Taliesin Jaffe

Taliesin Jaffe is an American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter. He has worked on English-dubbing roles for anime and video games. He is a cast member on Critical Role, a web series in which he plays Dungeons & Dragons with other voice actors. Jaffe has also frequently voiced the Flash in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and Injustice 2.

Personal life Jaffe was born in Los Angeles, the son of actress Nina Axelrod and film producer Robert Jaffe. His maternal grandfather was screenwriter George Axelrod, while his paternal grandfather was film producer Herb Jaffe. He has two brothers and a sister. Jaffe is bisexual.

Career

Life and voice acting Jaffe began his career as a child actor, appearing in films such as Mr. Mom and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and had membership of the Screen Actor's Guild at the age of seven months. On television, he had guest appearances on such series as The Facts of Life and Amazing Stories. In 1985, Jaffe was a regular on the short-lived ABC sitcom Hail to the Chief as Willy Mansfield, son of the fictional first female president of the United States, who was played by Patty Duke. From 1987 to 1989, Jaffe played Kenny Granger on She's the Sheriff, co-starring with Suzanne Somers. In a 2018 interview, Jaffe discussed how he was offered the role of Brian Tanner on ALF, but indicated that his parents turned it down. After several years, Jaffe did not enjoy being a child actor. After a bad audition, his father told him he could either put in more effort for more roles or quit acting, and not previously realized that quitting was an chose to quit.

Jaffe was a member of an AV club at school and his friends and he would create their own English dubs of anime using the club's equipment. After high school, Jaffe made a demonstration tape using his dubbing work, which led to his career in anime dubbing and voice direction. Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019 Webby Awards; the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner in the "Games" category at the 2019 Shorty Awards. The show was originally broadcast on the Geek & Sundry network until early 2019, when the cast and crew left to set up their own production company, Critical Role Productions. Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video acquired the streaming rights to the animated series The Legend of Vox Machina; Jaffe reprised his role as Percy.

In May 2023, Darrington Press imprint announced the upcoming Candela Obscura campaign setting co-created by Jaffe and Chris Lockey for the Illuminated Worlds tabletop role-playing game system. The Candela Obscura Quickstart Guide was released on May 25 with the Candela Obscura Core Rulebook scheduled for release later in 2023. The release of the Quickstart Guide corresponds with the release of the new monthly horror–themed actual play web series titled Candela Obscura created by Critical Role Productions; Jaffe serves as the show's Lightkeeper who provides the characters their mission each episode.

Acting credits

Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source 1991 3×3 Eyes Fei-Oh / Frog Demon 1996 The Vision of Escaflowne Gaou Fanel 1997 Burn-Up Excess Tabuchi / Car Salesman / Lead Robber 1999 Di Gi Charat Takeshi 2000 NieA 7 Wakaba the Cat / Man Eating Flower / Supermarket Clerk / Records Worker 2001 Hellsing Hellsing Member / Assistant / Leif / Jack 2002 I"s Jun Koshinae I My Me! Strawberry Eggs Koji Mori 2003 Ikki Tousen Kannei Kouha / Shizen Ousou R.O.D the TV Ryuji Kitayama Rumic Theater Takanezawa Texhnolyze Inui 2004 DearS Takeya Ikuhara Melody of Oblivion Kuron / Young Tsunagi / Wakadan / True-False Parrot Monster Adolf Junkers Paranoia Agent Shinsuke Hatomura 2004–05 Beck Keith / Steve 2005 Girls Bravo Fake Poyon Gun Sword Wild Bunch D / Buchi Speed Grapher Jouji 'Joe' Kitazawa 2005–06 Black Cat Preta Ghoul Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Shougo Asagi 2006 Kamichu! Kenkichi Hitotsubashi / Akikan Korogashi 2006–09 Hellsing Ultimate Wild Geese 2009 Kurokami Yakumo One Piece Basil Hawkins 2011–14 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Aaron Terzieff 2012 Aquarion EVOL Kagura Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess Dyst 2014 Black Butler: Book of Murder Arthur Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods Sushi Chef Space Dandy Prosecutor 2014–15 Garo: The Animation Michael 2015 Fairy Tail Skiadrum 2015–16 Garo: Crimson Moon Ashiya Douman Hetalia: The World Twinkle Britain 2017–18 Garo: Vanishing Line Sword 2019 One Piece: Stampede Basil Hawkins

Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2022–present The Legend of Vox Machina Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, Lord Frederick de Rolo, Various voicesExecutive producer 2025–present The Mighty Nein Mollymauk Tealeaf, Various voices

Live-action

Video games

Production credits Voice director Anime + List of credit as voice director Year Title Notes Source 1992 Spirit of Wonder 1998 Nazca 1999 Amazing Nurse Nanako 2000 NieA_7 2001 Hellsing 2003 R.O.D the TV 2004–05 Beck Co-directed with Christopher Bevins 2006 Origin: Spirits of the Past Speed Grapher 2006–09 Hellsing Ultimate 2008–09 Skip Beat! 2009 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings

Video games + List of credit as voice director in video games Year Title 2008 Street Fighter IV 2010 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes 2011 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 2012 Street Fighter X Tekken 2014 Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed 2015 Lord of Magna: Maiden Heaven 2016 Street Fighter V2022Elex II

Screenwriter + List of credits as screenwriter Year Title 1991 3×3 Eyes 1992 Spirit of Wonder 1996 Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko 1998 Nazca 1999 Amazing Nurse Nanako 2000 NieA_7 2001 Hellsing 2002 Haibane Renmei 2003 R.O.D. the TV 2004 Monster 2005 Hell Girl 2006 Ergo Proxy 2007 Romeo × Juliet