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Taliesin Jaffe

Taliesin Jaffe (/ˈtælɪsən ˈdʒæfi/) 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 various video games.

Taliesin Jaffe
Jaffe at WonderCon in April 2017
Born
Los Angeles, California
Other names
  • Talis Axelrod
  • T. Axelrod
  • Taliesin Axelrod
Occupations
  • Voice actor
  • voice director
  • screenwriter
Years active1983–present
RelativesNina Axelrod (mother)
Robert Jaffe (father)
Steven-Charles Jaffe (uncle)
George Axelrod (maternal grandfather)
Herb Jaffe (paternal grandfather)
Websitetaliesinjaffe.com

Personal life

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Jaffe was born in Los Angeles [citation needed] He is the son of actress Nina Axelrod and film producer Robert Jaffe.[1] His maternal grandfather was screenwriter George Axelrod, while his paternal grandfather was film producer Herb Jaffe. He has two brothers and a sister.[2] Jaffe came out as bisexual in 2017.[3]

Career

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Life and voice acting

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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.[4] 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.[5]: 00:24:25  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 Jaffe—having not previously realized that quitting was an option—immediately chose to quit.[6]

Jaffe was a member of an AV club at school and he and his friends would create their own English dubs of anime using the club's equipment. After high school, Jaffe made a demo tape using his dubbing work, which led to his career in anime dubbing and voice direction.[4][5]

Critical Role Productions

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In the actual play web series Critical Role,[5] he played Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III in Campaign One, Mollymauk Tealeaf, Caduceus Clay and Kingsley Tealeaf in Campaign Two, and Ashton Greymoore in Campaign Three.[7][8] 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;[9] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner in the "Games" category at the 2019 Shorty Awards.[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15][16] 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.[17][18]

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.[19][20][21]

Acting credits

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The lists in this section are purposely incomplete and mention only his most notable roles or projects.

Anime

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List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1991 3x3 Eyes Fei-Oh / Frog Demon [22]
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 [23]
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Shougo Asagi
2006 Kamichu! Kenkichi Hitotsubashi / Akikan Korogashi
2006–09 Hellsing Ultimate Wild Geese [24]
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 [25]

Animation

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Key
† Denotes series that have not yet been released
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 voices Executive producer [26][27]
TBA Mighty Nein † Mollymauk Tealeaf In production [28]

Live-action

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List of performances in live-action roles
Year Title Role Notes Source
1983 Mr. Mom Kenny Butler
1984 2010: The Year We Make Contact Christopher Floyd
St. Elsewhere Jimmy Hassett Episode: "Fade to White"
The Facts of Life Danny Slater Episode "Next Door"
1985 Hail to the Chief Willy Mansfield
Explorers Ludwig Müller
1986 Amazing Stories Mark / Scott Episode "Boo!"
Child's Cry Eric Townsend Television film
1987 Convicted: A Mother's Story Grant
1987–89 She's the Sheriff Kenny Granger 45 episodes
2010 House Renaissance Faire Actor Episode: "Knight Fall"
2012 Batgirl: Spoiled The Riddler unlicensed web series [29]
2015–present Critical Role
  • Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III (campaign 1),
  • Mollymauk Tealeaf/Kingsley Tealeaf, Caduceus Clay (campaign 2),
  • Ashton Greymoore, Asha (campaign 3)
 Cast member [30][8]
2018–21 L.A. by Night Carver Guest star; 4 episodes [31][32][33][34]
2018 House of Demons Dave
2023 Candela Obscura The Lightkeeper Cast member and co-creator [35]

Video games

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List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2004 World of Warcraft Highlord Darion Mograine
2006 Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria Rufus / Gyne Uncredited
2008 Final Fantasy IV Edge [23]
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe Flash
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Highlord Darion Mograine / Devourer of Souls
Street Fighter IV and related updates Blanka / Adon
2009 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Additional voices Credited as T. Axelrod [36]
2010 Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes [37]
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Admiral Ripsnarl
2012 Street Fighter X Tekken Blanka
2013 Final Fantasy XIV Thancred
2014 Smite Slaughterhouse Chaac
2015 Pillars of Eternity Uldric
Xenoblade Chronicles X Additional voices Credited as T. Axelrod [38]
2016 Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 Crazetopher David "Crazy Dave" Blazing III
Fallout 4: Automatron Male Robot Voice / Jackson / Jagger / Thomas Harkin Tweet[39][non-primary source needed]
Street Fighter V Blanka
God Eater 2: Rage Burst Haruomi Makabe [40]
World of Warcraft: Legion Highlord Darion Mograine
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Bruno / Navarre / Cain [23]
Tales of Berseria Eizen [23]
Hearthstone Highlord Darion Mograine
Injustice 2 Flash [23]
2018 Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Masa Credited as T. Axelrod [23]
Lego DC Super-Villains Simon Baz
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Eothas / Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III
Spider-Man Additional voices
2019 Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Crazetopher David "Crazy Dave" Blazing III
2020 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Highlord Darion Mograine
Fallout 76: Steel Dawn Dagger's Lieutenant
Horizon Forbidden West Thurlis
2022 ELEX II Jax [1]

