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Travis Hampton Willingham (ウィリンガム トラビス, U~iringamu Torabisu; born August 3rd, 1981) is a United States voice and live-action actor, who provides voices in numerous animated series and video games, including English versions of Japanese anime series for Funimation, Christopher Sabat's OkraTron 5000, Viz Media, Studiopolis, and New Generation Pictures. He is the voice of Free in the English dub of Soul Eater.
Personal Life[]
Willingham married his long time friend and fellow actor Laura Bailey on September 25th, 2011.[1] They both currently reside in Los Angeles.
Career[]
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Travis throwing up deuces
Willingham's earliest live-action work was as Dr. Hurtrider in the 2003 film Prison-A-Go-Go!, a low-budget, action-comedy B-movie, co-starring his future wife Laura Bailey. He has acted in numerous films, including Secondhand Lions, and numerous television series, including Nip/Tuck, Prison Break, and The New Adventures of Old Christine.
His first voiceover work was in the anime Detective Conan (dubbed in English under the title Case Closed) for Funimation, where he provided additional voices. He went on to voice various characters for Funimation, including Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist, Portgas D. Ace in One Piece, and Takashi Morinozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. After moving to Los Angeles, Willingham continued to voice characters in anime, such as Zetsu in Naruto Shippuden.
Since moving to Los Angeles, Willingham also has acted in United States animation, portraying the Hulk in Marvel Super Hero Squad, Thor in Avengers Assemble, and King Roland II in Sofia the First.
Willingham also has acted in more than one hundred video games. He has portrayed Knuckles the Echidna in Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as roles in Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, Halo, Lego, Skylanders, and World of Warcraft.
Soul Eater Voicing[]
Willingham as Free
Main article: Free
Willingham voices the antagonist Free in the English dub of Soul Eater. An immortal werewolf, Free joins Medusa Gorgon's army after she and Eruka Frog freed him from the Grand Witch Maba's prison. Willingham is the voice of Free in all but one episode of Soul Eater, where Free, credited as "Arachnid," voiced by Chris Cason in Episode 37.
Trivia[]
- Willingham's wife, Laura Bailey, also acts in the Funimation English dub for Soul Eater as the protagonist Maka Albarn. Bailey and Willingham have acted together in numerous series, including Avengers Assemble as Black Widow and Thor along with fellow Soul Eater actor Troy Baker (Excalibur) as Hawkeye and Loki, and Critical Role along with fellow voice actors Matthew Mercer and Sam Riegel.
References[]
- ↑ "Travis and Laura Wedding Photobooth at mebophoto." 25 September 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.