Line #83 Creator/TravisWillingham


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 When I become Roy Mustang, there will be changes.]] [[MemeticMutation On that day, all female cast members will be required to wear...TINY MINISKIRTS!]]]]
3	If [[RankScalesWithAsskicking authority needs to kick some ass]], it needs a proper charismatic voice to do so.
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5	Enter Travis Willingham.
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7	Travis Hampton Willingham (born August 3, 1981) is an American voice actor born in Dallas, Texas. He originally started out as Col. Roy Mustang in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''. After that, he started getting [[{{Typecasting}} pigeonholed]] into voicing characters that are either badasses or have a high rank or status, be it military or some other thing (not to mention a few characters PlayingWithFire). He is somewhat [[MemeticMutation memetically popular]] thanks to his infamous "tiny miniskirts" decree and the fact that "HE LOVES DOGS!" (and he actually ''[[CutenessProximity does]]'' [[CutenessProximity like cute things]] -- not hard to believe considering his role as [[Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub Mori-senpai]]). Like Creator/VicMignogna and Creator/AaronDismuke's Risembool Rangers, his loyal Miniskirt Army follows him from con to con. He is among the few voice actors to also get many live-action roles.
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9	In 2005, he become famous for his non-anime activities when he took on Creator/MonicaRial in a tequila shot contest after Anime Weekend Atlanta. Needless to say, the result was hilarious and has come to be known as The Travis Willingham Tequila Story. Multiple versions were told; one each by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYZoe5ctqxI Vic Mignogna]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkWJchjv6k Monica Rial]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8iWp1p5us and of course, Travis himself]].
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11	He has been doing dubbing for many California-based works, as have many other Creator/FUNimation voice actors such as Creator/TroyBaker and Creator/LauraBailey. And now, he's even ''living'' there. He's married to Laura Bailey as of 2011, and thus [[MemeticMutation he's now officially]] [[Franchise/StreetFighter a family man]]. Even more officially when on March 1 2018, Bailey sent out a Tweet revealing that she is pregnant with their first child, a son named Ronin who was born on June 28, 2018.
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13	Has a Website/{{Twitter}} [[https://twitter.com/WillingBlam account]].
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15	Due to becoming a union actor, Willingham primarily does video game voice overs and western animation nowadays, rarely getting any new anime roles, generally only reprising roles when he does anime.
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18	!!Notable roles from Travis Willingham:
19	!!!Anime
20	* ''Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory'': Relius Clover
21	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Kugo Ginjo, Love Aikawa, Akon, Ashido, Charlotte Chulhorne, and Findorr Calius. He also voiced Kokuto in both the ''Anime/BleachHellVerse'' film and in ''Bleach Soul Resurrección''.
22	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Andreas Darlton
23	* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'': Amagiri
24	* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': Yu Kanda (first 51 episodes only; [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/IanSinclair for the 2nd half of the 2006 series and ''D.Gray Man Hallow'')
25	* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'': Iggy
26	* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' and ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'': [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]
27	* ''Manga/GhostHunt'': Takigawa
28	* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Christof Sievernich
29	* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'': Ginko
30	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': Jugo ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/PatrickSeitz in ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'' and Creator/KyleHebert in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'') and Zetsu
31	* ''Manga/OnePiece'' (''Funimation'' dub): Portgas D. Ace
32	* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': Takashi "Mori" Morinozuka
33	* ''Manga/SchoolRumble'': [[LargeHam Tougou]]
34	* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'': Kojuro Katakura
35	* ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'': The King of Gods
36	* ''Manga/SoulEater'': Free
37	* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': Antonio Lopez/Rock Bison
38	* ''Manga/VampireKnight'': Toga Yagari
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40	!!!Video Games
41	* ''VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines'': O'Neal
42	* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': Harvey Dent / ComicBook/TwoFace
43	* ''VideoGame/BinaryDomain'': Dan Marshall
44	* ''VideoGame/{{BIONICLE}}: The Game'': Tahu
45	* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Relius Clover
46	* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'': Death
47	* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'': Johnny Ariga
48	* ''VideoGame/CrossEdge'': [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Jedah Dohma]]
49	* ''Franchise/DragonBall: Raging Blast'', ''Raging Blast 2'', and ''Tenkaichi Tag Team'': Cell (replacing Creator/DameonClarke)
50	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors 7'': Xu Huang and Zhou Tai
51	* ''VideoGame/FarCry4'': Paul "De Pleur" Harmon
52	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyType0'': Ryid Uruk
53	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Lon'qu and Brady
54	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'': King Garon, Hans, and Lloyd
55	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'': [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Ogma, Camus]], and [[RoleReprise Lon'qu]]
56	* ''Videogame/ForHonor'': Male Raider
57	* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'': Jul 'Mdama ([[StarfishLanguage not that you could tell by listening to him]]), Paul [=DeMarco=], and Frederic-104 (replacing Creator/AndrewLove)
58	* ''VideoGame/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraft'': Reno Jackson
59	* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'': Gazlowe
60	* ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'': Reggie Rowe
61	** ''[[VideoGame/InfamousFirstLight First Light]]'': Shane
62	* ''VideoGame/Injustice2'': Jay Garrick
63	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Talon and Azir
64	* ''VideoGame/LegoBatman 2: DC Super Heroes'': Franchise/{{Superman}}, [[DownloadableContent Bizarro and Gorilla Grodd]]
