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[[caption-width-right:350:Sam "Mad Lad" Riegel with his cursed flask.]]

''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries "Sam Riegel's voice gives him super strength!"]]''

Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel (born October 9, 1976 in Washington, DC), also known as Sam Regal, Jack Lingo, or to Creator/SpikeSpencer, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDIjySyEfy4 "The Gay Man with the Fan"]], is a voice actor, writer and director who has worked on both Creator/FourKidsEntertainment dubs and too many California dubs to list, as well as video games, original animation series and on-camera roles. He is often typecast as a {{Muggle}} or one of ThoseTwoGuys, but when he's not, he'll probably be a [[LargeHam hammy]] antagonist.

He is one of the hosts of Geek Pad, part of the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/comedycomedy ComedyComedy channel]] on Website/YouTube. He has been nominated for a 2009 Daytime Emmy for his writing on Imaginary Bitches, and then later won one in 2018 for his directing on Danger & Eggs. He also started a podcast, "[[http://allworknoplay.podbean.com/ All Work No Play]]", with fellow voice actor Creator/LiamOBrien. He is one of the [[CatchPhrase nerdy-ass voice actors]] starring weekly in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' stream WebVideo/CriticalRole.

Has a Website/{{Twitter}} [[http://twitter.com/samriegel account]].

You are not going to spell his name right on the first try.

He's the older brother of Creator/EdenRiegel; a live-action actress who in the recent years entered the voice acting business.

He's also a self-professed unrepentant [[MoneyDearBoy corporate shill.]]

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!!Notable roles by '''''[[Main/ThePerformerKing Emmy Award-Winning]]''''' Sam Riegel:
!!!Anime
* Abhmad Saluja, Dolji and Spartos in ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic''
* [[WholesomeCrossdresser Array Danon Ci]] in ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne''
* Clovis la Britannia in ''Anime/CodeGeass''
* Faust VIII in ''Manga/ShamanKing''
* Furio Tigre in ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'' (a CastingGag as his character impersonates Phoenix Wright, whom Sam plays in the [[Franchise/AceAttorney main game series]])
* Gunter von Christ in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh''
* Kazuho Yoshii in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''
* Kiyotsugu in ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan''
* Kudamon in ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''
** [=BlueMeramon=] in ''Anime/DigimonFusion''
* Li'l Slugger in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent''
* Maki Ichinose and Ruri'iro Kujaku in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
* [[GuileHero Mephisto]] [[ManipulativeBastard Pheles]] in ''Manga/BlueExorcist''
* Metal Bat in ''Manga/OnePunchMan''
* Creator/MinoruShiraishi in ''Manga/LuckyStar'' (as an allusion to him voicing Taniguchi in ''Haruhi Suzumiya'', who the real Minoru Shiraishi also voiced)
* Rex Raptor, Arkana/Pandora, and the first voice of Tristan Taylor in ''Anime/YuGiOh''
* Shinobu Morita in ''Manga/HoneyAndClover''
* Shirou Emiya in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/BrycePapenbrook starting with ''Anime/FateStayNightUnlimitedBladeWorks'')
* Shuuichirou Oishi in ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''
* Souichirou Kadotake in ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream''
* Suzuki in ''Anime/KillLaKill''
* Taniguchi in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan''
* Viral in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
* Wan Derbard in ''Anime/KoBeast''
* Yajiro Kojima in ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}''
* Yashiro Isana in ''Anime/{{K}}''
* Zaku, Baki, Rinji, and the first voice of Shino Aburame in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

