Vic Mignogna is the first guest to sign on for Otakon in its new Washington, DC location.
Mignogna has been acting for stage and screen since he was 8 years old, but his anime career started about fifteen years ago as Vega in Streetfighter II.
Since then, he has been in more than 300 animated series and video games, known for such roles as Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist; Tamaki Suou in Ouran High School Host Club; Zero in Vampire Knight; Death Scythe in Soul Eater; Fai in Tsubasa Chronicle; Keldeo in Pokemon; Dark in DN Angel; Kurz in Full Metal Panic; Broly in Dragonball Z; Ikkaku in Bleach; Obito/Nagato in Naruto; Yoshimori in Kekkaishi; Yukito in Air; Takanaga in Wallflower; Luciano in Code Geass; Virgil Walsh in Trinity Blood; Hikaru in Macross; Space Dandy; Tiger & Bunny; Digimon Fusion; Sword Art Online; Nura; La Grange and many more.
Mignogna is currently playing characters in Free!; Black Butler; Escaflowne; Durarara'; RWBY; Garo; Sailor Moon; World Of Warcraft; Karneval; Attack On Titan; and several others. Mignogna also played roles in G4's Wolverine and Iron Man series, and the original Mass Effect movie. He has also voiced roles in a large number of video games, including Soul Calibur, Disgaea, Dynasty Warriors, Persona III, Avengers, Pac Man, Sonic Colours, DBZ, Bleach, FMA and more.
But even longer than his voice acting, Mignogna has been a professional music composer/singer/producer who has written and produced hundreds of pieces for TV, radio and CD. He sings the themes for shows like One Piece & DBGT, and has produced several CDs of his own original music, all available on iTunes.
Finally, in addition to anime and music, Mignogna has a degree in film and is deeply involved as an actor and director in several web series. He is executive producer of the award-winning web series Star Trek Continues, where he is not only directing but fulfilling a childhood dream of playing the iconic role of Captain Kirk. Mignogna works regularly: writing, producing and directing video and film productions of all kinds.