Travis Willingham

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.L. Long Middle School. He later graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and studied at Texas Christian University.

Career

Willingham learned that the English dub of Dragon Ball Z was being recorded in Dallas, and asked Laura Bailey, who he knew through their talent agency, to "put in a good word for him". A director there asked him to audition for the part of Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, and he received the role. While he described it as "the most intensive, spirit-crushing time ever in voiceover”, it ultimately led to his rise to prominence in the industry. He later reprised the role in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

After moving to Los Angeles, Willingham attempted to pursue a career in acting but fared poorly due to his tall height (6 ft 4in). He returned to voice acting at the suggestion of his agent; Willingham had been unaware that so much voice work was recorded in the city. He went on to perform in a number of notable roles including 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. He currently plays Teor Pridesire in Campaign 4. 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 is 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 currently reside in Los Angeles and have a son named Ronin (b. 2018).

Willingham is a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Willingham has ADHD.

Filmography

Voice acting

Anime

| || Baldr Force EXE Resolution || Yuuya (Young) || OAV || | || Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino || Altmeyer (ep 1) || OAV || | || Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations || Kusanagi || OAV || | || Darker Than Black || Amagiri || 6 episodes || | || Dragonaut: The Resonance || Reporter || Ep. 5 || | || Kodocha || || || | || The Melody of Oblivion || Global Wildcat || || | || Nodame Cantabile || Manabu Sakuma || || | || One Piece || Portgas D. Ace, || Funimation dub || | || Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings series || Katakura Kojuro || || | || Solty Rei || Embezzler | Ep. 18 || | || Stitch! || Jack || || | || Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry || || || | || Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle || Townsperson || Ep. 13 ||

Animation

• Doctor Lollipop – Doctor Woodsman
• RWBY – Atlas Ship Captain | –19 || Elena of Avalor || Cuco || 2 episodes --

Film

• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence – Kim
• Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite – Superman --

Video games

| || Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation || || ||

• Bleach: Soul Resurreccion – Kokuto (uncredited)
• Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley – Winklemeyer's Orderlies, Villagers of Nerthus, Museum Security Guards
• Dawn of Mana – Stroud (uncredited)
• Deadpool – Brawler 1 | || Dungeons & Dragons Online || Narrator || "Against the Slave Lords" quest arc || Wikia is not a reliable source
• Final Fantasy series
  • XIII – Cocoon Inhabitants
  • VII Remake – Shinra Security Officers
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy – Roy Mustang (uncredited)
• Halo
  • The Master Chief Collection – Frederic-104, Prophet Steward
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Reno Jackson
• Heroes of the Storm – Gazlowe | || Marvel Avengers Academy || Thor Odinson || Replaced Colton Haynes || Unless there's a source that says he replaced Colton Haynes, this isn't sourced and should not be mentioned | || Marvel Super Hero Squad Online || The Hulk, Juggernaut, Venom, Magneto, Havok, Kingpin, Onslaught, Super Skrull || ||
• Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat – Hulk
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Andrey Dolzaev
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Hirgon, Nemesis Orcs | || Murdered: Soul Suspect || Javier 'Rex' Reyes ||
• Saints Row IV – Virtual Steelport
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope – King of Astral (uncredited)
• Tales of Vesperia – Barbatos (uncredited)
• The Crew – Dayton
• Transformers series – Stratosphere, Sideswipe, Slug, Onslaught, Hot Shot
• Trauma Team – Gabriel Cunningham (uncredited)
• Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – Adonis, Aegis, Alm, Ehrde, Falx, Gabriel Celeste, Woltar (uncredited)
• WildStar – Durek Stonebreaker, Exiled Male, Lowborn Male
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Rell Nightwind, Grizzle Gearslip | || Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward || K || || --

Other dubbing

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• Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea – Jamuga (English dub)
• Goemon – Goemon Ishikawa (English dub)
• War of the Arrows – Choi Nam-yi (English dub)
• Fortnite – Thor

Audio books

Live-action

Film

Television

Web series

| || Friday Night Lights || || || | || Ray || || || | || The Anarchist Cookbook || || || | || The New Adventures of Old Christine || Masseuse || Episode: "Up in the Airport" || | || Private Practice || || Ep. "Sins of the Father" || | || Cold Case || || Ep. "Wednesday Women" || | || Prison Break || Soldier #1 || Ep. "VS" || | 2008 || Finish Line || || || | || Saving Jessica Lynch || || ||

• The Clean-Up Crew – Inspector Harris
• A Perfect Getaway – Tommy
• Resistance: Project Abraham – Nathan Hale
• The Substitute – John
• To Have and to Hold – Lord Canal
• "Dragon Age Redemption" - Tavern Mercenary --

References

References

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