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The Career of Vic Mignogna

Early Life and Career

 

Vic grew up in southwestern Pennsylvania. In a preview of his future career, he did some stage and screen acting as a child, with his first credits coming when he was just 8 or 9 years old. Though he set this work aside to focus on his studies in high school and college, he never lost his passion for performance.

 

Vic graduated from Liberty University in the mid-1980s with a degree in film and television production. He spent his early career as a teacher, including his first year out of college as a speech and English instructor in Jacksonville, Florida. He also worked as a  police officer with the Ocean City (Maryland) Police Department.

 

Vic began producing music in the early 1980s, with notable early production credits including Nashville-based Christian hip-hop outfit DC Talk’s first album (1989) and his own debut album, If These Walls Could Talk (1992). In 1993, he sang “Worth Waiting For” as a contestant on Ed McMahon’s Star Search.

 

In 1990, Vic moved to Houston to continue his teaching career at the Art Institute of Houston, where he taught film and video production. When he wasn’t in the classroom, he worked as a producer for several animated films and television shows. This work brought Vic into contact with several voice actors in the area, and he had the privilege of working at several noted dubbing and animation studios in Houston and Dallas throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Voice Acting Career

Vic Mignogna’s first voice acting credit came in 1999, when he voiced Vega in Street Fighter II V, an anime series based on the popular video game. Over the next 20 years, he voiced hundreds of characters in an array of popular anime series and feature-length films, including:

 

  • Gasaraki (2000)

  • Generator Gawl (2000)

  • Orphen (2001)

  • Princess Nine (2001)

  • Steel Angel Kurumi (2002)

  • Excel Saga (2002)

  • Noir (2003)

  • Rune Soldier (2003)

  • Full Metal Panic! (2003 - 2005) 

  • Kaleido Star (2004)

  • Spiral: The Bounds of Reasoning (2004)

  • Misaki Chronicles (2006)

  • 009-1 (2007)

  • Air Gear (2007)

  • Darker Than Black (2008)

  • Lucky Star (2008)

  • Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009)

  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009 - 2010)

  • Hetalia (2010 - 2014)

  • Digimon Fusion (2013 - 2015)

  • Durarara!!×2 (2015 - 2016)

  • Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru (2016 - 2018)

  • Naruto: Shippuden (2010 - 2019)

  • Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Soul Eater (2016)

 

Vic also has several dozen video game voice acting credits since the early 2000s. Notable appearances include:

 

  • The Dragon Ball game series (2003 - 2019)

  • The Fullmetal Alchemist series (2005 - 2006)

  • The Bleach series (2006 - 2009)

  • The Persona series (2007 - 2018)

  • The Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja series (2009 - 2016)

  • The Mario & Sonic series (2013 - 2016)

  • The Sonic the Hedgehog series (2010 - 2017)

 

Other notable credits include G4’s Wolverine and Iron Man series and the original Mass Effect movie.

 

Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Vic was a regular speaker at anime and sci-fi fan conventions, including Comicon. In 2008, he appeared in a documentary about voice acting, aptly titled Adventures in Voice Acting.

Music and Screen Acting Career

In addition to his voice acting work, Vic Mignogna is a noted musician and music producer. He is a prolific advertising music producer, with hundreds of jingles in local and national commercial spots. During his time in Houston, he performed the national anthem at several Houston Astros home games.

 

Vic has more than a half-dozen original albums to his credit since the 1990s, including:

 

  • If These Walls Could Talk (1992)

  • Selah – Music for the Quiet Time (2004 - 2005)

  • Metafiction (2006)

  • Christmas (2008)

  • Selah II (2009)

  • Revix (2010)

 

 

Vic also created a recording of “The Gospel Of John” that he makes available free of charge on his fanclub website and at events.

 

Vic has a number of on-screen acting credits as well, including in several works that he produced, wrote, and/or directed. 

 

One of his most notable appearances was the Star Trek fan production Star Trek Continues, a web series that received strong reviews during a five-season run between 2012 and 2017. Vic developed, wrote, directed, and played Captain Kirk in Star Trek Continues. Star Trek: Renegade (2015).

 

Today, Vic Mignogna continues to do a mix of voice acting, audio books, dubbing, and music production work. He works with many studios including out of his own studio and remains active on the North American fan convention circuit.

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