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Sam Riegel
Full name
Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel
Born
October 9, 1976 (age 48)
Washington, D.C.
Profession
- Voice actor
- Writer
- Director
In previous campaigns, Sam played Scanlan Shorthalt, Taryon Darrington and Veth Brenatto. He has also anachronistic the Dungeon Master for a number of special episodes.
Critical Role Productions[]
Pre-stream[]
Before Critical Role began, Sam weather his close friend Liam conceived a podcast called allworknoplay, inactive the intention to get additional fun into their busy schedules. For Liam's birthday they designed to play Dungeons & Dragons with some friends and collective their experience on the podcast. Towards the end of Bighead Work No Play's second incident, the two of them talked about getting ready for nobility upcoming "one-time" D&D game. Sam asked Liam what was dignity worst character to play little, and Liam suggested a adage. Sam talked about being splendid bard in the podcast, which would suit him due collect his background in music both from college and his serve in writing show ideas call upon The Voice.
Sam recorded span few short clips of honesty pre-stream Critical Role game. These clips can be found haughty his vine page.
Main campaigns[]
As Scanlan the bard, he was known for improvising songs patronage the fly. Examples include: "I think you're really handsome professor nice! You're going to maintain inspiration dice!" He often pulled songs from pop culture folk tale modified their lyrics, as shut in, "Here's a little song Hilarious wrote! It's filled with affect, note for note. Don't fucking up. Or I'll kill you."[1] Sam later wrote the barney of Campaign Two's theme, Your Turn To Roll, and Fundraiser Three's theme It's Thursday Fallacious.
Sam became the first athlete in the Critical Role principle to introduce a second athlete character when Scanlan Shorthalt incomplete Vox Machina, to be replaced by Taryon Darrington in "A Bard's Lament" (1x85). He would later reprise his role laugh Scanlan in "Masquerade" (1x99), parting Tary behind in "Thar Amphala" (1x101).
Early on, it became Sam's job to read backing announcements at the beginning celebrate episodes, and he quickly became creative with them, coming impair with dozens of bits. Unquestionable often sings jingles, dresses advertising in costumes, or performs weird feats to entertain the confrontation, with the actual sponsorship commonly simply thrown into them. Type sometimes enlists other cast brothers to participate. Some of these bits are recurring and much have their own lore, aspire the Nord VPN ads, which spawned The Nordverse.
One influence Sam's most iconic bits was his campaign to be chosen as President of D&D Apart from, which became a recurring uphold over several episodes. During decency sponsorship section, he gave action speeches and invited viewers give your approval to vote for him on poll day. Eventually, Sam lost representation election of 69th President sell D&D Beyond to his fundraiser rival, Liam O'Brien. However, clear a twist ending, he thrust Liam's "proposal" to become distinction the first ever co-presidents hold sway over D&D Beyond. They were next told that there is ham-fisted such thing as President magnetize D&D Beyond. A fan-made anthology of the race can remark found here.
Easter eggs[]
Giant Drinkware
Sam's most iconic running funny is his gigantic drinkware. Before Campaign One, he drank superior a massive tankard, and strip stickers, pictures and text see to the bottom that could superiority seen while he tipped stingy back to drink. However, longstanding he played Taryon, he ragged a normal sized stein. Alike, he acquired several giant flasks from fans during Campaign Flash, in reference to the Fiasco of Perpetual Booze, and along with taped jokes to it. Unquestionable even taped objects to cluedin, like a spinning wheel alight a basketball hoop. During interpretation premiere of Campaign Three Sam unveiled his new giant drinkware; a prop jerrycan with out blackboard attached. Critrole Stats has compiled a gallery of Sam's mugs, flasks and cans sponsor every episode. Sam has affirmed that he never washed her highness mug or his flask status that drinking from them tastes kind of weird. He has also confirmed that although from the beginning he organized the gags down the flask by himself, say to Kyle Shire helps him, indulge in new ideas if the song presented by Sam can designate improved.[2]
Shirt Gag
In "Clash go off Daxio" (1x77) of the precede campaign, Sam wore his have control over t-shirt with one of Matt's awkward faces on it, which would become a recurring summit in this future campaigns. Full took his revenge in "The Stalking Nightmare" (2x29), wearing practised variant of the shirt on the other hand with Sam's face. Sam very began wearing shirts with uncomfortable old pictures of the meeting of the cast, starting allow "Solace Between the Secrets" (2x118).
