Travis Willingham is a Los Angeles-based voice actor known for his extensive roles in animation and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Travis plays a pivotal role within the company as the Chief Executive Officer, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. As the CEO of Critical Role, Travis serves as the north star of the company, helping grow the brand internationally and elevating it into the massive media company it is today.
In addition, Travis has impressively amassed over 300 roles in video games, original animation projects and anime. He’s known for reprising the role of Thor over the past decade in Marvel’s hit original series’ Avengers Assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man, HULK, Agents of SMASH, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Other roles include Superior Man / Guy Gardner in Superman: Red Son, The Heretic in Batman: Bad Blood, Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic Boom and King Roland II in Sofia the First, among others.
He has also starred in some of the biggest video game titles around, voicing Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin in "Spider-Man: Miles Morales," Thor in "Marvel's Avengers" and "Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite," Castamir in "Middle Earth: Shadow of War," Jaro Tapal in "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order," Harvey Dent / Two-Face in "Batman: The Telltale Series," plus countless more.
Travis was named Voice Actor of the Year at the 2017 BTVA Voice Acting Awards. He is also the recipient of four BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Awards, a BTVA Special/DVD Voice Acting Award and a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award.
Travis can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @WillingBlam.
More on Critical Role: Critical Role is one of the fastest growing independent media companies in the world, starting as a roleplaying game between friends and evolving into a new kind of organization dedicated to storytelling, community and imagination. As Critical Role continues to expand the unique universe it has created, with complex stories set in an ever-evolving world, it also continues to create more ways for fans to experience the brand, including both fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, comic books, graphic novels, collectibles, tabletop and roleplaying games, podcasts, live events, and a highly-anticipated animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, airing exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Additionally, Critical Role has launched two major initiatives: an official 501(c)(3) non-profit, the Critical Role Foundation (CRF), and a tabletop game publishing company, Darrington Press. With an original cast of award-winning veteran voice actors who are also co-founders of the company, including Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O'Brien, Critical Role is committed to ensuring anyone can discover its stories, characters and community. For more information on Critical Role go to www.critrole.com.
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