65	* ''VideoGame/MadMax2015'': Lord Scabrous Scrotus
66	* ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'': [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor Odinson]]
67	* ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor'': Hirgon
68	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
69	** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatOnslaught'': [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]]
70	** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'': [[Characters/MortalKombatRaiden Raiden]] (Thunder God)
71	* ''VideoGame/MurderedSoulSuspect'': Javier '[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Rex]]' Reyes
72	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': Hal-Fred Glitchbot
73	* ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'': Theodore
74	* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'': Grimroth
75	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'': Satan
76	* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'': Tayama
77	* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'':
78	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersSpyrosAdventure'': Occulous
79	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersGiants'': Eye-Brawl, Eye-Small
80	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersSwapForce'': Doom Stone, Gorm, Count Moneybone,
81	** ''VideoGame/SkylandersTrapTeam'': Fist Bump, Buzz, Fisticuffs
82	* ''[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked]]'': Tadashi Nikaido
83	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogKnucklesTheEchidna Knuckles the Echidna]] (2010-2017, replacing Creator/DanGreen), Storm the Albatross, and Zavok
84	* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'': Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
85	** ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin
86	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'': Phasesmith Karax
87	* ''VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope'': Bacchus D-79
88	* ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'': Jaro Tapal
89	* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'': Guile
90	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'': Gaius
91	* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'': Large Rattler
92	* ''VideoGame/TimeCrisis 4'': Evan Bernard
93	* ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'': Sideswipe (also Hot Rod in the DS version)
94	** ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron'': Sideswipe, Onslaught, and Slug
95	* ''[[VideoGame/TraumaCenter Trauma Team]]'': Gabriel Cunningham
96	* ''VisualNovel/VirtuesLastReward'': K
97	* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': Yodai Higashizawa
98	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Rell Nightwind, Turalyon, Gazlowe
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100	!!!Web Animation
101	* ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'': Cameron Campbell
102	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Volume 3: [[DeathByCameo An Atlas ship captain]]
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104	!!!Web Video
105	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'':
106	** Grog Strongjaw (Campaign 1)
107	** Fjord (Campaign 2)
108	** Bertrand Bell ("The Search for Grog" and Campaign 3) and Chetney Pock O'Pea (Campaign 3)
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110	!!!Western Animation
111	* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'': Thor
112	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanandSupermanBattleOfTheSuperSons'': Superman
113	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'': Morgue Guy
114	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBadBlood'': the Heretic
115	* ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'': Lord Moldrad
116	* ''WesternAnimation/BillyDilleysSuperDuperSubterraneanSummer'': Zartran
117	* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': Cuco
118	* ''WesternAnimation/JLAAdventuresTrappedInTime'': Gorilla Grodd
119	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'': Bizarro
120	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueXRWBYSuperHeroesAndHuntsmen Part 2'': Superman
121	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Ganbat
122	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina'': Grog Strongjaw
123	* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'': Sandman, Thor
124	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel'': Thor
125	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooReturnToZombieIsland'' - Seaver
126	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooStageFright'' - Waldo
127	* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': King Roland II
128	* ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'': Knuckles, Soar the Eagle
129	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Mackie Hand and Meat Fork
130	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'': ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]], Piledriver, and Skurge the Executioner
131	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise2015'': Motormaster, Menasor
132	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider\|Man2012}}-Man'': Thor and Skurge the Executioner
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134	!!!Other
135	* Surprisingly enough, one of the four young punks at the bar in the '''live action''' film ''Film/SecondhandLions''. Surprising because instead of portraying an authority figure, he plays [[PlayingAgainstType a rebellious youth with a lot of disdain towards authority]].
136	** Also the source of one of his favorite stories to tell at conventions, as the director assumed Travis was a stuntman (given the fact that he's tall and quite buff), which resulted in Robert Duvall actually hitting him during the fight scene. After learning that Travis is a regular actor, Duvall apologized profusely and gave him $500 to make up for it, at which point all was forgiven.
137	* Had a cameo as a soldier sent to take down Frank Castle in a season one episode of ''Series/ThePunisher2017'', only to meet a grisly end to a spike trap.
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139	!![[WebVideo/CriticalRole I would like to TROPE!]]
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141	* InkSuitActor:
142	** Paul [=DeMarco=] in ''Halo 4'' is essentially Willingham with a shaved head.
143	** ''Infamous Second Son'' uses motion capture performances so his character, Reggie Rowe, is directly modeled after him.
144	** Harvey Dent in ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' is also modeled on him.
145	** The physical appearance of Grog Strongjaw on ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' was based on him. This included Grog getting a beard, despite Grog being a goliath -- a race in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' that normally can't grow beards.
