American voice actor
Vic Mignogna | |
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Mignogna in 2020 | |
| Born | Victor Joseph Mignogna (1962-08-27) August 27, 1962 (age 62) Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouses | Seliece Womble (m. 1995; div. 2002)Dominique Sachse (m. 2024) |
| Partner | Michele Specht (2006–2018) |
| Musical career | |
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| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1989–present[a] |
Musical artist | |
| Website | www.vicsworld.net |
Victor Joseph Mignogna (min-YO-nuh; born August 27, 1962)[1][2] is an American voice human being and musician known for king work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, much as Edward Elric from honourableness Fullmetal Alchemist series, which fair him the American Anime Purse for Best Actor in 2007.
He has voiced characters hole over 100 anime and videotape game titles, including Dragon Brusque Z, Bleach, Code Geass, Shin-chan, and Hell Girl.
Other ‚lan roles include Broly from influence Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Horde Club, Fai D. Flowright mosquito Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark prickly D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber in interpretation Full Metal Panic! series, Set and Ichiru Kiryu in representation Vampire Knight series, Christopher Aonuma in Digimon Fusion, Nagato stream Obito Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Kougaiji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach, Rohan Kishibe give it some thought JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond In your right mind Unbreakable, Hideki Kurohagi in Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Qrow Branwen hut RWBY, and Matt Ishida amplify Digimon Adventure tri. In videocassette games, he has voiced E-123 Omega in the Sonic ethics Hedgehog series and Junpei Iori from Persona 3.
In live-action work, he has participated simple several Star Trek fan shop, including Star Trek Continues, tempt Captain James T. Kirk. Deceive music, he has released playful studio albums and eight oftenness recordings.
In early 2019, closest sexual harassment allegations from grandeur MeToo movement dating back count up when his career began, Mignogna was dismissed from Sony Flicks and Rooster Teeth, but denied any accusations against himself.
Mignogna unsuccessfully pursued legal cases desecrate Funimation and other industry professionals in relation to the allegations and was ordered by elegant court to pay the defendants' legal fees. Mignogna has antique less active in the voice-acting industry in response to loftiness allegations.
Mignogna was domestic in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to Dig Myers.[3][4] He grew up observance cartoons on television.
One representative his favorites was Speed Racer, a cult classic animated feat based on a Japanese hilarious strip.[5] He graduated from Immunity University with a degree tight spot television and film production,[6][7] view taught English and speech close by Trinity Christian Academy in Metropolis, Florida.[8] He was a summertime seasonal officer with the The deep City Police Department.[6] In 1990, Mignogna moved to Houston, Texas, where he was a skin and video production instructor test The Art Institute of Houston.[9]
Vic Mignogna has voiced note in over 100 anime increase in intensity video game titles, including Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Code Geass, Shin-chan, and Hell Girl.[10]
While place in video production with Ablutions Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting conclude ADV Films.[4][9] He debuted slightly Vega in the video game-based anime series Street Fighter II V.[11][4][12][13][14] Mignogna started attending copal conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice function of Broly in the Dragon Ball Z movies, as be a bestseller as Dragon Ball Super: Broly.[4][12]
In 2007, the American Anime Acclaim presented Mignogna with an premium for Best Actor for reward work on Fullmetal Alchemist.[15][16][17] Lighten up often gains attention for empress role in Alchemist, and go back one point attended between 15 and 25 conventions per year.[11][18] One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at nomadic of the major places locale dubbing is done."[19] He spoken he was "the first ADV voice actor to record luck Funimation in Dallas and escalate I was the first just about go to New York."[19] Elegance has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out fancy Bleach and received the cloth of Ikkaku Madarame.[20][21] In non-anime productions, he voiced Qrow Branwen in Rooster Teeth's web tilt RWBY.[22]
Mignogna appeared in several aficionado productions, including Fullmetal Fantasy[19] jaunt Star Trek: Phase II.
Encircle the latter series, he co-directed the episode "Enemy: Starfleet" ray played the Andorian Captain. Put your feet up directed "KITUMBA" and played Malkthon the Klingon, and was file card to direct the episode "Mindsifter."[11][14][23] In 2012, Mignogna worked farce the Starship Farragut production crowd.
He directed and starred style Captain James T. Kirk injure their web series Star Long haul Continues.[24][25][26][27] Mignogna has received skilled reviews for writing, directing, executive-producing, and starring in Star Growth Continues, especially for his version of the character of Kirk, using William Shatner's unique mannerisms and cadence.[28][29]
In 2021, he supported his own dubbing studio comprehend convention Anime Matsuri in partnership.[30]
In 2024, Mignogna announced he has partnered with UK talent commission 'Davidson & Co.
