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Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɒnə/; born August 27, 1962)[1][2] is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the Fullmetal Alchemist series, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. Other animation 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, Rohan Kishibe in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Qrow Branwen in RWBY, and Matt Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri. In video games, he has voiced 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 James T. Kirk. Mignogna has an official fanclub called Risembool Rangers.[3] He has been the center of multiple sexual harassment allegations.

Vic Mignogna
Mignogna in 2017
Born	Victor Joseph Mignogna (1962-08-27) August 27, 1962 (age 60) Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actor musician
Years active	1999–present
Partner(s)	Michele Specht (2006–2018)
Musical career
Genres	Pop Christian & Gospel
Instrument(s)	Piano vocals
Years active	1989–present[N 1]
Musical artist
Website	www.vicsworld.net

Early life

Mignogna was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to Barb Myers.[4][5] He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production,[6][7] and taught English and speech at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida.[8] Mignogna helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album.[5][6][9] He was a summer seasonal officer with the Ocean City Police Department.[6] In 1990, Mignogna moved to Houston, Texas, where he was a film and video production instructor at The Art Institute of Houston.[9] In 1993, he was a contestant on American television talent show Star Search, on which he sang "Worth Waiting For".[10]

Career

While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting at ADV Films.[5][9] He made his debut as Vega in the video game-based anime series Street Fighter II V.[11][5][12][13][14] Mignogna started attending anime conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice role of Broly in the Dragon Ball Z movies, as well as Dragon Ball Super: Broly.[5][12]

In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna with an award for Best Actor for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist.[15][16][17] He often gains attention for his role in Alchemist, and he at one point attended between 15 and 25 conventions per year.[11][18] One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at all of the major places where dubbing is done".[19] 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".[19] He has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out for Bleach and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame.[20][21] In non-anime productions, he voiced Qrow Branwen in Rooster Teeth's web series RWBY.[22]

In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in production for music, sound, and video.[23][24] He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials,[19] and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church.[25][9] Mignogna has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games.[9] As a musician, he has released several albums, some of which feature English cover versions of anime songs from shows including Funimation dub of 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[19] 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".[11][14][26] In 2012, Mignogna worked with the Starship Farragut production group. He directed and starred as Captain James T. Kirk in their web series Star Trek Continues.[27][28][29][30] Mignogna has received good reviews for writing, directing, executive-producing, and starring in Star Trek Continues, especially for his portrayal of the character of Kirk, respectfully using William Shatner's unique mannerisms and cadence.[31][32]

Sexual harassment allegations

Following the English release of Dragon Ball Super: Broly, which prominently features Mignogna's vocal work, allegations of sexual harassment against him began to surface on Twitter, with some allegations dating back to 1989.[1][33][34][35] Multiple accounts alleged that he kissed, groped, and made lewd comments to fans without their consent, some of whom were underage.[33][34][36] Voice actresses Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi tweeted their support for those speaking out, and alleged that he had also sexually harassed them.[1][35][37]

On January 22, 2019, Tammi Denbow, executive director of employee relations at Sony Pictures, opened an investigation based on reports made by Rial, two female fans, and a former Funimation employee, which concluded a week later with termination of his contract.[38] On February 5, Rooster Teeth severed their business relationship with him, and Funimation recast his role of the Executive in The Morose Mononokean.[39][40][41] Multiple anime conventions also removed him from their guest list.[36][42] In response to the controversy, Mignogna categorically denied any accusations of sexual harassment.[36][42]

Mignogna issued a statement of regret during his panel at Bak-Anime 2019 and again via Twitter on February 13, 2019.[43] Fans donated over $262,000 to a crowdfunding account opened by lawyer Nick Rekieta, who assisted Mignogna in acquiring Ty Beard as his attorney.[1][44] On February 20, Mignogna confirmed on Twitter that he was pursuing legal action,[45] and later filed a million-dollar lawsuit against Funimation, Rial, Marchi, and Ron Toye for defamation and tortious interference in the Tarrant County District Court.[46] Funimation filed a response on June 12, 2019, denying Mignogna's allegations.[47]

