Vic Mignogna

Victor Joseph Mignogna (born 1962 or 1963) 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, 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. He has been the center of multiple sexual assault 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


While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting at ADV Films. He made his debut 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.

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 he 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 production for music, sound, and video. 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 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 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 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.

Legal issues
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. Multiple accounts alleged that he kissed, groped, and made lewd comments to fans without their consent, some of whom were underage. Voice actresses Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi tweeted their support for those speaking out, and alleged that he had also sexually harassed them.

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. On February 5, Rooster Teeth severed their business relationship with him, and Funimation recast his role of the Executive in The Morose Mononokean. Multiple anime conventions also removed him from their guest list. In response to the controversy, Mignogna categorically denied any accusations of sexual harassment.

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

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. On October 4, 2019, Judge Chupp announced the remaining claims had been dismissed. Mignogna filed an appeal on October 24, with a hearing set for November 21. Chupp later ruled that Mignogna was required to pay $223,042.42 for the defendants' attorney fees.

Personal life
Mignogna was in a relationship with actress Michele Specht from 2006 to May 2018.

Anime
<!-- NEED SOURCE Dance in the Vampire Bund - Romulus (Eps. 8-9) is unconfirmed - there is an alias Jojo Krako which is suspected to be Vic since it is Star Trek related however, no reliable sources have been found to confirm this alias. Dragon Ball Z Kai – Burter credit not shown in episode 31 which involves Burter – need better source than cite episode MÄR – Alibaba, John Peach – cannot confirm with closing credits as voice casts not shown in broadcast, need another reliable source Pokémon credit per Netflix is under Additional Voices for Ep. 30, need better source – Pokémon: Black & White – Professor Icarus, Sylvester (Ep. 30) Red Garden – Randy Forrest – episode not listed, not major character, needs source School Rumble – Masked Comet – episode not listed, not major character, needs source Shadow Skill – Glad Di, Zachary, Lynn – need episode or source to confirm participation. ADV? Sword Art Online – Salamander Soldier (Ep. 16), Salamander Mage (Ep. 19), Slug Scientist #1 (Ep. 21) – english credits not available on netflix, need another source Yugo the Negotiator – Lall – cannot be confirmed at this time, need episode AM Driver – Ragna Lawrelia – needs confirmation Aquarion is unconfirmed, according to ep 4 credits Randy Tallman was credited for Johannes, however he died and Vic supposedly replaced his role Casshern Sins – Additional Cast (Ep. 12) he is only credited as Additional Cast in this series Chaos;Head – Additional Voices he is only credited as Additional Voices in this series Crying Freeman – Tateyou (should be able to find in ADV credits) E's Otherwise – Dzhyuma (episode unknown) Ghost Stories – DaVinci (Ep. 13, credited as Obi Frostips) need cite news to confirm credits are to Vic Glass Fleet – Louis – need cite episode Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick – Dew – need cite episode Monster – Gustav Milch – need to confirm closing credits on episode 54 – only seeing Japanese credits * Naruto: Shippuden the Movie – Yomi Nodame Cantabile – Mamoru Ookouchi, Youhei Hashimoto – guest roles cannot find not listed in credits, please find episode * Paradise Kiss – Suguru Hayasaka (Older) Sword Art Online – Salamander Soldier (Ep. 16), Salamander Mage (Ep. 19), Slug Scientist #1 (Ep. 21) – english credits not available on netflix, need another source Those Who Hunt Elves – Dr, Bruno's Father, Infomercial Santa, Goblin #1 – guest roles – need episode and significance -->
 * Shin-chan – Biker Bastard – guest role, need episode to confirm credit, check Funimation
 * Sin: The Movie – Tim Perko – need cite episode to confirm credit, ADV
 * 2016 || Yuri!!! On ice || Commentator ||

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