Travis Willingham | |
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Born |
Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Other names | Kent Hampton |
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in One Piece, Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Yu Kanda in D. Gray-man, and Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp.
Willingham's video game roles include Guile in the Street Fighter franchise, Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Thor in various Marvel games, and Issac Frost in "Fight Night Champion". He has been a recurring cast member of the web series Critical Role since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. He co-founded the production company Critical Role Productions that same year, for which he has served as chief executive officer (CEO) since 2019.
Travis Willingham was born in Dallas. [1] [2] He has a brother named Carson. [2] [3] He became interested in acting in fifth grade. After sixth grade, he moved from a private school to J.L. Long Middle School. [2] He later graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, [4] [5] and studied at Texas Christian University. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s to pursue an acting career.
Willingham rose to prominence in the voice acting world for his portrayal of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, [6] which he later reprised in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. [7] His other notable roles include Yu Kanda in D.Gray-man, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in the Funimation re-dub of One Piece and Takashi Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. He also voices Thor in several Marvel projects and King Roland II in Disney Junior's Sofia the First. From 2010 to 2018, he was the voice of Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. [8] [9]
Willingham is also a main cast member of the popular Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role, where he played Grog in the first campaign, Fjord in the second campaign, and a dual role as Sir Bertrand Bell and Chetney Pock O'Pea in the third campaign. [10] [11] Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019 Webby Awards; [12] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019 Shorty Awards. [13] After becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company called Critical Role Productions, [14] [15] [16] [17] for which Willingham serves as CEO. [12] Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. [18] [10] In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titled The Legend of Vox Machina; [19] Willingham reprised his role as Grog. [20]
On September 25, 2011, Willingham married voice actress Laura Bailey in Camarillo, California. [21] [22] [23] [24] They reside in Los Angeles and have a son named Ronin (born 2018). [25] [26]
Willingham is a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys. [27] Noted by some fans for his height of 6 ft 4 in (1.9 m) and athletic build, he has participated in some triathlons. [28]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [29] [30] |
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2001–03 | Dragon Ball Z | Various | Resume | |
2002–06 | Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files | Mitsunari Yanagisawa, Touou | ||
2004 | Kiddy Grade | Various | CA | |
Case Closed | Various | CA | ||
2004–06 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Roy Mustang | [9] | |
2004 | Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy | Guard | Special | CA |
2005 | Mermaid Forest | Young Eijiro, Man in Black Suit | ||
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Wilfred Kim | |||
2006 | Gun Sword | Kaiji | Eps. 10, 26 | |
Ergo Proxy | Iggy | CA, Resume | ||
2006–08 | Crayon Shin-chan | Phantom Scarecrow | Funimation dub | Resume |
2007 | Mushishi | Ginko | [31] | |
2007–08 | School Rumble series | Masakazu Tougou, others | CA | |
2007 | Glass Fleet | Cleo Aiolos Corbeille de Veil | CA | |
2007–12 | Hellsing Ultimate | Wild Geese Adjustant, Wild Geese Deputy |
OVA series Eps. 3–4, 6 |
[32] |
2007–10, 2014–16 |
One Piece | Portgas D. Ace | Funimation dub | [33] |
2007–08 | Digimon Data Squad | Boomer, Tortomon | Resume | |
2008 | Black Blood Brothers | Badrick Serihan | ||
Shuffle! | Eustoma (King of Gods) | CA | ||
Genesis of Aquarion | Pierre Vieira | Resume | ||
2008–09 | Naruto | Hachidai, Henchman (Eps. 152–153), Seimei, Yotaka | ||
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion | Andreas Darlton, Otaku (Ep. 18), Worker (Ep. 9) | |||
Ouran High School Host Club | Takashi Morinozuka | [34] | ||
2009 | Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind | Guile | OVA | Resume |
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | Loki, Disciple #2 | |||
D.Gray-man | Yu Kanda | Press [35] | ||
2009–14 | Bleach | Ginjo Kugo | Resume | |
2009 | The Tower of Druaga series | Neeba | ||
2009–10 | Monster | Christof Sievernich, Eva's Gardener | ||
2009 | Blassreiter | Hermann Salza | ||
2009–19 | Naruto: Shippuden | Zetsu, Jugo, Fudo, Various | ||
2010 | Soul Eater | Free | ||
2010–12 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Roy Mustang | Also OVAs | [36] [7] |
2010 | Kekkaishi | Toshimori's Teacher, Tokimori Hazama | Resume | |
2010–11 | Vampire Knight series | Toga Yagari | Also Guilty | |
2011 | Marvel Anime: Iron Man | Nagato Sakurai / Ramon Zero | ||
Marvel Anime: Wolverine | Yakuza | Ep. 2 | ||
2008 | Ghost Hunt | Houshou Takigawa | ||
2011–12 | Marvel Anime: X-Men | Jun Sanada, Jason Wyngarde / Mastermind | ||
2012–13 | Tiger & Bunny | Antonio Lopez / Rock Bison | [37] [38] | |
2013 | Digimon Fusion | Knightmon, Vilemon, Angemon, Musymon, Karatenmon | [39] | |
2015 | BlazBlue Alter Memory | Relius Clover | [40] | |
2016 | Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement | Katakura Kojuro | [41] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [29] [30] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009–11 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Hulk, Human Torch, Grey Hulk, Hans, Executioner, Piledriver, Hyperion, Zeus, others | [39] | |
2010 | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Sully, others | [39] | |
2011 | Boing: The Play Ranger | Bing Bing, Mayor, DJ Frills & Thrills, Flipper | [2] | |
2012 | The Legend of Korra | Ganbat, others | [39] | |
2012–15 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Thor, Skurge, Wodin | [39] | |
2012–18 | Sofia the First | King Roland II | [39] | |
2013–19 | Avengers Assemble | Thor, Space Phantom, Bulldozer, Trick Shot, others | [39] [42] [43] [9] | |
2013–15 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Thor, Frost Giant Commander | [39] | |
2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Thor | Episode: " Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel" | [39] |
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Thor | Television special | [39] | |
2014–15 | Regular Show | Stash, Rich Steve, others | [39] [44] | |
2014–17 | Sonic Boom | Knuckles the Echidna, Soar the Eagle | [45] | |
2015 | DC Super Friends | Lex Luthor | [46] | |
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Thor, Yellowjacket | Television special | [39] [47] | |
2016–17 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Thor, Hogun | [39] [48] | |
2016–19 | Camp Camp | Cameron Campbell | Web series | [49] [50] |
2016–21 | Ben 10 | Cannonbolt, Sydney, Tim Buktu | [39] | |
2017 | Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Zartran | [39] | |
2017–20 | Spider-Man | Sandman, Thor | [39] | |
2019–21 | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Additional Voices | ||
2022–present | The Legend of Vox Machina | Grog Strongjaw | Also writer and executive producer | [51] [52] |
2023 | Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red | Thor | Disney+ television special | [53] |
2024 | X-Men '97 | Sebastian Shaw | Episode 5: "Remember It" | [54] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Secondhand Lions | Hood | Resume | |
Prison-A-Go-Go! | Dr. Hurtrider | |||
2006 | The Guardian | Travis Finley | ||
2009 | A Perfect Getaway | Tommy | ||
2016 | The Phoenix Incident | Mitch Adams | [88] [89] [90] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Cold Case | Uniform Cop '64 | Episode: "Wednesday's Women" | Resume |
2009 | Nip/Tuck | Big Jane | Episode: "Briggitte Reinholt" | Resume |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011–13 | Shelf Life | Hero Man | 43 episodes | [91] [92] |
2015–present | Critical Role |
|
Cast member RPG web series |
[93] [94] |
2016–21 | Talks Machina | Himself | 61 episodes | [95] [96] |
2019 | Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch | Himself (host) | 18 episodes | [97] [98] |
UnDeadwood | Reverend Mason | 4 episodes | [99] [100] | |
2022–present | 4-Sided Dive | Himself | [101] [102] | |
2022 | Exandria Unlimited: Calamity | Cerrit Agrupnin | 5 episodes | [103] [104] |
2023 | Candela Obscura | Nathaniel Trapp | 3 episodes | [105] |
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Travis Willingham | |
---|---|
Born |
Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Other names | Kent Hampton |
Occupation | Voice actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in One Piece, Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Yu Kanda in D. Gray-man, and Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp.