On June 26, Mignogna was deposed.[1] On July 1, 2019, Funimation filed an anti-SLAPP motion for Mignogna to dismiss his lawsuit.[48] Rial, Marchi, and Toye then filed anti-SLAPP motions on July 19,[49] with ten affidavits, including ones from Kara Edwards and Michele Specht,[8][1] as well as several allegations that he had also made unwanted advances towards Mari Iijima.[50] On July 30, another affidavit was submitted by the two fans from Funimation's investigation.[1]

On September 6, 2019, a judge dismissed seven of the twelve claims, ruling in the defendants' favor. Mignogna was required to pay all of Marchi's legal fees.[51][52] On October 4, 2019, the District Court announced the remaining claims had been dismissed.[53] Mignogna filed an appeal on October 24, with a hearing set for November 21.[54] The judge later ruled that Mignogna was required to pay for the defendants' attorney fees.[55] On August 18, 2022, the Texas Second Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of Mignogna's lawsuit and ruled that the District Court judge erred with regards to the lawyer's fees awarded to Rial and Toye, revising the initial amount up from $100,000 to $282,953.80 to account for additional costs.[56] Mignogna's appeal was denied in September 2022.[57]

Personal life

Mignogna was in a relationship with actress Michele Specht from 2006 to May 2018.[4]

