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.
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 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
Special Thanks[]
- Killer Instinct (GB) (1995)
- Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
Voices[]
- Battletoads (Arcade) (1994) - Announcer
- Killer Instinct (1994) - Announcer
- Killer Instinct 2 (1996) - Announcer
- Killer Instinct Gold (1996) - Announcer
- Diddy Kong Racing (1997) - Diddy Kong, Banjo, Krunch, Taj the Genie
- Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - Banjo, Kazooie
- Donkey Kong 64 (1999) - Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong, King K. Rool, Krusha, DK Rap Lyrics (uncredited)
- Perfect Dark (2000) - Daniel Carrington, Trent Easton, DataDyne Guards
- Star Fox Adventures (2002) - SnowHorn Tribe
- 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 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 & Kazooie (uncredited)
Interviews[]
- DigitalFoundry: Donkey Kong Country
- Rare Replay: