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Vic Mignogna
Mignogna in Phoenix, Arizona in May 2011.Born Greensburg, Pennsylvania Occupation Voice Actor, Music Composer / Singer, Director Years active 1993-present Religion Christian Partner Michele Specht Victor Joseph "Vic" Mignogna (born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) is an American Anime Award winning voice actor and musician who has done voice work for many anime series, movies, and video games. Mignogna is best known for his dub role of Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Broly in Dragon Ball Z films,Forbesii in Shuffle!, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach and Dark Mousy in D.N.Angel. He is also the voice of Zero Kiryu and Ichiru Kiryu in Vampire Knight.[1] Recently he has done the voices for Spirit Albarn in Soul Eater, Yoshimori in Kekkaishi, and Nagato and Fuen in Naruto Shippuden. He is now the official voice of E-123 Omega from the SEGA franchise Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Biography
Mignogna grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2] He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production.[3] He also helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album.[2][3]
Mignogna held various jobs early in his career, including a Drama and Speech teacher in Jacksonville, Florida,[4] and an officer with the Ocean City Police Department.[3]
Mignogna moved to Houston, Texas in 1990, and was a film and video production instructor at the Art Institute of Houston.[2]
In 1993, Mignogna was a contestant on Star Search, where he sang "Worth Waiting For".[5]
Mignogna tried out for Bleach, and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame.[6][7]
Mignogna has also performed an English version of Byakuya: True Light (白夜~true light~ White Night ~true light~ ) from D.N.Angel, English versions of We Are!, Hikari e (光へ lit. To the Light ), and the eleventh ending, A to Z from One Piece, and Vampire Knight an English version of Chance, and an English version of Brothers and Nothing I Won't Give, from Fullmetal Alchemist, and an English cover of Dragon Soul for Dragon Ball Z Kai in the dub version, and Dragon Ball GT an English version of Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku and, Ouran High School Host Club an English cover of Guilty Beauty Love and Shissou.
He has recently voiced characters in such shows as Kekkaishi, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Darker Than BLACK, Heroic Age and Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. He also made his Directorial Debut in Claymore in which he plays the role of Rigaldo.
In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna an award for Best Actor for his work in Fullmetal Alchemist.[8][9][10] He often gains much attention due to his role in Fullmetal Alchemist, and attends conventions regularly.[11]
Mignogna has been recently involved with the fan series Star Trek: Phase II. He co-directed the episode "Enemy: Starfleet" and played the Andorian Captain, and he directed "KITUMBA" and played Malkthon the Klingon.[12] He is also slated to direct the next Phase II episode Mindsifter.
In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in music and sound production,[13] and also video production.[14] He was also a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church.[2][note 1]
Filmography
- - Leading roles in bold
Anime roles
- 009-1 - Egg, Priest
- Air - Yukito Kunisaki, Sora-chan
- Air Gear - Sora Takeuchi
- AM Driver - Ragna Lawrelia
- Angelic Layer - Host
- Aquarion - Johannes
- Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution - Shingo Hirota
- Aura Battler Dunbine - Neal Gibbons, Tokamaku
- Bamboo Blade - Additional Voices
- Birdy the Mighty Decode - Kinzel Hower (Ep. 5)
- Black Blood Brothers - Miscellaneous characters
- Bleach - Ikkaku Madarame, Zabimaru's animal form, Senbonzakura's True Form, Additional Voices
- Bleach: Memories of Nobody - Ikkaku Madarame
- Bleach: The Diamond Dust Rebellion - Ikkaku Madarame
- Bleach: Fade to Black - Ikkaku Madarame
- Case Closed - various guest characters (Damian, Ernie Bower, Kevin Hadley, Nathan Greene, Steve Wilson, Ringo Norris, Kenyan, Tobias Osterman)
