Vic Mignogna  

Victor Joseph Mignogna, born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has always been fascinated by drama, film, music, and acting. He pursued a degree in Film in college and spent approximately ten years working in independent films and producing music for advertisements, television series, and movies. In 1998, through the help of a work associate at the time, Mignogna made his debut as Vega in "Street Fighter 2" under ADV Films. He enjoyed the anime dubbing experience and continued working with ADV, eventually landing his first main character role as Gawl in "Generator Gawl." Over time, Mignogna also began working for FUNimation Entertainment and moved from Houston, Texas to Los Angeles, California to continue his work there. He now primarily works for FUNimation and has released five albums of original music, including Selah (original piano music), Metafiction (original music, including anime-related songs), If These Walls Could Talk (original music), a Christmas album, and Soldier A (saluting the generic soldiers of anime). His sixth album, which is a remix album featuring his original songs and popular songs, is set to be released in February 2010. Mignogna has appeared in approximately 150 anime series and video games and has sung many English dub theme songs, most notably in the FUNimation dub of "One Piece." He is best known for his roles as Edward Elric from "Fullmetal Alchemist," Tamaki Suoh from "Ouran High School Host Club," Broly from "Dragon Ball Z," Fai D. Flowrite from "Tsubasa Chronicle," Zero Kiryu from "Vampire Knight," Spirit (Death Scythe) from "Soul Eater," Dark Mousy from "D.N.Angel," Kurz Weber from "Full Metal Panic," and Ikkaku Madarame from "Bleach." He made his directorial debut in "Claymore," in which he also plays the role of Rigaldo. Mignogna's work has been recognized with several awards, including Best Actor at the American-Anime-Awards for his role of Edward Elric in "Fullmetal Alchemist" and Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Movie/Special at the 1st Annual BTVA Anime Dub Awards (Peoples Choice).