Victor Joseph Mignogna 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.
He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production.
He helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album.
Mignogna taught drama and speech in Jacksonville, Florida, and was an officer with the Ocean
City Police Department.
In 1990, he 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 in anime at ADV Films.
He made his debut as Vega in the video game Street Fighter II V. He started attending
anime conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice role of Broly in the
Dragon Ball Z films.
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 Fullmetal Alchemist, and he attends between 15 and 25
conventions each 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 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.
He has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games.
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 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 has directed and starred as Captain Kirk in their web series Star Trek Continues.
Filmography Anime
Animation and live-action dubbing Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris – Male Newscaster
1, Doctor Rock 'N Learn – Marko the Pencil, Bill
Guns & Talks – Jung-woo Dark Water – Kono
Shinobi – Rokkaku The Lion of Judah – Raven 1
Video games
Live action Holly's Story – Jim Hudson
Fallout: Nuka Break – Merchant/Narrator Star Trek Continues – Captain Kirk
Todd of the Rings – Vodo Star Trek: New Voyages – Andorian Captain
/ Klingon Commander Malkthon Documentary
Adventures in Voice Acting – Himself Discography
Studio albums If These Walls Could Talk
Selah – Music for the Quiet Time Metafiction
Christmas Selah II
Revix – a remix album of some of his earlier singles
Audio recordings Gospel of John
A Howl at the Moon – audiobook narrator Notes
References
Notes
External links Official website
Vic Mignogna at Anime News Network's encyclopedia Vic Mignogna at the Internet Movie Database