Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɒnə/) is an American actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, the most notable being Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, for which he earned the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other notable anime roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark in D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber in the Full Metal Panic! series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the Vampire Knight series, Christopher Aonuma in Digimon Fusion, Nagato and Obito Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach and Matt Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri. He also voiced Qrow Branwen in the anime-style web series RWBY. In video games, he is the voice of E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Junpei Iori from Persona 3. In live-action work, he has participated in several Star Trek fan productions, including Star Trek Continues where he plays Captain Kirk.
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Born | Victor Joseph Mignogna Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1] |
Occupation | Voice actor, musician |
Years active | 1999–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | Pop, Christian & Gospel |
Instruments | Piano, Vocals |
Years active | 1989–present[N 1] |
Website | vicsworld |
Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɒnə/) is an American actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, the most notable being Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, for which he earned the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other notable anime roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark in D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber in the Full Metal Panic! series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the Vampire Knight series, Christopher Aonuma in Digimon Fusion, Nagato and Obito Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach and Matt Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri. He also voiced Qrow Branwen in the anime-style web series RWBY. In video games, he is the voice of E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Junpei Iori from Persona 3. In live-action work, he has participated in several Star Trek fan productions, including Star Trek Continues where he plays Captain Kirk.
Mignogna grew up in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[2] He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production.[3][4] He helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album.[3][5] Mignogna taught drama and speech in Jacksonville, Florida,[2] and was an officer with the Ocean City Police Department.[3] In 1990, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was a film and video production instructor at The Art Institute of Houston.[5] In 1993, he was a contestant on American television talent show Star Search, on which he sang "Worth Waiting For".[6]
While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting in anime at ADV Films.[2][5] He made his debut as Vega in the video game based anime series Street Fighter II V.[1][2][2][7][8][9] He started attending anime conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice role of Broly in the Dragon Ball films.[2][7]
In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna with an award for Best Actor for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist.[10][11][12] He often gains attention for his role in Fullmetal Alchemist, and he at one point attended between 15 and 25 conventions each year.[1][13] One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at all of the major places where dubbing is done."[14] He said he was "the first ADV voice actor to record at Funimation in Dallas and then I was the first to go to New York".[14] He has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out for Bleach and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame.[15][16] In non-anime productions, he voiced Qrow Branwen in the American web series RWBY.[17]
In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in production for music, sound, and video.[18][19] He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials,[14] and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church.[20][5] He has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games.[5] As a musician, Mignogna has released several albums, some of which feature English cover versions of anime songs from shows including One Piece and the Dragon Ball series. He also handled some of the ADR direction for the English dub of Claymore, in which he voices Rigaldo.
Mignogna has been involved with several fan productions, including Fullmetal Fantasy[14] and Star Trek: Phase II. In the latter series, he co-directed the episode "Enemy: Starfleet" and played the Andorian Captain. He directed "KITUMBA" and played Malkthon the Klingon, and was slated to direct the episode "Mindsifter".[1][9][21] In 2012, Mignogna worked with the Starship Farragut production group. He directed and starred as Captain Kirk in their web series Star Trek Continues.[22][23][24][25] Mignogna has received good reviews for writing, directing, executive producing and starring in Star Trek Continues, especially for his portrayal of the character of James T. Kirk, respectfully utilizing William Shatner's unique mannerisms and cadence.[26]
Following the release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which prominently features Mignogna's vocal work, accusations of sexual harassment began to surface against Mignogna, with some allegations dating as far back as 2008.[27][28] Multiple accounts alleged that Mignogna kissed, groped, and made unwanted comments to fans without their consent, some of whom were underage.[27][28][29] Voice actresses Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi also tweeted their support for those speaking out, and shared their own experiences of being sexually harassed by Mignogna.[30] On February 5, 2019, Rooster Teeth, creators of the animated series RWBY, severed their business relationship with Mignogna,[29][31] and Funimation recast Mignogna's role of the Executive in The Morose Mononokean.[32] In response to the controversy, Mignogna categorically denied any accusations of sexual harassment. However, multiple anime conventions withdrew Mignogna from their guest list.[33][29] On February 11, 2019, Funimation confirmed on Twitter that they had ended professional ties with Mignogna following an investigation.[34][35] Mignogna issued an apology during his panel at Bak-Anime 2019 and again via Twitter on February 14, 2019.[36]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2006–present | Rock 'N Learn series | Bill, Marko the Pencil, others | [171][172] | |
2009–10 | Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes | Shealar, Medical Assistant #1 | Ep. "The Needs of the Many", "Power Source" | [173][174] |
2015–2019 | RWBY | Qrow Branwen | Volume 1-6 | [17][175] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2003 | Holly's Story: A Journey to Freedom and Hope | Jim Hudson | [200][201] | |
2011 | Fallout: Nuka Break | Merchant/Narrator | [202][203] | |
2012–17 | Star Trek Continues | Captain Kirk | Developer, writer, director | [22][25] |
2012 | Todd of the Rings | Vodo | [204] | |
2013 | Star Trek: New Voyages | Andorian Captain, Klingon Commander Malkthon | ||
2015 | Star Trek: Renegades | Garis | [205] | |
2016 | Fan-O-Rama: A Futurama Fan Film | Zapp Brannigan | [206] | |
2017 | Altered Spirits | Skip | aka Broken Spirits | [207] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2008 | Adventures in Voice Acting | Himself | [208] |
As Rooster, Vic Mignogna, a drama graduate with much experience, could easily steal the show.
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