Travis Willingham
Travis Willingham is an American voice actor known for his character portrayals in video games and English anime dubs. His notable roles include Roy Mustang in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, 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, Thor in various Marvel games, and Isaac Frost in Fight Night Champion. He has been a cast member of the web series Critical Role since 2015, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. He co-founded the production company Critical Role Productions, for which he has been chief executive officer 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.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. 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 " 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.Willingham is a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys. Willingham has ADHD.
Filmography
Voice acting
Anime
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| –11 | The Super Hero Squad Show | Hulk, Human Torch, Grey Hulk, Hans, Executioner, Piledriver, Hyperion, Zeus, others | ||
| G.I. Joe: Renegades | Sully, additional voices | |||
| Boing: The Play Ranger | Bing Bing, Mayor, DJ Frills & Thrills, Flipper | |||
| The Legend of Korra | Additional voices | |||
| –15 | Ultimate Spider-Man | Thor, Skurge, Wodin | ||
| –18 | Sofia the First | King Roland II | ||
| 16.08.2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Thor | Episode: "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel" | |
| 16.08.2013 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Thor | Television special | |
| –15 | Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Thor, Frost Giant Commander | ||
| 26.05.2013–19 | Avengers Assemble | Thor, Space Phantom, Bulldozer, Trick Shot, additional voices | ||
| 26.06.2014–15 | Regular Show | Stash, Rich Steve, others | ||
| 01.11.2014–17 | Sonic Boom | Knuckles the Echidna, Soar the Eagle | ||
| 25.07.2015 | DC Super Friends | Lex Luthor | ||
| 25.07.2015 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled | Thor, Yellowjacket | Television special | |
| 25.07.2015 | Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! | Thor | ||
| –17 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Thor, Hogun, additional voices | ||
| 10.06.2016–19 | Camp Camp | Cameron Campbell | Web series | |
| –21 | Ben 10 | Cannonbolt, Sydney, Tim Buktu, Kraab, additional voices | ||
| Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Zartran | |||
| Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Motormaster, Menasor | |||
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat | Thor, Taserface | |||
| Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Dorbin | Episode: "American Goth" | ||
| Justice League Action | Bizarro | Episode: "Boo-ray for Bizarro" | ||
| –20 | Spider-Man | Sandman, Thor | ||
| 2018 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Black Panther - Trouble in Wakanda | Thor | ||
| 2018–19 | Elena of Avalor | Cuco | 3 episodes | |
| –21 | Fast & Furious Spy Racers | Additional Voices | ||
| –present | The Legend of Vox Machina | Grog Strongjaw | Also writer and executive producer | |
| 2023 | Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red | Thor, Wendigos | Disney+ television special | |
| 2024 | X-Men '97 | Sebastian Shaw | Episode: "Remember It" | |
| 2024 | Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition | Thor | Disney+ television special | |
| 2025 | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | Rhino, Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross | 2 episodes | |
| 2025 | Lego Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails | Thor | Disney+ television special | |
| 2025 | The Mighty Nein | Fjord Stone, Additional voices | also writer and executive producer | |
| King Roland II |