Background and career
Victor Joseph Mignogna ( min-YO-nuh; born August 27, 1962) is an American voice actor, singer, and musician known primarily for his extensive contributions to the English dubbing of Japanese anime series and video games, including Edward Elric in the Fullmetal Alchemist franchise, which earned him the American Anime Award for Best Actor in 2007. He has voiced characters in over 100 anime and video game titles, including Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Code Geass, Shin-chan, and Hell Girl. Other animation roles include Broly from the Dragon Ball films, Tamaki Suoh in Ouran High School Host Club, Fai D. Flowright in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Dark in D.N.Angel, Kurz Weber in the Full Metal Panic! series, Zero and Ichiru Kiryu in the Vampire Knight series, Christopher Aonuma in Digimon Fusion, Nagato and Obito Uchiha in Naruto Shippuden, Kougaiji in Saiyuki, Ikkaku Madarame in Bleach, Rohan Kishibe in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Hideki Kurohagi in Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Qrow Branwen in RWBY, and Matt Ishida in Digimon Adventure tri. In video games, he has voiced E-123 Omega in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Junpei Iori from Persona 3. In live-action work, he has participated in several Star Trek fan productions, including Star Trek Continues, as Captain James T. Kirk. In music, he has released eight studio albums and eight audio recordings. In early 2019, following allegations of sexual harassment from both fans and fellow voice actors amid the #MeToo movement, Mignogna was dismissed from Funimation and Rooster Teeth; Mignogna has denied the accusations. Mignogna unsuccessfully pursued defamation cases against Funimation and his accusers. Despite a reduction in public appearances following the harassment allegations, Mignogna has continued to participate in conventions and events.
Mignogna was born on August 27, 1962, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to Barb Myers. He grew up watching cartoons on television. One of his favorites was Speed Racer, a cult classic animated show based on a Japanese comic strip by Tatsuo Yoshida. He was also a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series. He graduated from Liberty University with a degree in television and film production, and taught English and speech at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a summer seasonal officer with the Ocean City Police Department. In 1990, Mignogna moved to Houston, Texas, where he was a film and video production instructor at The Art Institute of Houston.
Vic Mignogna has voiced characters in over 100 anime and video game titles, including Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Code Geass, Shin-chan, and Hell Girl. While working in video production with John Gremillion in Houston, Mignogna got involved in voice acting at ADV Films. He debuted as Vega in the video game-based anime series Street Fighter II V. Mignogna started attending anime conventions, where he contacted Funimation and landed the voice role of Broly in the Dragon Ball Z movies, as well as Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
In 2007, the American Anime Awards presented Mignogna with an award for Best Actor for his work on Fullmetal Alchemist. He often gains attention for his role in Alchemist, and at one point attended between 15 and 25 conventions per year. One of Mignogna's career goals was "to record at all of the major places where dubbing is done." He said he was "the first ADV voice actor to record at Funimation in Dallas and then I was the first to go to New York." He has also recorded in Los Angeles; he tried out for Bleach and received the part of Ikkaku Madarame. In non-anime productions, he voiced Qrow Branwen in Rooster Teeth's web series RWBY. Mignogna appeared in several fan productions, including Fullmetal Fantasy and Star Trek: Phase II. In the latter series, he co-directed the episode "Enemy: Starfleet" and played the Andorian Captain. He directed "KITUMBA" and played Malkthon the Klingon, and was slated to direct the episode "Mindsifter." In 2012, Mignogna worked with the Starship Farragut production group. He directed and starred as Captain James T. Kirk in their web series Star Trek Continues. Mignogna has received positive reviews for writing, directing, executive-producing, and starring in Star Trek Continues, especially for his portrayal of the character of Kirk, using William Shatner's unique mannerisms and cadence. In 2021, he founded his own dubbing studio with convention Anime Matsuri in partnership. In 2024, Mignogna announced he has partnered with UK talent agency 'Davidson & Co. Talent Agents.'
Mignogna has been involved in music, sound, and video production. As of 2024, he has released eight studio albums and eight audio recordings. He has produced hundreds of jingles for commercials, and he was a worship leader with Houston's First Baptist Church. He helped produce and arrange some of the songs on DC Talk's eponymous first album, released in 1989. In 1993, he was a contestant on the American television talent show Star Search, on which he sang "Worth Waiting For." Mignogna has sung the U.S. national anthem at several Houston Astros baseball games. As a musician, he has released several albums, some of which feature English cover versions of anime songs from shows, including the Funimation dub of One Piece and the Dragon Ball series. He also handled some of the ADR direction for the English dub of Claymore, in which he voices Rigaldo.
Mignogna was previously married to Seliece Womble from 1995 to 2002, and was in a relationship with actress Michele Specht from 2006 to May 2018. On July 24, 2024, during one of his weekly livestreams on Twitch, he announced to his fans that he had gotten married a few weeks prior. On August 15, 2024, it was later revealed that Mignogna had married television personality Dominique Sachse, whom he had first met in their 20s and had reconnected with in 2023. They share a residence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