Audio books

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List of voice performances in audio books
Year Title Role Notes Source
2022 Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien Mollymauk Tealeaf, Caduceus Clay [41]

Production credits

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Voice director

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Anime

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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

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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 V
2022 Elex II

Screenwriter

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List of credits as screenwriter
Year Title
1991 3x3 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

References

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  1. ^ Taliesin Jaffe, during Critical Role program Narrative Telephone Round 2, Ep.6, time stamp 27:28
  2. ^ "Rotary helps kick off vaccine fund-raiser". Tulare Advance-Register. April 8, 1988. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Love is Love". The Wednesday Club. Season 1. Episode 19. June 28, 2017. 114 minutes in. Geek and Sundry. Archived from the original on April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.{{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ a b Marsham, Liz; et al. (Cast of Critical Role) (October 20, 2020). The World of Critical Role. Ten Speed Press. pp. 27–108. ISBN 9780593157435.
  5. ^ a b c "Between the Sheets: Taliesin Jaffe". Between the Sheets. Season 1. Episode 1. Critical Role Productions. September 19, 2018. Archived from the original (YouTube) on March 2, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. ^ Talkin' Toons with Rob Paulsen, episode: "Taliesin Jaffe"
  7. ^ "Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe: Where You've Heard Him Before | Nerdist". Nerdist. March 2, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Duncan, Emily A. (March 9, 2021). "An Introduction to Critical Role: Prepare Your Emotions". Tor.com. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Critical Role". The Webby Awards. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  10. ^ "Critical Role - The Shorty Awards". ShortyAwards.com. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Why Critical Role's D&D Streams Are So Popular". ScreenRant. September 12, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
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  13. ^ Phillips, Jevon (November 6, 2019). "They started out playing Dungeons & Dragons. Now they're coming to Amazon Prime". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  14. ^ Whitten, Sarah (March 14, 2020). "How Critical Role helped spark a Dungeons & Dragons renaissance". CNBC. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
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  17. ^ Spangler, Todd (November 5, 2019). "Amazon Orders Two Seasons of Critical Role's Animated D&D Series". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  18. ^ Burton, Bonnie (March 7, 2019). "New Dungeons & Dragons animated series breaks Kickstarter record". CNET. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  19. ^ Hoffer, Christian (May 9, 2023). "Critical Role Announces Candela Obscura, New Ongoing TTRPG Series and Game". Comicbook.com. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  20. ^ Stretch, Andrew (May 9, 2023). "Critical Role Announces Horror Series Candela Obscura, First To Use Illuminated Worlds System". TechRaptor. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  21. ^ "Announcing Our New TTRPG: Candela Obscura". Darrington Press (Press release). May 9, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  22. ^ "Taliesin Jaffe | CrystalAcids.com". www.crystalacids.com. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
  23. ^ a b c d e f "Taliesin Jaffe (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 13, 2019. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  24. ^ "Hellsing Ultimate III". Hellsing Ultimate. Episode 3. October 4, 2014. Adult Swim.
  25. ^ "One Piece: Stampede Reveals English Dub Cast". Anime.
  26. ^ Spangler, Todd (October 8, 2021). "Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Series Premiere Date Set on Amazon Prime Video". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  27. ^ "WATCH: Critical Role Performs a Scene from The Legend of Vox Machina". CBR. October 8, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021. The players from the original campaign are all reprising the roles of their RPG characters, and they will also serve as the executive producers for the new animated series.
  28. ^ Romano, Nick (August 22, 2024). "'The Legend of Vox Machina' first look: 'Season 3 is going to leave a mark' (exclusive)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  29. ^ Liegl, Andy (September 5, 2012). "CBR TV EXCLUSIVE: "Batgirl Spoiled" Trailer". CBR.
  30. ^ Knox, Kelly (January 16, 2018). "Your First Look at the Official Art for the Second Critical Role Campaign". Geek & Sundry. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  31. ^ "What I Am". L.A. by Night. Season 1. Episode 5. October 12, 2018. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  32. ^ "More Than Human". L.A. by Night. Season 4. Episode 1. January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  33. ^ "The Last Resort". L.A. by Night. Season 4. Episode 13. April 21, 2020. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  34. ^ "Live on the Moon". L.A. by Night. Season 5. Episode 4. September 24, 2021. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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  36. ^ "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (2009 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  37. ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:47 in, CAST.
  38. ^ "Xenoblade Chronicles X (2015 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  39. ^ Jaffe, Taliesin (March 25, 2016). "Yes! I'm available as a voice option for your robot buddy! #Fallout4 #Automatron". @executivegoth. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
  40. ^ "These actors got cast in Pillars of Eternity II after playing D&D on YouTube". PCGamesN. April 8, 2018. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  41. ^ McCauley, Tara (September 28, 2022). "Critical Role Cast Reprise Their Mighty Nein Roles for New Audiobook". CBR. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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