Sam Riegel

Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel,[2] sometimes credited as Jack Lingo (born October 9, 1976), is an American voice actor, director, and writer. He is a regular cast member of the web series Critical Role, in which he and other fellow voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. He is best known for voice roles as Donatello in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and Phoenix Wright in the Ace Attorney games. For Nickelodeon, he was the voice director for Fresh Beat Band of Spies and Sanjay and Craig,[3] as well as the voice of Riven in the revival of Winx Club.
== Early Life[edit] ==
Riegel grew up in Northern Virginia, and from the age of six would perform in local theatre. He was cast in the touring production of Les Misérables aged eleven, and performed in The Sound of Music aged fourteen. He also had roles in television as a teenager, performing on Guiding Light and Another World. Riegel did not pursue a career in television as he disliked the lack of audience feedback. He joined an improv group, the Upright Citizens Brigade, shortly after graduating from college.[4]
== Career[edit] ==
He has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, TAJ Productions, NYAV Post, and Studiopolis. In 2018, he received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program for his work on Danger & Eggs.[5][6][7]
He is also a cast member of the popular web series Critical Role, in which he and other voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons.[8][9][10] 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;[11] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019 Shorty Awards.[12] After becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company, Critical Role Productions.[9][13][14][15] 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.[10][16] 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;[17] Riegel reprises his role as Scanlan Shorthalt.[18] He hosts the All Work No Play podcast and spinoff web series with his Critical Role co-star and best friend Liam O'Brien.[19][20][21]
== Personal life[edit] ==
Riegel is of Jewish descent.[22] His grandmother was a Holocaust survivor. He is the brother of actress Eden Riegel and the half-brother of filmmaker Tatiana S. Riegel. His father, Kurt Riegel, is a radio astronomer, environmental executive, and sailor. His mother, Lenore, is married to author Jerome Charyn.[23]
Riegel lives in Los Angeles with his wife, cinematographer Quyen Tran.[24][25] They have a daughter and son together.[26]
On September 11, 2001, Riegel and Tran witnessed the 9/11 attacks.[27] They were caught in the dust cloud formed by the collapse of the South Tower, but eventually escaped to Battery Park, where they witnessed the collapse of the North Tower; Riegel captured video footage that has since been featured in several documentaries.[24] Shortly after the events, they moved to California where Tran was accepted to UCLA.[28]
== Filmography[edit] ==
=== Anime[edit] ===
List of dubbing performances in anime
Year 	Title 	Role 	Crew role, notes 	Source
2001 	Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 	Tristan (Ep 1-10), Rex Raptor (Ep 2-144), Para, Arkana 	1st voice of Tristan and Rex 	[29]
2003 	Samurai Deeper Kyo 	Kotaro Makaora 	As Jack Lingo 	[30]
2003 	Animation Runner Kuromi 	Nonki Hayama 	As Jack Lingo 	[30][31]
2003 	K.O. Beast 	Wan Derbard 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2003 	Space Pirate Mito 	Aoi Mitsukuni 	As Jack Lingo 	[30]
2004 	Comic Party 	Kazuki Sendou 	As Jack Lingo
Also specials 	[30]
2004 	Gungrave 	Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2004 	Here is Greenwood 	Tenma Koizumi, Masato Ikeda 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2004 	Ikki Tousen 	Chuei Totaku, Student A 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2004 	Marmalade Boy 	Michael Grant, others 	As Sam Riegel and Jack Lingo 	[30][32]