Filmography

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1999	Street Fighter II V	Vega	ADV dub, debut role	[11][5][58]
1999	Martian Successor Nadesico	Ikeda	Episode 19	[59]
2000	Gasaraki	Colonel Ogawa		[60]
2000	Generator Gawl	Gawl Kudo		[5][14][58][61]
2001	Orphen	Cox, Lai		[62]
2001	Princess Nine	Hiroki Takasugi		[58][63]
2002	Steel Angel Kurumi	Bully Leader	Episodes 1, 4	[64]
2002	Excel Saga	Wolf	Episode 10	[65]
2003	Noir	Domenic, Heinz, Wellman		[66]
2003	RahXephon	Mamoru Torigai		[67]
2003	Rune Soldier	Leonard		[68]
2003	Saiyuki	Kougaiji		[69]
2003–05	Full Metal Panic! series	Kurz Weber, Pony Man, Béart		[69][70][71]
2003	Aura Battler Dunbine	Neal Given		[58]
2003	Najica Blitz Tactics	Yoshiki, Various characters		[72][73]
2003	Super GALS!	Good Looking Guy, Kouichi Akagi	Episodes 18, 20	[74][75]
2003	Angelic Layer	Host		[76]
2003	Saint Seiya	Jabu, Lizard Misty		[77][78]
2003	All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku	Young President		[79]
2003	Original Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy	Dornenschtern		[80]
2003	Original Dirty Pair: Affair on Nolandia	Officer		[81]
2003	Orphen Revenge	Lai, Montgomery		[82]
2003	Legend of the Mystical Ninja	Goemon		[83]
2003–04	Yu Yu Hakusho	Ura Urashima, Bui		[84][85]
2003–04	Fullmetal Alchemist	Edward Elric		[15][16][17][81]
2004	Neon Genesis Evangelion	Shigeru Aoba	Director's Cut	[86]
2004	Kiddy Grade	Dextera		[58]
2004	Kino's Journey	Various characters		[87]
2004	Kaleido Star	Master Linn, Ian, Investor, Arlon Brass	Episodes 9, 12, 24, 25	[88]
2004	Megazone 23 series	Shogo Yahagi		[89]
2004	Gravion series	Raven		[90]
2004	Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution	Shingo Hirota		[91]
2004	Peacemaker	Tatsunosuke Ichimura		[69][58]
2004	Mezzo DSA	Mugiyama		[92]
2004	Sister Princess	Mac Yamato	Episode 2	[93]
2004	Giant Robo	Zangetsu	Episode 6	[94]
2004	D.N. Angel	Dark Mousy		[69][95]
2004	Cyber Team in Akihabara	Shimabukuro Sengakuji (Grandpa)		[96]
2004	Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning	Hunter	Episodes 18, 19, 20	[97]
2005	Gatchaman	Takahara	ADV dub, episode 3	[98]
2005	Daphne in the Brilliant Blue	Davis	Episodes 15, 16	[99]
2005	Initial D	Shingo Shoji	Funimation dub	[100]
2005	Madlax	Carrossea Doon		[101][102]
2006	Diamond Daydreams	Radio Boy	Episode 9	[103]
2006	Misaki Chronicles	Goemon Ishikawa	Episodes 3,4	[104]
2006	Super Dimension Fortress Macross	Hikaru Ichijyo		[69][105]
2006	Princess Tutu	Femio	Episode 17	[106]
2006	UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie	Mar		[107]
2006	Tactics	Sugino		[108]
2006	Papuwa	Gionkamen Arashiyama		[109]
2006	Trinity Blood	Virgil Walsh		[69]
2006	Nerima Daikon Brothers	Katuhama	Episode 7	[110]
2007	Jinki: Extend	Kalis		[111]
2007	Utawarerumono	Benawi		[112]
2007	Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor	Dr. Shirai		[113]
2007	Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle	Fai D. Flowright		[69][81]
2007	Rozen Maiden	Mada Pearl		[81]
2007	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya	Yutaka Tamaru		[114]
2007	009-1	Priest, Egg	Episodes 1, 3	[115][116]
2007	Mushishi	Kisuke	Episode 14	[117]
2007	Air	Yukito Kunisaki		[118][69]
2007	Innocent Venus	Jin Tsurasawa		[119]
2007	Pumpkin Scissors	Hans		[120]
2007	Xenosaga: The Animation	Wilhelm		[121]
2007	Suzuka	Tetsuhito Kinugasa		[122]
2007	Air Gear	Sora Takeuchi	Episode 13, 14, 15	[123]
2007	Le Chevalier D'Eon	Sir Dashwood		[124]
2007	Kurau Phantom Memory	Regal Delyus		[125]
2007–14	Bleach	Ikkaku Madarame, Senbonzakura		[20][21][126]
2008	Hell Girl	Yoshiyuki Honjo	Episode 4	[127]
2008	Shuffle!	Forbesii (King of Demons)		[128]
2008	Tokyo Majin	Tendo Kozunu		[129]
2008	The Wallflower	Takenaga Oda		[128]
2008	Lucky Star	Guest characters	Episodes 13–16	[130]
2008	Claymore	Rigaldo		[131]
2008	Darker than Black	Itzahk	Episodes 13, 14	[132]
2008–09	Code Geass R2	Luciano Bradley		[69]
2008–09	Ouran High School Host Club	Tamaki Suoh		[133][134]
2009	Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple	Kensei Ma		[135]
2009	D.Gray-man	Akuma Clown, Alphonse Clouse		[136][137]
2009	Chrome Shelled Regios	Lintens Savoled Harden		[138]
2009	Murder Princess	Falis's Father	Episode 5	[139]
2009	Heroic Age	Rom Ror		[140]
2009	Kaze no Stigma	Takeya Ōgami		[141]
2009–10	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Edward Elric	Also OVAs
2010–11	Kekkaishi	Yoshimori Sumimura		[69]
2010	Linebarrels of Iron	Eiji Kiriyama		[142]
2010	One Piece	Captain Nezumi, Wetton, Lake	Funimation dub	[143]
2010	Soul Eater	Spirit Albarn		[69]
2010–14	Hetalia series	Greece		[144]
2010	A Certain Scientific Railgun	Trick	Episode 9	[145]
2010	Oh! Edo Rocket	Tetsuju		[146]
2010	Vampire Knight series	Zero Kiryu, Ichiru Kiryu		[147]
2010–19	Naruto: Shippuden	Young Obito Uchiha, Nagato, Fuen		[148][149]
2011	Birdy the Mighty Decode	Kinzel	Episode 5	[150]
2011	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings	Akechi Mitsuhide		[151]
2011	Marvel Anime: Wolverine	Hideki Kurohagi		[152]
2011	Coicent	Shinichi		[81]
2011	Chaos:HEad	Shogon/General	Also on Chaos:Child Episode 00	[153][154]
2012	Dream Eater Merry	Ryota Iijima		[155]
2012	Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt	Oscar	Episode 5	[156]
2012	Persona 4: The Animation	Kou Ichijo		[81]
2012	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan	Inugamigyobu Tamazuki		[157]
2012	Level E	Prince Baka		[158]
2013	Accel World	Yellow Radio	Episodes 11, 12	[159]
2013–14	Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne series	Moid		[160]
2013–15	Digimon Fusion	Christopher Aonuma, MadLeomon, Leomon, Piximon		[81]
2013	Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic	Koubun Ka		[161]
2013	Tiger & Bunny			[162]
2014	Karneval	Karoku		[163][164]
2014	Sailor Moon	Ryo Urawa	Viz dub, Episodes 27, 41	[165]
2014	Attack on Titan	Eld Gin		[69][166][167]
2014	Space Dandy	Gentle Nobra	Episodes 18, 19	[168]
2015	Tokyo Ravens	Yoshitaka Makihara
2015	Unbreakable Machine-Doll	Sin		[169]
2015–16	Durarara!!×2	Kasuka Heiwajima		[170][171]
2015	The Heroic Legend of Arslan	Silvermask		[172]
2015	Show by Rock!! series	SHU☆ZO (English lyricist for Trichronika's songs)		[173][174]
2015	Free! series	Rin Matsuoka		[175][176]
2016	Rage of Bahamut: Genesis	Beelzebub		[177]
2016	Black Butler: Book of Circus	Peter		[178]
2016	Brothers Conflict	Futo Asahina		[81]
2016	Garo: The Animation	Mendoza		[179]
2016	The Vision of Escaflowne	Folken Fanel	Funimation dub	[180]
2016	The Asterisk War	Randy Hooke		[181]
2016	Fairy Tail	Mard Geer		[182]
2016	One-Punch Man	Melzargard		[183]
2016	Nanbaka	Kenshirou Yozakura		[184]
2016–18	Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru series	Mikazuki Munechika	Episode 5	[184]
2016	Joker Game	Price	Episode 10	[184]
2016	Drifters	Saint-Germi	Episode 6	[185]
2017	The Reflection	X-On		[186]
2017	Juni Taisen: Zodiac War		ADR director	[187]
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Gelmund
2018	Twin Star Exorcists	Yuto Ijika		[188]
2016	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable	Rohan Kishibe		[81]
2018–19	Baki	Shibukawa		[81]
2019	The Morose Mononokean	The Executive	Season 2 episode 2 only	[189]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2006	Rock 'N Learn series	Bill, Marko the Pencil, others		[190][191]
2009–10	Starship Farragut: The Animated Episodes	Shealar, Medical Assistant #1	Ep. "The Needs of the Many", "Power Source"	[192][193]
2011	The Lion of Judah	Raven 1		[194]
2012	Mass Effect: Paragon Lost	Messner		[81]
2015–19	RWBY	Qrow Branwen	Volumes 3–6	[22][195]

Films

List of dubbing performances in direct-to-video, television films and feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2000	Sin: The Movie	Tim Perko		[196]
2003	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan	Broly		[126]
2003	Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness	Araragi, Hokushin's Six A		[197]
2004	RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio	Mamoru Torigai		[198]
2005	Saiyuki: Requiem	Kougaiji		[69]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming	Broly		[126]
2005	Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly	Broly, Bio Broly		[126]
2006	Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa	Edward Elric
2007	Air	Yukito Kunisaki		[199]
2008	Bleach: Memories of Nobody	Ikkaku Madarame, Mue		[20][21][126]
2009	Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion	Ikkaku Madarame
2011	Bleach: Fade to Black	Ikkaku Madarame
2012	Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice	Keldeo		[200][201]
2012	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos	Edward Elric		[81]
2012	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Tenkai		[81]
2016	Escaflowne	Folken Fanel	Funimation dub	[180]
2016–18	Digimon Adventure tri.	Matt Ishida	Six films	[202]
2017	One Piece Film: Gold	Sabo	Funimation dub	[203][204]
2019	Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Broly	Funimation dub	[205]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2003	Unlimited Saga	Mythe, Armand	First video game role	[206]
2003–19	Dragon Ball game franchise	Broly, Burter	Only voiced Burter in Tenkaichi Tag Team, Raging Blast 2 and Ultimate Tenkaichi	[81][128]
2005	Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel	Edward Elric		[207]
2005	Fullmetal Alchemist 2: Curse of the Crimson Elixir	Edward Elric		[208]
2006	Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy	Edward Elric		[209]
2006–09	Bleach series	Ikkaku Madarame	Dark Souls, Shattered Blade and The 3rd Phantom	[210]
2007	Project Sylpheed	Katana Faraway		[211]
2007–18	Persona series	Junpei Iori	[lower-alpha 1]	[81][206][212]
2008	Star Ocean: First Departure	T'nique Arcana		[81]
2009	Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight	Spear		[213]
2009	MagnaCarta 2	Others		[214]
2009–16	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja series	Nagato, Young Obito Uchiha, Cee, Madara Uchiha (Imposter)/Tobi		[81]
2010	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes	Tenkai		[215]
2010–17	Sonic the Hedgehog series	E-123 Omega		[81]
2011–13	Mario & Sonic series	E-123 Omega	London 2012 and Sochi 2014	[216][217]
2012	Divina	Orwell		[218]
2013	Marvel Heroes	Uatu		[81]
2013	Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures	Spiral		[219]
2016	God Eater: Resurrection	Male Player Voice #2

Live action

List of live-action appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2003	Holly's Story: A Journey to Freedom and Hope	Jim Hudson		[220][221]
2011	Fallout: Nuka Break	Merchant/Narrator		[222][223]
2012–17	Star Trek Continues	Captain Kirk	Developer, writer, director	[27][30][32]
2012	Todd of the Rings	Vodo		[224]
2013	Star Trek: New Voyages	Andorian Captain, Klingon Commander Malkthon
2015	Star Trek: Renegades	Garis		[225]
2016	Fan-O-Rama: A Futurama Fan Film	Zapp Brannigan		[226]
2017	Altered Spirits	Skip	aka Broken Spirits	[227]

Documentary

List of voice performances in live-action films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2008	Adventures in Voice Acting	Himself		[228]

Discography

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) – a remix album of some of his earlier singles

Audio recordings

• Gospel of John
• A Howl at the Moon (2014) – audiobook narrator[229]

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• Vic Mignogna at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Vic Mignogna convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Vic Mignogna at IMDb 
• Vic Mignogna at Behind The Voice Actors

На других языках

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[es] Vic Mignogna

Victor Joseph Mignogna es un actor de voz y músico estadounidense. Conocido por su trabajo prolífico en la industria del anime y su trabajo con personajes de anime y los videojuegos, el ser más notable como Edward Elric en Fullmetal Alchemist por la que obtuvo el American Anime Awards al mejor actor en 2007. Otros papeles notables de animación incluyen Broly en las películas de Dragon Ball, Tamaki Suoh en Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright en Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark en D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber en las series de Full Metal Panic!, Zero y Ichiru Kiryu en las series Vampire Knight, Christopher Aonuma en Digimon Fusion, Nagato y Obito Uchiha en Naruto Shippuden, Ikkaku Madarame en Bleach, Qrow Branwen en la serie web de estilo anime RWBY, y Matt Ishida en Digimon Adventure tri.. En los videojuegos, es la voz de E-123 Omega en la serie de Sonic el erizo y Junpei Iori en Persona 3. En el trabajo de acción en vivo, ha participado en varias producciones para fanáticos de Star Trek, incluyendo Star Trek Continues donde interpreta al Capitán James T. Kirk.

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[ru] Миньона, Вик

Виктор Джозеф Миньона (англ. Victor Joseph Mignogna; род. около 1963, Гринсберг, Пенсильвания) — американский актёр озвучивания и музыкант. Он является голосом E-123 Omega от SEGA франшизы Sonic X. В 2007 году получил награду American Anime Awards в номинации «Лучший актёр» за роль Эдварда Элрика во франшизе «Стальной алхимик».

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