bios](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/kirby-morrow)
2. [Kirby Morrow, Wikizilla](https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Kirby_Morrow)
3. [Kirby Morrow, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607516/fullcredits)
4. [Driver's Seat: An Interview With Kirby Morrow, GateWorld (June 15, 2009)](https://www.gateworld.net/news/2009/06/drivers-seat/)
5. [Kirby Morrow, AnimeCons.com](https://animecons.com/guests/bio/7/kirby-morrow)
6. [Sound Bites: Kirby Morrow, Rumic World](https://www.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html)
7. [Kirby Morrow Biography, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/kirby-morrow-480170/biography)
8. [Sound Bites: Kirby Morrow (Animerica Vol 8, No. 11, December 2000), Rumic World](https://w.furinkan.com/features/interviews/morrow.html)
9. [Kirby Morrow, Dubbing Wikia](https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Kirby_Morrow)
10. [Dragon Ball Z (anime)](https://dragonballencyclopedia.com/wiki/Dragon_Ball_Z_%28anime%29)
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