Travis Willingham is an American voice actor. Some of his notable anime roles include Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in One Piece, Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club, Yu Kanda in D. Gray-man, and Cameron Campbell in Camp Camp.
Willingham's video game roles include Guile in the Street Fighter franchise, Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and Thor in various Marvel games. He is a regular cast member of the web series Critical Role, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons, and has served as the inaugural CEO of Critical Role Productions since 2019.
Early life
Travis Willingham was born in Dallas. He has a brother named Carson. He became interested in acting in fifth grade. After sixth grade, he moved from a private school to J.R. Long Middle School. He later graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and studied at Texas Christian University. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 2000s to pursue an acting career.
Career
Willingham rose to prominence in the voice acting world for his portrayal of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, which he later reprised in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. His other notable roles include Yu Kanda in D.Gray-man, Cleo in Glass Fleet, Ginko in Mushishi, Portgas D. Ace in the Funimation re-dub of One Piece and Takashi Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. He also voices Thor in several Marvel projects and King Roland II in Disney Junior's Sofia the First. From 2010 to 2018, he was the voice of Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Willingham is also a main cast member of the popular Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role, where he played Grog in the first campaign, Fjord in the second campaign, and a dual role as Sir Bertrand Bell and Chetney Pock O'Pea in the third campaign. Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019 Webby Awards; the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019 Shorty Awards. After becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company called Critical Role Productions, for which Willingham serves as CEO. Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titled The Legend of Vox Machina; Willingham reprised his role as Grog.
Personal life
On September 25, 2011, Willingham married voice actress Laura Bailey in Camarillo, California. They reside in Los Angeles and have a son named Ronin (born 2018).
Willingham is a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Noted by some fans for his height of and athletic build, he has participated in some triathlons. Willingham has ADHD.
Filmography
Voice acting
Anime
Animation
Film
Video games
Live-action
Film
Television
Web series
References
External links
Travis Willingham at CrystalAcids Voice Actor Database
– 2018 video interview by Critical Role
1981 births
21st-century American male actors
Actual play performers
American actors with disabilities
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American male web series actors
Living people
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Place of birth missing (living people) Texas Christian University alumni Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas) alumni