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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-Kazooie series as the main programmer. He left the company in 2014 and became one of the founding members of Playtonic Games.
Voice roles
Sutherland is known to have voiced many characters at Rare, like Banjo and Kazooie, Daniel Carrington and the announcer of Killer Instinct.
At one point, Kevin Bayliss was unofficially credited to be former voice actor of Diddy Kong. The misunderstanding gets cleared up when he posted in a Twitter comment that he did not voice as Diddy. Since then, sites officially credited Chris Sutherland as the one who voiced as Diddy Kong before Katsumi Suzuki took over the role.
Game Works
- The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy) (1990) - Programmer
- Sneaky Snakes (1991) - Programmer
- Battletoads (Arcade) (1994) - Main Program, Additional Design, Audio Software, Additional Sound Effects
- Donkey Kong Country (1994) - Head Programmer
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) - Head Programmer
- Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996) - Original Game
- Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - Head Programmer (credited as "Chief Keyboard Tapper")
- Donkey Kong 64 (1999) - Support Team
- Perfect Dark (GBC) (2000) - Rare Staff
- Banjo-Tooie (2000) - Head Programmer
- Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003) - Original DKC Team
- Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (2004) - Original DKC2 Team
- Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008) - Viva Piñata Team
- Yooka-Laylee (2017) - Project Director & Software Engineer
- Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (2019) - Project Director & Software Engineer
Special Thanks
- Killer Instinct (GB) (1995)
- Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Portrayals
- Donkey Kong Country – Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, Kritter, Krusha, Gnawty (GBA version)[1]
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest – Diddy Kong, King K. Rool (GBA version)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! – Kiddy Kong, King K. Rool (GBA version)
- Diddy Kong Racing – Diddy Kong, Banjo,[2] Krunch, Taj the Genie
- Donkey Kong 64 – Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong, King K. Rool, Krusha
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour – Diddy Kong
- Mario Kart: Double Dash!! – Diddy Kong
- Mario Golf: World Tour – Diddy Kong (with Katsumi Suzuki)
- Mario Sports Superstars – Diddy Kong (re-used voice clips in the golf gameplay)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Banjo & Kazooie
Interviews
- DigitalFoundry: Donkey Kong Country
- Rare Replay: