Vic Mignogna facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vic Mignogna
Mignogna in 2020
Born	Victor Joseph Mignogna (1962-08-27) August 27, 1962 (age 62) Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Musician
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Seliece Womble ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2002)​
Partner(s)	Michele Specht (2006–2018)
Musical career
Genres	Pop Christian & Gospel
Instruments	Piano vocals
Years active	1989–present

Victor Joseph Mignogna (/mɪnˈjɒnə/ min-YO-nuh; born August 27, 1962) is an American 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, Kougaiji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach, Rohan Kishibe in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Hideki Kurohagi in Marvel Anime: Wolverine, 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, as Captain James T. Kirk.

..... Mignogna unsuccessfully pursued legal cases against Funimation and other industry professionals in relation to the allegations and was ordered by a court to pay the defendants' legal fees. Mignogna has been less active in the voice-acting industry in response to the allegations.

Early life

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

Career

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

Vic Mignogna has voiced characters in over 100 anime and video game titles, including Dragonball Z, Bleach, Code Geass, Shin-chan, and Hell Girl.

While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting at ADV Films. He debuted as Vega in the video game-based anime series Street Fighter II V. 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.

Mignogna speaking at Phoenix Comicon 2017

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

In addition to voice acting, Mignogna has been involved in music, sound, and video production. He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials, and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church. Mignogna has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games. As a musician, he has released several albums, some of which feature English cover versions of anime songs from shows, including the 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 appeared in several fan productions, including Fullmetal Fantasy 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." 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. Mignogna has received positive reviews for writing, directing, executive-producing, and starring in Star Trek Continues, especially for his portrayal of the character of Kirk, using William Shatner's unique mannerisms and cadence.

In 2021, he founded his own dubbing studio with convention Anime Matsuri in partnership.

Personal life

Mignogna was previously married to Seliece Womble from 1995 to 2002, and was in a relationship with actress Michele Specht from 2006 to May 2018.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Live action

Documentary

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
• The Music Of Vic Mignogna (2023)

Audio recordings

• Gospel of John
• A Howl at the Moon (2014) – audiobook narrator
• In Plain Sight (2020) – audiobook narrator
• The Crimson Spark, Vagabond Legacy, Book 1 (2020) – audiobook narrator
• These Are the Voyages (2021) – audiobook narrator
• Paper Doll (2022) – audiobook narrator
• The Nova Quadrant (2023) – audiobook narrator
• The Opal Embers, Vagabond Legacy, Book 2 (2024) – audiobook narrator

See also

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