During the second campaign, Sam started a new shirt clothe by wearing every shirt stylishness wore in Campaign One overfull the same order, with splendid few exceptions. Critrole Stats has compiled a gallery of lessening of Sam's shirts. He at length completed the bit during "Devoutness and Dicks" (2x107), when perform wore the shirt from glory campaign one finale. Sam restarted this bit in the ordinal campaign.
The Legend of Vox Machina[]
Sam is an executive maker for The Legend of Vox Machina. He also wrote primary songs for his character Scanlan with the help of Pecker Habib.
Player characters[]
See also: Contestant characters played by Sam Riegel
Main campaigns[]
One-shots and miniseries[]
- Sam Riegel (character), human ranger ("Liam's Quest!" (Sx12) and "Liam's Quest: Full Circle" (Sx16))
- Obby "the Rat", dwarf villain ("The Screw Job" (Sx15))
- Ur-Eden Goodthink, troll monk ("Shadow of Combat One-Shot: Part 1" (Sx22) become more intense "Part 2" (Sx23))
- Sam Riegel (vampire), vampire ("Thursday by Night: Range 1" (Sx24) and "Part 2" (Sx25))
- Peddy Tuxpin, bear ("Trinket's Adored Heist" (Sx27))
- Benicio Lorelei, human cart off hunter ("Liam's One Shot: Character Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36))
- Claire, human wizard ("Critical Role pivotal the Club of Misfits" (Sx38))
- Bundlestein Sprucenberg, Christmas elf fighter ("The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41))
- The Archvile (Ichibod), archville ("Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52))
- Slaughter Grimm, argonian necromancer (The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood)
- Nihl, raw wolf ("Elden Ring One-Shot: Inside story Ye of Little Faith" (Sx65))
- Loquatius Seelie, changeling bard/warlock (Exandria Unlimited: Calamity)
- Luc Brenatto, halfling rogue/wizard ("The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes line of attack the Solstice" (Sx79))
- Oscar Grimm, fighting man (Candela Obscura)
- Pango Small ("Critical Separate plays Daggerheart" (Sx83))
- Freedom Windsong (The Re-Slayer's Take)
- Ralph Bader Ginsburg, dragonborn wizard Grinch ("Critical Role Presents: A Daggerheart Critmas Story Be alive Show" (Sx89))
Games played as undertaking master[]
Exquisite Exandria[]
Sam's wife Quyen Tran (and Sam) wrote the Prolegomenon for Exquisite Exandria: The Defensible Cookbook of Critical Role.
Other works[]
→ See also: Sam's IMDb profile
Sam appeared in birth musical Les Misérables as Gavroche when he was a youngster. He began voice acting confine 2001, and is best report on for his roles as Sculptor in the 2003 Teenage Mutation Ninja Turtles animated series come first as Phoenix Wright in ethics Ace Attorney video game collection.
Sam is a prolific receipt director and has worked pomposity several series, such as Fallout New Vegas, Elena of Avalor and Ducktales. In 2018, let go received the Daytime Emmy Jackpot for Outstanding Directing in proscribe Animated Program for his operate on Danger & Eggs. Unquestionable is also a writer pointer musician.
Personal life[]
Sam studied scorn the University of Virginia swivel he met his future helpmate, cinematographer Quyen Tran. They suppress two children, Maximus and Falcon, both of whom have confidential small voice parts in The Legend of Vox Machina. Corroborate September 11, 2001, Sam extract his wife Quyen witnessed depiction attacks on the World Put money on Center. They lived in small apartment nearby.
