Sam Riegel
Sam Riegel atRose City Comic Con in 2025
Born	Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel (1976-10-09)October 9, 1976 (age 49) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Other names	Sam Regal Jack Lingo
Occupations	Voice actor writer
Years active	1997–present
Spouse	Quyen Tran
Children	2
Relatives	Eden Riegel (sister) Tatiana S. Riegel (half-sister) Jerome Charyn (stepfather)

Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel (born October 9, 1976) is an American voice actor. He is best known for his voice roles asDonatello in the 2003Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series,Phoenix Wright in theAce Attorney games, and Teddie fromPersona 4. He has also worked forNickelodeon as the voice director forFresh Beat Band of Spies andSanjay and Craig, as well as the voice of Riven in the revival ofWinx Club. Since 2015, he has been a regular cast member of the web seriesCritical Role, in which he and other voice actors playDungeons & Dragons. In 2022, the show'sfirst campaign was adapted into the animated seriesThe Legend of Vox Machina.

Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel^[1] was born inWashington, D.C. on October 9, 1976,^[2] the son of Lenore and Kurt Riegel. His mother later married authorJerome Charyn.^[3] His father works as a radio astronomer, environmental executive, and sailor. Riegel is ofJewish descent, with his grandmother being aHolocaust survivor.^[4] He is the older brother of actressEden Riegel and the youngerhalf-brother of filmmakerTatiana S. Riegel. He grew up inNorthern Virginia, where he began performing in local theater at the age of six. He was cast in the touring production ofLes Misérables at the age of 11, and performed inThe Sound of Music three years later. He also had television roles onGuiding Light andAnother World as a teenager, but opted to pursue a career onstage over screen acting as he preferred the live feedback of a theater audience. He joined theUpright Citizens Brigade shortly after graduating from college.^[5]

Riegel has worked for TAJ Productions,4Kids Entertainment,Bang Zoom! Entertainment,NYAV Post, andStudiopolis. In 2018, he received theDaytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program for his work onDanger & Eggs.^[6][7][8]

He is also a cast member of the popular web seriesCritical Role, in which he and other voice actors playDungeons & Dragons.^[9][10][11]Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019Webby Awards;^[12] the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner at the 2019Shorty Awards.^[13] After becoming hugely successful, theCritical Role cast left theGeek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company,Critical Role Productions.^{[10][14][15][16]} Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 onKickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million.^[11][17] In November 2019,Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titledThe Legend of Vox Machina.^[18] Riegel reprises his role as Scanlan Shorthalt.^[19] He hosts theAll Work No Play podcast and spinoff web series with hisCritical Role co-star and best friendLiam O'Brien.^[20][21][22]

Riegel lives inLos Angeles with his wife, Vietnamese-American cinematographerQuyen Tran,^[23][24] and their two children.^[25]

On September 11, 2001, Riegel and Tran witnessed the9/11 attacks on theWorld Trade Center.^[26] They were caught in the dust cloud formed by the collapse of the South Tower, but eventually escaped toBattery Park, where they witnessed the collapse of the North Tower; Riegel captured video footage that has since been featured in several documentaries.^{[23][additional citation(s) needed]} Shortly after the events, they moved toCalifornia when Tran was accepted toUCLA.^[27]

In July 2024, Riegel revealed that he had been diagnosed withHPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer earlier in the year and was recovering after undergoing six weeks ofradiation therapy and surgery to remove his tonsils alongside parts of his tongue andsoft palate, leaving him with a seven-inch scar across his throat.^[28][29][30]

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