146	** Likewise, in their second campaign his next character, Fjord Stone, similarly eventually grew into basically Travis as a Half-Orc.
147	* KillItWithFire: The modus operandi of several of the characters he has been cast as in his career, something he himself is happy to point out.
148	* LargeHam: There's a reason why he's called Travis Willing'''[[IncrediblyLamePun HAM]]'''! Apparently he auditioned for Armstrong in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime adaptation]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', but got Roy's part instead.
149	** And then there's his performance as [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Charlotte]], which is massively PlayingAgainstType but still manages to be so absurdly CampGay and FABULOUS it borders on ridiculous.
150	*** Going further than that, there's also [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]]. Although given that he looks a lot like the Franchise/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, it was obvious he would be this. And thanks to some leaked footage of the English dub, his performance doesn't disappoint.
151	---->'''Relius:''' EXPERIMENTATION HO!
152	** Ironically he plays one of the less hammy characters in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' as Darlton, a series otherwise known for being filled with them.
153	** There's also [[WebVideo/CriticalRole Grog Strongjaw]], who bellows every word in an [[OopNorth accent as thick as molasses]].
154	--->'''Grog:''' [[CatchPhrase I would like to rage.]]
155	* OrderVersusChaos: If RankScalesWithAsskicking rings a bell, a lot of his characters he voices will fall into the "order" side. Grog Strongjaw from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' is a rare exception, as Grog is ChaoticNeutral in-universe.
156	* PlayingAgainstType:
157	** [[VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm Gazlowe]]. Seriously, Ratchet's Boss or whatever, do you actually expect Travis doing ''a goblin?'' Note: He's not using any sort of baritone he's known for, and he still pulled it off.
158	** Charlotte from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is a very muscular and flamboyant DragQueen which is a far cry from the other large, hammy characters he's played.
159	** [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Relius Clover]] is practically the furthest character from his pigeonhole, being a MadScientist and all. Unless you count that despite this, Relius is still one of the highest ranking members of NOL and one of the few people who can match [[BigBad Hazama]] in terms of power, thereby adhering to RankScalesWithAsskicking.
160	** Theodore, from ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'', has a deep voice, but is also very soft-spoken and has a dulcet tone.
161	** Brady, from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', is a huge softy who happens to look like a thug.
162	** When [[TheOtherDarrin Darrining]] Creator/DameonClarke as Cell in some ''DBZ'' video games, he portrayed Cell in all of his forms, each with their own distinctive voice. His Imperfect Cell voice, much like Clarke's, is high-pitched and raspy, quite unlike his other roles.
163	** Phasesmith Karax from ''VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'' is a soft-spoken Khalai class (the lowest class of the Protoss caste system) Protoss, phasesmith being the Protoss equivalent of "engineer". That's about as far from LargeHam Badass Authority Figure as you get.
164	** Grog from ''Critical Role'' plays with this. On the one hand, the character is very much a BloodKnight who LOVES fighting and bloodshed. He even gets an EvilWeapon named Craven Edge that encourages violence on anyone it can talk him into hurting, which isn't tough since Grog's Intelligence stat is 6. On the other hand, Grog is very much the black sheep of his clan, having been beaten to shit and left for dead by his AlwaysChaoticEvil uncle Kevdak after defending a gnome from what would have been a fatal encounter with them. He also has a powerful attachment to the members of his adventuring party Vox Machina, especially [[Creator/AshleyJohnson Pike Trickfoot]], cleric of Sarenrae and daughter of the gnome he risked his life to save.
165	** [[Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple Loki]], a weaselly, fast-talking SmugSnake and TheStarscream, the polar opposite of several of his other roles.
166	* PromotedFanboy:
167	** Though he got into it pretty late, he was a massive fan of ''Dragon Ball Z'' and therefore [[JumpedAtTheCall jumped at the chance to voice an anime character.]] ''ANY'' anime character. He eventually got to play Cell, one of the show's iconic villains.
168	** He's also a huge comic book fan; he got to play several characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' and he also played Thor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider\|Man2012}}-Man'', a role which he reprised in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''. And then he got to play freaking [[VideoGame/LegoBatman Superman]]...
169	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: With [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]], among others.
170	* RunningGag: A likely unintentional one. He and his wife, Creator/LauraBailey, frequently play characters that seem to wind up fighting one another quite often when they play competent fighters (See: ''Avengers Assemble'', ''Infamous First Light'' and ''Fullmetal Alchemist'').
171	* {{Typecasting}}: Normally the high authority[=/=]military figure or law-abiding character who [[RankScalesWithAsskicking shows his authority by kicking some ass]] - e.g. [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]], and [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles]]. However, he's slowly moving away from his typecasting ever since he moved to California.
172	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was set to continue voicing Cell in ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'', but Creator/DameonClarke -- Cell's original voice actor -- opted to rejoin the project.
173	* VocalEvolution: There's a quite noticeable difference in his performances in the two ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series. In the 2003 series, he was just starting out and went through some growing pains. In ''Brotherhood'' he'd racked up several years of experience and was far more confident in his performance.
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