!!!Video Games
* [[SupportingProtagonist Allegretto]] in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''
* Allegro Nantabile Cantabile in ''VideoGame/CodeOfPrincess''
* Alphinaud in vanilla ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': A Realm Reborn
* Arthur and Jones in ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4''
* Azel and Ravel in ''VideoGame/GodHand''
* Braham Eirsson in ''VideoGame/GuildWars2''
* Donatello and Baxter Stockman in ''[[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime Turtles in Time Re-Shelled]]''
* [[QuirkyBard Edward Chris von Muir]] in the remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''
* Flynn Scifo in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' and ''The First Strike''
** [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Reid Hershel]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld: Radiant Mythology''
** Jude Mathis in ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2''
* Gramble Gigglefunny in ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}''
* Jade, Ganache, and Younger Brother in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series
* Jakob in ''[[VideoGame/NieR NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...]]'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/YuriLowenthal)
* Keldric in ''VideoGame/DawnOfMana''
* King Jibral in the ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' video game, and Jiro in the anime
* Kanata in ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse''
* Kazuki Sendo in ''VisualNovel/ToHeart''
* Ky Kiske in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearXrd -SIGN-'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/LiamOBrien)
* Marcus "Shamrock" Lampert in ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation''
* Mori Motonari in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' (both the anime and ''Samurai Heroes'')
* Phoenix Wright in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series, starting with ''{{U|pdatedRerelease}}ltimate VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', and later in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' and ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]''
* [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade Raigh]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
* Ren in ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}''
* Renya Kagurazaka in ''VideoGame/TheGuidedFateParadox''
* Silabus in ''VideoGame/DotHackGU''
* ComicBook/SpiderMan in ''VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' video game
* Stahl and Donnel in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''
* [[Series/TheATeam Templeton "Faceman" Peck]] in ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions''
* [[TheStarscream Starscream]] in ''VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron'' and ''VideoGame/TransformersFallOfCybertron''
* Steve Burnside in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheDarksideChronicles''
** Gabriel "Gabe" Chavez in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2''
* Teddie in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'': ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/DaveWittenberg)
** Shu Nakajima in ''VideoGame/Persona4''
* "Tennessee Kid" Cooper in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''
* The male Walker in ''VideoGame/Rage2''
* [[{{Jerkass}} Yuto Kannagi/York Neely]] in ''VideoGame/CrossEdge''
* Zor in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''

!!!Web Video
* Scanlan Shorthalt [[spoiler:and Taryon Darrington]] (Campaign 1), Nott the Brave [[spoiler:aka Veth Brenatto]] (Campaign 2), Fresh Cut Grass (Campaign 3) in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''