- Cat Girl Nuku Nuku - Young President/Hell Mishima
- Chaos;Head - The General
- Chrome Shelled Regios - Lintens Savoled Hidens
- Claymore - Rigaldo
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 - Luciano Bradley
- Coicent - Shinchi
- Cromartie High School - Restaurant Owner's Son
- Crying Freeman - Tateyou
- Cyberteam in Akihabara - Mayor, Old Man
- D.Gray-man - Akuma Clown (Eps. 3-5) , Alphonse Clouse (Ep. 45)
- Dance in the Vampire Bund - Romulus (Eps. 8-9)
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue - Davis
- Darker Than Black - Itzahk
- Devil May Cry - Additional voices
- Diamond Daydreams - Radio Boy
- Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy - Dornenschtern
- D.N.Angel - Dark Mousy, Male Reporter (Ep. 25)
- Dragon Ball Z (Movie 8, 10, 11) - Broly
- Dragon Ball Z Kai - Burter
- E's Otherwise - Dzhyuma
- Excel Saga - Wolf (aka Takahashi)
- Full Metal Panic! (All series) - Kurz Weber , Pony Man (Fumoffu)
- Fullmetal Alchemist - Edward Elric , Old Man (Ep. 14)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Edward Elric
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa - Edward Elric
- Gasaraki - Colonel Okawa
- Generator Gawl - Gawl Kudo
- Ghost Stories - DaVinci (credited as Obi Frostips)
- Giant Robo - Zangetsu
- Glass Fleet - Louis
- Gunslinger Girl - Dr. Belgonzi
- Gravion - Raven
- Gravion Zwei - Raven
- Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor - Dr. Shirai
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick - Dew
- Hell Girl - Yoshiyuki Honjo
- Heroic Age - Rom Ror
- Hetalia: Axis Powers - Greece
- Initial D - Shingo Shoji (Funimation dub)
- Innocent Venus - Jin Tsurusawa
- Jinki:Extend - Kalis
- Kaze no Stigma - Takeya Ōgami
- Kaleido Star - Arlon Brass, Ian, Investor, Master Linn
- Kekkaishi - Yoshimori Sumimura, Hakota
- Kurau: Phantom Memory - Regal Delyus
- Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple - Kensei Ma
- Kiddy Grade - Dextera
- Le Chevalier D'Eon - Francis Dashwood
- Legend of the Mystical Ninja - Goemon
- Linebarrels of Iron - Eiji Kiriyama
- Lucky ☆ Star - Boy B (Ep. 13), Additional Voices
- Madlax - Carrossea Doon
- MÄR - Alibaba, John Peach
- Martian Successor Nadesico - Ikeda
- Marvel Anime: Iron Man - additional voices
- Marvel Anime: Wolverine - Hideki Kurohagi, Agent Takagi
- Megazone 23 - Shougo Yahagi
- Megazone 23 Part II - Shougo Yahagi
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya - Yutaka Tamaru
- Mezzo DSA - Mugiyama
- Monster - Gustav Milch
- Murder Princess - Falis's father
- Mushishi - Kisuke (Ep. 14)
- Najica Blitz Tactics - Yoshiki
- Naruto: Shippuden the Movie - Yomi
- Naruto Shippuden - Obito Uchiha, Fuen, Nagato, C
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (Director's Cut) - Shigeru Aoba
- Nerima Daikon Brothers - Katuhama
- Nodame Cantabile - Mamoru Ookouchi, Youhei Hashimoto
- Noir - Domenic, Heinz, Wellman
- Oh! Edo Rocket - Tetsuju
- One Piece - Nezumi, Lake, Wetton
- Orphen - Cox, Lai
- Orphen: The Revenge - Montgomery
- Ouran High School Host Club - Tamaki Suoh
- Papuwa - Gionkamen Arashiyama
- Paradise Kiss - Suguru Hayasaka (Older)
- Peacemaker Kurogane - Tatsunosuke Ichimura
- Peach Girl - Additional Voices
- Pokémon: Black & White - Professor Icarus, Sylvester (Ep. 38)
- Princess Nine - Hiroki Takasugi
- Princess Tutu - Femio
- Pumpkin Scissors - Hans
- RahXephon - Mamoru Torigai
- RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio - Mamoru Torigai
- Red Garden - Randy Forrest
- Rune Soldier - Leonard/Prince Lidler
- Saint Seiya - Jabu/Saint of Unicorn & Silver Saint Lizard Misty
- Saiyuki and Saiyuki: Requiem - Movie - Kougaiji
- School Rumble - Masked Comet, additional voices
- Sengoku Basara - Akechi Mitsuhide
- Shadow Skill - Zal Zachary, Lynn
- Shin-chan - Biker Bastard
- Shuffle! - Forbesii (King of Demons)
- Sin: The Movie - Tim Perko
- Sister Princess - Mac Yamato
- Soul Eater - Spirit Albarn
- Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning - Hunter
- Steel Angel Kurumi - Bully Leader
- Street Fighter II V - Vega (ADV Dub)
- The Super Dimension Fortress Macross - Hikaru Ichijyo
- Super GALS - Good Looking Guy, Kouichi Akagi