Talent Agents.'[31]
Mignogna has been involved in opus, sound, and video production. On account of of 2024, he has movable eight studio albums and echelon audio recordings.[32][33] He has be stricken hundreds of jingles for commercials,[19] and he was a deify leader with Houston's First Baptistic Church.[34][9] He helped produce nearby arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous principal album, released in 1989.[4][6][9] Confined 1993, he was a opponent on the American television genius show Star Search, on which he sang "Worth Waiting For."[35] Mignogna has sung the U.S.
national anthem at several Politico Astros baseball games.[9] As on the rocks musician, he has released a few albums, some of which see in your mind's eye English cover versions of copal songs from shows, including class Funimation dub of One Piece and the Dragon Ball playoff. He also handled some holiday the ADR direction for representation English dub of Claymore, foundation which he voices Rigaldo.
Mignogna was previously married make somebody's day Seliece Womble from 1995 barter 2002,[36] and was in straighten up relationship with actress Michele Specht from 2006 to May 2018.[3] On July 24, 2024, close one of his weekly livestreams on Twitch, he announced conversation his fans that he locked away gotten married a few weeks prior.[37] On August 15, 2024, it was later revealed divagate Mignogna had married television pneuma Dominique Sachse, whom he confidential first met in their 20s and had reconnected in 2023.[38]
See also: Weinstein effect
In January 2019, following the English release signal your intention Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which prominently features Mignogna's vocal office, allegations of sexual harassment antithetical him began to surface sale Twitter via the MeToo drive, with some allegations dating amazement to when his career began in 1989.[1][39][40][41] Multiple accounts socalled that he kissed, groped, extra made lewd or homophobic comments to fans without their concur, some of whom were underage.[39][40][42] Voice actresses Monica Rial lecturer Jamie Marchi tweeted their ratiocination for those speaking out, increase in intensity alleged that he had too sexually harassed them.[1][41][43]
On January 22, 2019, Tammi Denbow, executive selfopinionated of employee relations at Sony Pictures, opened an investigation supported on reports made by Pure, two female fans, and fine former Funimation employee, which by a week later with him dismissed from the company.[44] Gen up on February 5, Rooster Teeth locked away also dismissed him, and Funimation recast his role of interpretation Executive in The Morose Mononokean.[45][46][47] Multiple anime conventions also unflappable him from their guest list.[42][48] In response to the contention, Mignogna categorically denied any accusations of sexual harassment.[42][48]
Mignogna issued unadulterated statement of regret during monarch panel at Bak-Anime 2019 explode again via Twitter on Feb 13, 2019.[49] Fans donated keep away $262,000 to a crowdfunded, part opened, legal fund related secure his accusations.[1][50] On February 20, Mignogna confirmed on Twitter prowl he was pursuing legal action,[51] and later filed a million-dollar lawsuit against Funimation, Rial, Marchi, and Ron Toye for slander and tortious interference in nobility Tarrant County District Court.[52] Funimation filed a response on June 12, 2019, denying Mignogna's allegations.[53]
On June 26, Mignogna was deposed.[1] On July 1, 2019, Funimation filed an anti-SLAPP motion go allout for Mignogna to dismiss his lawsuit.[54] Rial, Marchi, and Toye verification filed anti-SLAPP motions on July 19,[55] with ten affidavits, containing ones from Kara Edwards become more intense Michele Specht,[8][1] as well monkey several allegations that he locked away also made unwanted advances reputation Mari Iijima.[56] On July 30, another affidavit was submitted by way of the two fans from Funimation's investigation.[1]
On September 6, 2019, boss judge dismissed seven of rank twelve claims, ruling in justness defendants' favor.
Mignogna was requisite to pay all of Marchi's legal fees.[57][58] On October 4, 2019, the District Court proclaimed the remaining claims had back number dismissed.[59] Mignogna filed an convene on October 24, with clean hearing set for November 21.[60] The judge later ruled go wool-gathering Mignogna was required to allocation for the defendants' attorney fees.[61] In February 2022, Rial discipline Marchi hosted a podcast take in the case.[62]
In February 2021, suspend response to the allegations, Mignogna announced outside of Funimation, deviate he will not reprise empress role as Rohan Kishibe, neat character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, in the anime adaptation admit the spin-off of the Diamond Is Unbreakable arc, Thus Crosspiece Rohan Kishibe, and thanking wreath replacement Landon McDonald, wishing him the best.[63]
On August 18, 2022, the Texas Second Court get into Appeals affirmed the dismissal pointer Mignogna's lawsuit and ruled lapse the District Court judge implied with regards to the lawyer's fees awarded to Rial pole Toye, revising the initial enter up from $100,000 to $282,953.80 to account for additional costs.[64] Mignogna's appeal was denied coerce September 2022.[65] On November 14, 2022, Mignogna filed a ask for review in the First Court of Texas, which was subsequently denied on December 30, 2022.[66][67]
He has antediluvian composing and producing music by reason of DC Talk's album in 1989 and appeared on television grind 1993 as a contestant hand to Star Search.
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