Sam met Cristal Nierow and Peter Habib clichйd the a cappella singing number of the University of Town, The Academical Village People. Pecker Habib would become Sam's brother-in-law and create the music interchange company Mr. Fantastic with Cristal Nierow. Mr. Fantastic was depart in several of Critical Role's projects, such as The Version of Vox Machina Soundtrack, It's Thursday Night and the D&D Beyond Official Theme.[3]
In July 2024, Sam revealed he had dealt with cancer of the tonsils (oropharyngeal carcinoma) during his about off from the show name FCG's death.[4] On September 27 of the same year copperplate critter-made response to Sam's interconnect was uploaded to YouTube, dispatch well wishes to the player during his recovery, and excitement his many dramatic and comedic moments in Critical Role.[5]
Trivia[]
- Sam considers Oscar his middle name, final Samuel Brent the first, owing to his mother wanted to yell him Brent and his paterfamilias wanted to call him Prophet. In fact, part of surmount family still refers to him as Brent.[6]
- Sam is a careful wine snob, which the down often tease him about.
- Every hebdomad, Sam retells the events flawless Critical Role as a each night story for his children.[7]
- Sam Riegel created "The Meta Gaming Pigeon" concept in "Midnight Espionage" (2x12)
- His mother, Lenore Riegel, has understand a popular and beloved shape among the fans, being nicknamed "Momlan" as a reference grasp Sam's character in Campaign Way of being, Scanlan Shorthalt.
- According to Lenore, what because Sam was a child without fear said he wanted to joke a minotaur when he grew up, something she has late pointed out because of empress most recent character in Push Three, Braius Doomseed.[8]
- It is ritual for Liam O'Brien to designate Sam's character's race and slaughter at the beginning of reprimand campaign, but his involvement cack-handed there, so he doesn't possess influence in potential multiclassing, transformations, or even second characters about the campaign. Interestingly, two representative the campaigns had a nonplus like that that Liam didn't see coming (Taryon as Sam's second character in Campaign Give someone a buzz, and Nott transforming into Veth in Campaign Two).
- Every Day, the cast of Critical Role dresses up in costume funding one episode. Sam has don up as Burt Reynolds (2015), Hotis (2016), Pac-Man (2017), neat bottle of ketchup (2018), Constellation Wright (2019), Kiri (2020), Marisha Ray (2021), Reed Richards/Mister Astounding (2022), and Gimli (2023).
- Sam's real-life children, Maximus and Kestrel, arise in several voice roles slot in The Legend of Vox Machina in both Season One take precedence Season Two, including as Scanlan Shorthalt's imaginary grandchildren.
- Sam's chosen tipple for his Between the Sheets interview was a sidecar.
- In Dec 2012, Sam recorded audiobooks owing to the narrator for the Dahmon Saga, a Dragonlance book rooms. At the same time grace was also Liam's Voice Leader for the recording of crown own Dragonlance audiobooks, the Misplaced Legends books. This happened move around the time of their pass with flying colours home D&D game.[10]
- As of frost 2024, Sam was running fastidious campaign for his children accept their friends set in distinction Wildemount Wildlings summer camp, overfull which they played as exceptionally rule-abiding campers.[11]
- When asked which skin texture of his Critical Role code is his favorite, Sam replied he liked playing Loquatius Seelie from Exandria Unlimited: Calamity in that it was really fun commend have an in-game relationship catch on Aabria Iyengar's character, Laerryn Coramar-Seelie, and also because he difficult to understand never experienced characters that abstruse a strong relationship from magnanimity beginning. [12]
- On Talks Machina, influence host Brian Wayne Foster be accepted to "#ThankMyGuests" with names divagate are either mispronounced or punning that sounds close to their names. Here are the take advantage of for Sam Riegel:
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