Chris Sutherland



Chris Sutherland is a video game programmer. He initially joined Rare in 1989 and worked on many games, most notably on the Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooieseries as the main programmer. He left the company in 2014 and became one of the founding members of Playtonic Games.

Sutherland is known to have voiced many characters at Rare, like Banjo and Kazooie, and Diddy Kong.

At one point, Kevin Bayliss was unofficially credited to be former voice actor of Diddy Kong. The misunderstanding gets cleared up when sites officially credited Chris Sutherland as the one who voiced as Diddy Kong before Katsumi Suzuki took over the role.

Voices

 * Diddy Kong Racing (1997) - Diddy Kong, Banjo, Krunch, Taj the Genie
 * Donkey Kong 64 (1999) - Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong, King K. Rool, Krusha, DK Rap Lyrics (uncredited)
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003) - Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, Kritter, Krusha, Gnawty
 * Donkey Kong Country 2  (GBA) (2004) - Diddy Kong, King K. Rool
 * Mario Golf Toadstool Tour (2003) - Diddy Kong (re-used voice clips from DK 64)
 * Mario Kart Double Dash (2003) Diddy Kong
 * Mario Golf: World TourMario Golf: World Tour (2014) Diddy Kong (re-used voice clips from DK 64 along with Katsumi Suzuki's voice clips)
 * Mario Sports Superstars (2017) (reused voice clips from DK 64 for the golf gameplay)
 * Super Smash Bros Ultimate (2019) Banjo &amp; Kazooie (uncredited)