Willingham's video game roles include Guile in the Street Fighter franchise, Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, Thor in various Marvel games, and Issac Frost in "Fight Night Champion". He has been a recurring cast member of the web series Critical Role since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. He co-founded the production company Critical Role Productions that same year, for which he has served as chief executive officer (CEO) since 2019.
Travis Willingham was born in Dallas. [1] [2] He has a brother named Carson. [2] [3] He became interested in acting in fifth grade. After sixth grade, he moved from a private school to J.L. Long Middle School. [2] He later graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, [4] [5] and studied at Texas Christian University. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s to pursue an acting career.
Willingham rose to prominence in the voice acting world for his portrayal of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, [6] which he later reprised in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. [7] His other notable roles include Yu Kanda in D.Gray-man, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in the Funimation re-dub of One Piece and Takashi Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. He also voices Thor in several Marvel projects and King Roland II in Disney Junior's Sofia the First. From 2010 to 2018, he was the voice of Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. [8] [9]
Willingham is also a main cast member of the popular Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role, where he played Grog in the first campaign, Fjord in the second campaign, and a dual role as Sir Bertrand Bell and Chetney Pock O'Pea in the third campaign. [10] [11] Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019 Webby Awards; [12] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019 Shorty Awards. [13] After becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company called Critical Role Productions, [14] [15] [16] [17] for which Willingham serves as CEO. [12] Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. [18] [10] In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titled The Legend of Vox Machina; [19] Willingham reprised his role as Grog. [20]
On September 25, 2011, Willingham married voice actress Laura Bailey in Camarillo, California. [21] [22] [23] [24] They reside in Los Angeles and have a son named Ronin (born 2018). [25] [26]
Willingham is a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys. [27] Noted by some fans for his height of 6 ft 4 in (1.9 m) and athletic build, he has participated in some triathlons. [28]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [29] [30] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001–03 | Dragon Ball Z | Various | Resume | |
2002–06 | Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files | Mitsunari Yanagisawa, Touou | ||
2004 | Kiddy Grade | Various | CA | |
Case Closed | Various | CA | ||
2004–06 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Roy Mustang | [9] | |
2004 | Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy | Guard | Special | CA |
2005 | Mermaid Forest | Young Eijiro, Man in Black Suit | ||
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Wilfred Kim | |||
2006 | Gun Sword | Kaiji | Eps. 10, 26 | |
Ergo Proxy | Iggy | CA, Resume | ||
2006–08 | Crayon Shin-chan | Phantom Scarecrow | Funimation dub | Resume |
2007 | Mushishi | Ginko | [31] | |
2007–08 | School Rumble series | Masakazu Tougou, others | CA | |
2007 | Glass Fleet | Cleo Aiolos Corbeille de Veil | CA | |
2007–12 | Hellsing Ultimate | Wild Geese Adjustant, Wild Geese Deputy |
OVA series Eps. 3–4, 6 |
[32] |
2007–10, 2014–16 |
One Piece | Portgas D. Ace | Funimation dub | [33] |
2007–08 | Digimon Data Squad | Boomer, Tortomon | Resume | |
2008 | Black Blood Brothers | Badrick Serihan | ||
Shuffle! | Eustoma (King of Gods) | CA | ||
Genesis of Aquarion | Pierre Vieira | Resume | ||
2008–09 | Naruto | Hachidai, Henchman (Eps. 152–153), Seimei, Yotaka | ||
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion | Andreas Darlton, Otaku (Ep. 18), Worker (Ep. 9) | |||
Ouran High School Host Club | Takashi Morinozuka | [34] | ||
2009 | Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind | Guile | OVA | Resume |
Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple | Loki, Disciple #2 | |||
D.Gray-man | Yu Kanda | Press [35] | ||
2009–14 | Bleach | Ginjo Kugo | Resume | |
2009 | The Tower of Druaga series | Neeba | ||
