Vic Mignogna

Vic Mignogna

Mignogna in May 2012, at the Phoenix Comicon.
Born Victor Joseph Mignogna
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Residence Los Angeles, California[1]
Occupation Voice actor, singer, director, actor, composer
Years active 1999–present[2]
Religion Nondenominational Christianity[3][4]

Musical career

Genres Pop, Christian & Gospel
Instruments Piano, Vocals
Years active 1989–present[N 1]
Website
vicsworld.net

Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɑːnə/ is an American voice actor and musician known for his prolific work in the anime industry and his work with Japanese anime characters and video games, the most notable being Edward Elric of the series Fullmetal Alchemist, for which he earned the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other notable roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball Z films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark Mousy in D.N.Angel, and Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in Vampire Knight.

Early life

Mignogna grew up in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.[5] He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production.[6] He helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album.[6][7] Mignogna taught drama and speech in Jacksonville, Florida,[5] and was an officer with the Ocean City Police Department.[6] In 1990, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he was a film and video production instructor at The Art Institute of Houston.[7] In 1993, he was a contestant on American television talent show Star Search, on which he sang "Worth Waiting For".[8]

Career

Mignogna at a comic expo in Calgary, Canada, June 2011

While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting in anime at ADV Films.[5][7] He made his debut as Vega in the video game Street Fighter II V.[1][5][5][9][10][11] He started attending anime conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice role of Broly in the Dragon Ball Z films.[5][9]

In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna with an award for Best Actor for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist.[12][13][14] He often gains attention for his role in Fullmetal Alchemist, and he attends between 15 and 25 conventions each year.[1][15] One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at all of the major places where dubbing is done."[16] 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".[16] He has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out for Bleach and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame.[17][18]

In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in production for music, sound, and video.[19][20] He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials,[16] and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church.[4][7] He has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games.[7] 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[16] 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][11][21] In 2012, Mignogna worked with the Starship Farragut production group. He has directed and starred as Captain Kirk in their web series Star Trek Continues.[2][22][23][24]

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Live-action dubbing

Video games

Live action

Documentary

Discography

Studio albums

Audio recordings

Notes

    1. The closing credits or manual does not list the voice actors involved.
    1. 1999 was the year that Mignogna began voice acting for anime dubs for television shows and videos. He has been composing and producing music since DC Talk '​s album in 1989, and appeared on television in 1993 as a contestant on Star Search.

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