- Suzuka - Tetsuta Kinugusa
- Tactics - Sugino, Shinsaburo Aoyagi (Ep. 5)
- The Wallflower - Takenaga Oda
- Those Who Hunt Elves - Dr, Bruno's Father, Infomercial Santa, Goblin #1
- Tokyo Majin - Tendo Kozunu, Ryuzo
- Trigun: Badlands Rumble - Blue-Shirted Ladies Man
- Trinity Blood - Virgil Walsh
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle - Fai D. Flowright
- UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie - Mar
- Utawarerumono - Benawi
- Vampire Knight - Zero Kiryu, Ichiru Kiryu
- Vampire Knight: Guilty - Zero Kiryu, Ichiru Kiryu
- Xenosaga: The Animation - Wilhelm
- Yu Yu Hakusho - Bui, Uraurashima
- Yugo the Negotiator - Lall
Non-anime roles
- Rock 'N Learn - Marko the Pencil (Reading Comprehension),[15] Bill (Learn Math - Money & Making Change)[16]
- Fallout: Nuka Break - Wasteland Merchant, Narrator[17][18]
- Transformers: Darkness Rising - Wheeljack
Documentaries
- Adventures in Voice Acting - Himself
Movie dubbing
- Four Dragons - Ace
- "Guns and Talks" - Jung-woo
- Dark Water - Kono
- Shinobi (movie series directed by Kenji Tanigaki) - Rokkaku
Video game roles
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia - Radolf Schnaizen (uncredited)
- Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel - Luphan
- Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm - Edge Vanhite (uncredited)
- Bleach: Dark Souls - Ikkaku Madarame
- Bleach: Shattered Blade - Ikkaku Madarame
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom - Ikkaku Madarame
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice - Mao (uncredited)[note 2]
- Disgaea Infinite - Mao
- Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days - Mao
- Dynasty Warriors 7 - Jia Xu, Xiahou Ba
- Dragon Ball series - Broly
- Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir -Edward Elric
- Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel - Edward Elric
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy - Edward Elric
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight - Kamen Rider Spear
- Luminous Arc - Alph
- Magna Carta 2 - Nilhty, Various Guards
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 - Obito Uchiha
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - Nagato
- Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes - Tenkai
- Phantom Brave - Walnut (uncredited, Wii Port only)
- Project Sylpheed - Katana Faraway
- Samurai Warriors 3 - Mitsuhide Akechi, Yoshimoto Imagawa
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - Junpei Iori (uncredited)[note 3]
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES - Junpei Iori (uncredited)[note 3]
- Sonic the Hedgehog (series) - E-123 Omega
- Soulcalibur Legends - Iska (uncredited)
- Star Ocean: First Departure - T'nique Arcana
- Steambot Chronicles - Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Ultimate Band - Additional Voices (Male Guitarist)
- Unlimited Saga - Mythe, Armand
- Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment - Tobias Martin, Toroah the Messiah
- Ys: The Oath in Felghana - Father Jean Pierre, Bob (Uncredited), Antonio
Music and CDs
Studio albums
- If These Walls Could Talk (1992)
- Selah - Music for the Quiet Time (2004-2005)
- Metafiction (2006)
- Christmas (2008)
- Selah II (2009)
- Revix (2010)
Anime Song Covers
- Brothers - English Translation and licensed recreation of insert song for Fullmetal Alchemist
- Byakuya: True Light (白夜~true light~ White Night ~true light~ ) - English Translation and licensed recreation of opening song for DN Angel
- We Are! - English version opening song for One Piece
- Hikari e (光へ lit. To the Light ) - English version opening song for One Piece
- A to Z - English version ending song for One Piece
- Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku (Bit by Bit) - English version opening song for Dragonball GT
- Dragon Soul - English version opening song for Dragonball Kai
- Guilty Beauty Love - English Translation and licensed recreation of character song for Ouran High School Host Club
- Shissou - unofficial cover of the ending song for Ouran High School Host Club
Assorted Singles
- Nothing I Won't Give
- Soldier A
- Could Be An Angel
- Hello My Beautiful
- Je n'ai pas de mots