2004 	Paranoia Agent 	Lil' Slugger, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2004 	R.O.D 	Criminal #2, Cafe Owner, Young Owner 	As Sam Riegel 	[31][32]
2004 	Shaman King 	Faust VIII, Yohmei Asakura 	1st Voice of Faust VIII 	
2004 	Texhnolyze 	Kazuho Yoshii, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Daphne in the Brilliant Blue 	Chang, others 	As Sam Riegel and Jack Lingo 	[30][32]
2005 	DearS 	Hikoro 'Oihiko' Oikawa, Assassin, others 	As Sam Riegel and Jack Lingo 	[30][32]
2005 	Di Gi Charat 	Mishter Manager 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Fafner in the Azure 	Hiroto Doma, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Ghost Talker's Daydream 	Souichiro Kadotake, others 	As Sam Riegel and Jack Lingo 	[30][32]
2005 	Grenadier - The Senshi of Smiles 	Yajiro Kojima 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Koi Kaze 	Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Kyo Kara Maoh! 	Gunter 	As Jack Lingo 	[30]
2005 	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette 	Eiri's Friend 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Leave it to Piyoko! 	BGG Member C, Store Manager, Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Marmalade Boy movie 	Manager 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Mermaid Forest 	Fisherman, Sailor, Toba Islander 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Naruto 	Zaku Abumi, Shino Aburame, others 	1st voice of Shino Aburame 	[33]
2005 	New Getter Robo 	Lab Staff, Guard 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Rumiko Takahashi Anthology 	Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Saiyuki Reload 	Impostor Demon, Mob Leader, Gate Guard 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Samurai Champloo 	Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Scrapped Princess 	Dennis, Officer, Soldier 	 	[33]
2005 	Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars 	Toshio Mikami, others 	As Sam Riegel and Jack Lingo
Also Director and Script Adaptation	[30][32][34]
2005 	Skyhigh 	Various characters 	live-action film As Sam Riegel	[32]
2005 	Tenjho Tenge 	Masayuki Sanada, Dan Inosato 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	The Melody of Oblivion 	Male Student A, Male Guest, Person of the Cape, Eichi Hikoyama	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	The Twelve Kingdoms 	Seishou 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Ultra Maniac 	Student 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2005 	Zatch Bell! 	Purio, others 	 	[33]
2006 	The Prince of Tennis 	Additional voices 	As Jack Lingo 	[30]
2006 	Boys Be... 	Kyoichi Kanzaki 	Voice director, script
As Sam Riegel	[32][35][36]
2006 	Ergo Proxy 	Pull 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2006 	Fate/stay night 	Shirou Emiya 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2006 	Gun Sword 	Klatt, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2006 	Haré+Guu 	Ashio 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2006 	Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 	Blaze 	As Sam Riegel (Episode 77) 	[32]
2006 	Kamichu! 	Ino, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2006 	Saiyuki Reload Gunlock 	Demon, Taizou 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2007 	Digimon Data Squad 	Kudamon 	 	[33]
2007 	Mega Man Star Force 	Tom Dubius 	 	
2007 	The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 	Taniguchi, Eijirou Ohmori (Appliance Store Owner), others 	 	[33]
2007 	The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye	Joey, others 	As Sam Riegel 	[32][37]
2007 	To Heart 	Various characters 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2008 	Aika R-16: Virgin Mission 	Gusto 	As Sam Riegel 	[31][32]
2008 	Buso Renkin 	Madoka Maruyama 	As Sam Riegel 	[32]
2008 	Code Geass 	Clovis la Britannia 	 	[33]
2008 	Lucky Star 	Minoru Shiraishi, Narration 	 	[31][33]
2008 	Gurren Lagann 	Viral 	as Sam Riegel 	[38]
2010 	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 	Radley 	as Sam Riegel 	[33]