!!!Western Animation
* Donatello, Dark Donatello, Zog and additional voices in the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' series
** Raphael in ''The'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' ''in Pizza Friday'' (2016)
* Emperor Awesome in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' (also the show's voice director)
* Jimmy/Iso in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''
* Milo Scarlett and Leo Scarlett in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''
* Riven in the Nickelodeon version of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''
* Scanlan Shorthalt in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfVoxMachina''
* Vampos in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}''
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!!Staff:
!!!Voice Director
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' (2010)
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' (2012)
* ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' (2013)
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' (2013) [[note]] He also voices Emperor Awesome [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/FreshBeatBandOfSpies'' (2015) [[note]] He works with Colette Sunderman [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' (2015)
* ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'' (2015) [[note]] He worked on the first two seasons only and was replaced by showrunner Brendan Hay for the last two seasons [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (2016)
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'' (2016)
* ''WesternAnimation/FutureWorm'' (2016)
* ''ComicBook/{{Rocket|Raccoon}} & ComicBook/{{Groot}}'' shorts (2017)
* ''ComicBook/AntMan'' shorts (2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/DangerAndEggs'' (2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne'' (2017) [[note]] He serves as the Los Angeles voice director while Darren Dunstan works things up in New York [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ducktales|2017}}'' (2017)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' (2017) [[note]]He was replaced by Wes Gleason in August 2018.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'' (2018) [[note]]He only worked on "Eye'll Be Watching You/Sorry", while Katie McWane Diecker worked on the rest of the series.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndBatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' (2018)
* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'' (2018)
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' (2018) [[note]]He only worked on the episodes "No Princesses Left Behind", "Signals", and "Roll With It". Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn is the primary voice director for the series.[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HotStreets'' (2019) [[note]] He only worked on season 2 [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' (2019) (Creator/LaurenFaust series)
* ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' (2019) [[note]] Coincidentally, it's the reverse of Unikitty, where he replaces Wes Gleason from the pilot, unlike the other way around in the latter series. [[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing'' (2019)
* ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' (2021)
* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur'' (2023)
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kiff}}'' (2023)
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!!Tropes associated with Sam Riegel’s roles:
* CastingGag: After getting [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] by Creator/EricVale as the voice of Phoenix Wright in the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' [[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime adaptation]], which is dubbed by Creator/{{Funimation}} and largely uses Dallas-based actors, Sam was cast in the anime's second season as Furio Tigre, a guy who impersonates Phoenix.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: One gag in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' episode "The Favor" had him call upon his celebrity colleagues to endorse him for a joke about him running for president (long story). These celebrities were Creator/AimeeCarrero, Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown, and Creator/GreyGriffin from ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (he also worked/works with Grey on various other shows), Creator/BobbyMoynihan and Creator/BenSchwartz from ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', and Creator/TonyHale from ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldsNextBigThing''. He also called on his old friend Dave Hewlett (presumably through Andrew Miller, who is Creator/EdenRiegel's husband) as well as Creator/TimothySimons.
* LargeHam: A lot of characters he voices fit into this, regardless if he's typecast or PlayingAgainstType. Even in real life, his antics in and out-of-character in ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' show that he can be a very theatrical prankster.
* PigeonholedVoiceActor: A large majority of the characters he voices are [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy Ridiculously average characters]] ([[Manga/LuckyStar Taniguchi]] and [[Creator/MinoruShiraishi Minoru]] [[Manga/LuckyStar Shiraishi]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Stahl, and Donnel]]) or [[BadassNormal badasses with no supernatural abilities]] ([[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Flynn Scifo]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Stahl and Donnel]]); and if they aren't, they tend [[BunnyEarsLawyer to be eccentric and quirky that can get the job done]] ([[Manga/BlueExorcist Mephisto Pheles]], [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]], [[Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne Array]], and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Teddie]]) [[WebVideo/CriticalRole Scanlan Shorthalt]] is arguably him pigeonholing ''himself'' into the latter archetype.
** His typecast is subverted with Shiro in ''Anime/{{K}}'', where he is [[spoiler: a sophisticated 90-year-old immortal AllLovingHero and BigGood who got body-swapped into]] a 17-year-old high school student... and a ''maniacal cackling villain'' [[spoiler:when he's body-snatched]]. He does the latter ''really'' well, actually.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], [[VideoGame/TransformersWarForCybertron Starscream]], and [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Mouri Motonari]].
** Doubly so with [[EvilSoundsDeep Shadow]] Teddie in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Golden''.
** Also invoked with [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Ky Kiske]], a [[BaritoneOfStrength deep-voiced]][[labelnote:note]]Compared to most of his roles.[[/labelnote]] [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership knight-turned-world leader]] with a [[FakeBrit British accent]].
** In ''Anime/{{K}}'', his character Yashiro is, at different times, a rather {{Moe}} example of an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, a cackling maniacal CardCarryingVillain, and a rather sophisticated type. (At least one of these is not actually him, but let's not spoil which, since the point is that Sam does the voice for all of them).
** One of the ''Anime/CodeGeass'' audio dramas shows a completely different side to his character from what you see in the anime - he goes from AlasPoorVillain JerkassWoobie to flat-out {{Moe}}.
* PromotedFanboy: When he announced he was the voice of Phoenix Wright in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', he also mentioned on Twitter that he's a big fan of the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' games.
* StarMakingRole:
** In terms of voice acting, Donatello in ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' and Shirou Emiya in the 2006 ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' anime (the latter as a California-based actor).
** For voice directing, it's ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Auditioned to play the Shredder in ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''; the role ended up going to Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson.
* WrittenByCastMember: He co-wrote a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' and ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' since he's the voice director for both shows.

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