- Chance
- Far From Home
- The First Noel (duet) (featuring Johnny Yong Bosch)
Audio Recordings
- Gospel Of John
References
- ^ (YouTube) Vampire Knight's Yuki, Kaname, and Zero say hello from Comic Con!. Viz Media. 2010-07-23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqdzpTQUUGE. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ a b c d Meeks, Flori (2005-07-21). "Career in TV Cartoons is no joke: Uptown man juggles careers, builds success in Japanese anime". Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial-news/article/Career-in-TV-cartoons-is-no-joke-1509865.php. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ a b c "Vic's Professional Resume" (doc). Official website. http://www.vicsworld.net/docs/professionalresume.doc. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "Vic Mignogna Biography". Risembool Rangers. http://risemboolrangers.com/vicfax.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ last.fm, http://www.last.fm/music/Vic+Mignogna/+tracks, retrieved 2009-03-06
- ^ (YouTube) Vic talks VIZ at AOD 06. 2006-08-06. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii-as-KXrEc. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ (YouTube) Vic Explains Ikkakus Lucky Dance. 2007-04-09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDS1YlQA5BE&NR. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ American Anime Awards, http://player.broadbandvideo.com/asxgen.asp?ShowOrClip=s&MediaType=v&MediaId=51100&MediaFolder=/BBV/Burst_Marketing/&MediaServer=stream9.broadbandvideo.com, retrieved 2009-12-10
- ^ "American Anime Award Winners:First Large Scale Fan-Driven Awards". icv2. 2007-02-26. http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10138.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ (YouTube) 2007 American Anime Awards Vic Mignogna Best Actor. 2007-02-25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdguHzgVDhM. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ "Vic Mignogna Biography". AnimeCons.com. http://animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/517. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ "Vic Mignogna Slated to Direct "Kitumba"". startreknewvoyages.com. 2009-05-15. http://www.startreknewvoyages.com/news20090515.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Music and Sound Production". Official website. http://www.vicsworld.net/music.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Video Production". Official website. http://www.vicsworld.net/video.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Reading Comprehension - Rock 'N Learn". Rock 'N Learn. http://www.rocknlearn.com/html/reading_test-taking.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ (YouTube) Learn Math: Money & Making Change (trailer). Rock 'N Learn. 2009-11-25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMcZFXmN-A. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ (YouTube) Fallout: Nuka Break – Fan Film. Wayside Creations. 2011-01-24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9UwlAAnlmg. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ "Fallout: Nuka Break Released". GameSpy. 2011-01-24. http://planetfallout.gamespy.com/articles/news/2070/Fallout-Nuka-Break-Released. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
Notes
- ^ On his website, he stated that he is "taking a leave from leading music at Houston's First Baptist", but that "God has opened a huge door of opportunity to share His love with tens of thousands at conventions around the world." "What's New". Official website. http://www.vicsworld.net/new2.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
- ^ The in-game closing credits list only the Japanese voice actors.
- ^ a b The closing credits do not list the voice actors involved.
External links
- Official website
- Vic Mignogna's channel on YouTube
- Vic Mignogna at the Internet Movie Database
- Vic Mignogna at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Vic Mignogna at CrystalAcids.com
- Vic Mignogna convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- The Risembool Rangers : The Official Vic Mignogna Fan Club
- @vicmignogna on Twitter
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