2012 	Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL 	Chills 	 	[33]
2012 	Hellsing Ultimate 	Wild Geese, Vatican Officers 	Ep. 6, 8 	[39][40]
2012–13	Persona 4: The Animation 	Teddie 	 	[31]
2012–13	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan 	Kiyotsugu Kiyojuji 	As Sam Riegel 	[31]
2012–17	Blue Exorcist 	Mephisto Pheles 	 	[41][42]
2013 	K 	Yashiro Isana, Fox Spirit (Current Colorless King) 	 	[43]
2013–14	B-Daman Crossfire 	Reggie Mak, others 	 	[31]
2013 	Digimon Fusion 	BlueMeramon 	 	[31]
2016–17	One-Punch Man 	Metal Bat 	As Sam Riegel
also OVA's 	[44]
2016 	Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement 	Motonari Mōri 	 	[45]
2018 	Ace Attorney 	Furio Tigre 	 	[46]
2020 	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 	One Man, Agents, ISAF Officer 	 	[31]
=== Animation[edit] ===
Key
†	Denotes series that have not yet been released
List of voice performances in animation
Year 	Title 	Role 	Crew role 	Notes	Source
2003–09 	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 	Donatello, Delivery Man, Utrom, Triceraton Guard, Swordsmith, Zippy Lad, Shellectro, Yellow Triple Threat, Dark Donatello, Mr. Hambrath, Dr. Chaplin, 	 	 	[47]
2011–14 	Winx Club 	Riven, Acheron, Sphinx, Lu Wei, Rumpelstiltskin 	 	 	[48]
2013–18 	Sofia the First 	Squirrel, Doctor, Smokelee, Royal Builder, Coachman, Yellowbelly, Additional Voices 	Dialogue Director 	 	[31]
2013–16 	Wander Over Yonder 	Emperor Awesome, Ship Computer, Something the So and So, Cartoon Awesome, Jimmy, Admiral Admirable, Additional Voices 	Dialogue Director 	 	[31][47][49]
2013–17 	Doc McStuffins 	Wilbur, Orville 	Into the Hundred Acre Wood! 	 	[31]
2014-16 	Sanjay and Craig 	N/A 	Voice Director 	 	
2015–16 	Fresh Beat Band of Spies 	Mate, Pirate Guard, Curtis, Kid #1 (2), Fan (3), Audience Guy 	Casting Director and Voice Director 	 	[31][50]
2015–18 	Pickle and Peanut 	Sultry Dog, Chent, Salesman, College Professor, Party Goer, Mayor, Cody, Additional Voices 	Dialogue Director 	 	[51][52]
2016–20 	Elena of Avalor 	Additional Voices, Referee 	Dialogue Director 	[53] 	
2016–18 	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh	Trystane 	Voice Director 	 	[31]
2016–18 	Future-Worm! 	Villager #2, Lew Cregger, Carl, Alien Sam Riegel 	Dialogue Director 	[31] 	
2017 	Danger & Eggs 	Phillip's Brother, Lt. Second in Command 	Casting Director and Voice Director 	 	[31]
2017–21 	DuckTales 	Hack, Slash, Tenderfeet / Gavin, Stinky Boot, Two-Toed Jack, Moonlanders, Gilded Man, Pirates 	Dialogue Director 	 	[31][54]
2018–22 	Fancy Nancy 	Male Announcer, Male Narrator, Dying Old Man, Poor Neighbor, Rabbi Katz, Prison Security Guard 	Dialogue Director 	 	[31]
2019–22 	Amphibia 	Ab-Snatchers Actor, Movie Announcer, Blue Frog With Hat, Gary, Janitor, Brown Overalls Frog, Dartboard Frog, Dark Green Male Frog, Glass Artisan, Grub N Go Hirer, Bell Ringer, Chief McClintock, Cop 2, Arrested Civilian, Patrick, Leander, Bearded Frog, Neckerchief Betting Frog, Kurt, Neckerchief Frog, Frog DJ, Blue Frog With Hat, Orange Haired Frog, Vince, Dragonfly Frog, Scared Hat Bittie, Neckerchief Bittie, Brown Slicked Hair Bittie, Bird Seller Trucker, Ushanka Hat Frog, Bartley, Branson, Blair, Ant Cream Worker, Gift Shop Worker, Fleafy, Red Eyed Frog, Blue Toad Soldier, Green Frog with Hat, Leander, Tyler, Tyler's Boyfriend, Hat Customer, Bearded Tough Guy Bus Passenger, Glasses Customer, Mitch Harper, Bartley, Branson, Blair, Butterfly Drone Soldier Prototype, Scared Museum Observer, Dragonfly Frog, Worried Amphibians	 	 	[31]
2021–22 	Kid Cosmic 	PT-SB, Jerry, Feeble Pilot, Travis 	Casting Director and Voice Director 	 	[31]
2022 	American Dad! 	Benny, Athletic Spectator 	 	 	[31]
2022–present	The Legend of Vox Machina 	Scanlan Shorthalt 	Executive Producer and Casting Director	 	[55][56]
2022–present	Firebuds 	Vin Voltage 	Dialogue Director 	 	
2023–present	Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 	 	Dialogue Director 	 	
2023–present	Kiff 	 	Voice Director 	 	
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