2009–10 | Monster | Christof Sievernich, Eva's Gardener | ||
2009 | Blassreiter | Hermann Salza | ||
2009–19 | Naruto: Shippuden | Zetsu, Jugo, Fudo, Various | ||
2010 | Soul Eater | Free | ||
2010–12 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Roy Mustang | Also OVAs | [36] [7] |
2010 | Kekkaishi | Toshimori's Teacher, Tokimori Hazama | Resume | |
2010–11 | Vampire Knight series | Toga Yagari | Also Guilty | |
2011 | Marvel Anime: Iron Man | Nagato Sakurai / Ramon Zero | ||
Marvel Anime: Wolverine | Yakuza | Ep. 2 | ||
2008 | Ghost Hunt | Houshou Takigawa | ||
2011–12 | Marvel Anime: X-Men | Jun Sanada, Jason Wyngarde / Mastermind | ||
2012–13 | Tiger & Bunny | Antonio Lopez / Rock Bison | [37] [38] | |
2013 | Digimon Fusion | Knightmon, Vilemon, Angemon, Musymon, Karatenmon | [39] | |
2015 | BlazBlue Alter Memory | Relius Clover | [40] | |
2016 | Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement | Katakura Kojuro | [41] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [29] [30] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2009–11 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Hulk, Human Torch, Grey Hulk, Hans, Executioner, Piledriver, Hyperion, Zeus, others | [39] | |
2010 | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Sully, others | [39] | |
2011 | Boing: The Play Ranger | Bing Bing, Mayor, DJ Frills & Thrills, Flipper | [2] | |
2012 | The Legend of Korra | Ganbat, others | [39] | |
2012–15 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Thor, Skurge, Wodin | [39] | |
2012–18 | Sofia the First | King Roland II | [39] | |
2013–19 | Avengers Assemble | Thor, Space Phantom, Bulldozer, Trick Shot, others | [39] [42] [43] [9] | |
2013–15 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Thor, Frost Giant Commander | [39] | |
2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Thor | Episode: " Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel" | [39] |
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Thor | Television special | [39] | |
2014–15 | Regular Show | Stash, Rich Steve, others | [39] [44] | |
2014–17 | Sonic Boom | Knuckles the Echidna, Soar the Eagle | [45] | |
2015 | DC Super Friends | Lex Luthor | [46] | |
Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Thor, Yellowjacket | Television special | [39] [47] | |
2016–17 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Thor, Hogun | [39] [48] | |
2016–19 | Camp Camp | Cameron Campbell | Web series | [49] [50] |
2016–21 | Ben 10 | Cannonbolt, Sydney, Tim Buktu | [39] | |
2017 | Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Zartran | [39] | |
2017–20 | Spider-Man | Sandman, Thor | [39] | |
2019–21 | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Additional Voices | ||
2022–present | The Legend of Vox Machina | Grog Strongjaw | Also writer and executive producer | [51] [52] |
2023 | Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red | Thor | Disney+ television special | [53] |
2024 | X-Men '97 | Sebastian Shaw | Episode 5: "Remember It" | [54] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Secondhand Lions | Hood | Resume | |
Prison-A-Go-Go! | Dr. Hurtrider | |||
2006 | The Guardian | Travis Finley | ||
2009 | A Perfect Getaway | Tommy | ||
2016 | The Phoenix Incident | Mitch Adams | [88] [89] [90] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Cold Case | Uniform Cop '64 | Episode: "Wednesday's Women" | Resume |
2009 | Nip/Tuck | Big Jane | Episode: "Briggitte Reinholt" | Resume |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [87] |
---|---|---|---|---|
2011–13 | Shelf Life | Hero Man | 43 episodes | [91] [92] |
2015–present | Critical Role |
|
Cast member RPG web series |
[93] [94] |
2016–21 | Talks Machina | Himself | 61 episodes | [95] [96] |
2019 | Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch | Himself (host) | 18 episodes | [97] [98] |
UnDeadwood | Reverend Mason | 4 episodes | [99] [100] | |
2022–present | 4-Sided Dive | Himself | [101] [102] | |
2022 | Exandria Unlimited: Calamity | Cerrit Agrupnin | 5 episodes | [103] [104] |
2023 | Candela Obscura | Nathaniel Trapp | 3 episodes | [105] |
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: CS1 maint: postscript (
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The players from the original campaign are all reprising the roles of their RPG characters, and they will also serve as the executive producers for the new animated series.
{{
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
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: CS1 maint: postscript (
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