Reuben Christopher Langdon (born July 19, 1975) is an American stuntman and voice actor.[1] He has provided the voice and motion capture for video game characters including Dante in the Devil May Cry series (starting from Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening) and Ken Masters in the Street Fighter series (from Street Fighter IV up to Street Fighter V) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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| Born | July 19, 1975 Alaska, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
Early life
editReuben Christopher Langdon was born in Alaska on July 19, 1975, and grew up in Georgia.[2]
Career
editLangdon began acting in Japan in B-Fighter Kabuto.[3] Some action scenes from the show were reused in the US show Beetleborgs Metallix. Langdon moved to Hong Kong, where he continued to work on films.
He had a cameo role in Power Rangers Time Force in 2001 and performed a number of stunts in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy and Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue. Langdon has done stunts for television including CSI: Miami and Dexter. Besides these, he has done stunts in movies such as The Medallion, Spider-Man 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Night at the Museum 2, Ant-Man, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Avatar.
Langdon's sound performances are done mainly in Capcom video games. He first voiced Dante in Devil May Cry 3 and reprised the role in Devil May Cry 4, Devil May Cry 5 and Marvel vs. Capcom series (since Marvel vs. Capcom 3). Langdon dubbed characters in the English Devil May Cry anime series. In addition, he voiced Ken Masters, the narrator of Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind.
For Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 5, Langdon also did the motion capture for certain scenes.[4] During the development of Devil May Cry 3, Langdon found that doing the motion capture of Dante was difficult to the multiple moves the character makes. Langdon often discussed with the staff about Dante's characterization that was different from the original one as they wanted "a different spin." Eventually, Langdon decided to do his own rendition of Dante as he was confused with the staff's suggestions. In retrospective, Langdon finds Dante "the most difficult, frustrating and yet rewarding character" he has ever played and stated he grew attached with him.[5] Langdon was told to make Devil May Cry 4's Dante similar to his Devil May Cry 3 persona albeit more mature. Despite the staff's concerns for the difficulties of such portrayal, Langdon had no issues after choosing Roy Focker from the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross as his character model and noting he had almost the same age as Dante during production of the game.[6] Langdon's performance as Dante in Devil May Cry 3 and Devil May Cry 4 received praise by GamesRadar for being the character's best voice actor noting that the two previous actors did not fit the character well.[7]
Langdon has also done stunt work for the Uncharted series and The Last of Us (including stunt-work for its companion game Left Behind) where he played the character James, both games working opposite Nolan North. Through his work with the motion capture studio Just Cause Productions, he has been a part of the motion-capture process for many games developed around the world, such as the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3.[8]
Langdon also stars in the music video for "Over 'Quartzer,'" the theme song for Kamen Rider Zi-O.
Langdon did not reprise his role as Ken in Street Fighter 6, claiming this was due to a Newsweek interview that painted him in a bad light.[9]
Personal life
editWhile filming a documentary in Guatemala in February 2019, the car Langdon and Steve Copeland were in was shot at.[10][11] The gunman then tried to break into the vehicle and opened fire again as the pair sped away.[12] Reuben Langdon has expressed his willingness to criticize Black Lives Matter and the MeToo movement, saying that "it just creates more conflict and will never end because they will always be throwing people under the bus."[13] Reuben Langdon has also used his social media account to express interest in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anti-vaccination conspiracy theories.[14][15][16]
Belief in Extraterrestrial Life
editLangdon claims to have had his first UFO sighting in the late 2000s, which sparked his interest in ufology and the paranormal.[17] He has since spent time researching extraterrestrials, and is the creator and host of the web show Interview With E.D. (Extra-Dimensionals).[17][18] In 2013, he co-produced a five-day event called the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event brought together over 40 people, mostly ex-government and military, to testify in front of six former U.S. Congress members in a mock congressional hearing about the possibility of aliens interacting with humans.[17] He has claimed that this event is the most comprehensive body of evidence and testimony delivered to the public on the subject of aliens.[17]
Filmography
editStunts
edit| Year | Series | Notes | Source |
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| 2006 | Kamen Rider Dragon Knight | Pilot episode | |
| 2007 | Drive-Thru | ||
| Dexter | Stunt double for Michael C. Hall 10 Episodes Uncredited |
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| 2009 | The Butcher | Stunt double for Eric Roberts |
Acting
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 2003 | The Medallion | Henchman | Credited as Reuben Christopher Langdon | |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Sailor | Uncredited | |
| 2011 | The Green Hornet | Crackhead | ||
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Ken Masters (voice) | Cameo | [19] |
| 2012–13 | Kickin' It | Zeke's Man, Mailman | ||
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Lab Guard | ||
| 2017 | Sleepless | Passenger |
Animation
edit| Year | Anime | Role | Notes | Source |
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| 2008 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Dante | Credited as Justin Cause | |
| 2009 | Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind | Ken Masters | ||
| 2010 | Monster | Detective Zanda | Ep. "The Monster's Afterimage" |
Video games
editReferences
edit- ^ Powell, Mike (January 8, 2015). "Action Figure". Grandstand. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Reuben, Langdon (July 21, 2022). "Reuben Stars in B Fighter Kabuto". Reuben Langdon. Archived from the original on February 20, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Interviews with MvC3 Voice Actors". Capcom. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ Wesley Yin-Poole (14 January 2013). "Gamer Chat Weekly Episode 27". URGaming. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ Willoughby, Shane (August 27, 2011). "Dante Speaks! An Interview With Reuben Langdon". The Gaming Liberty. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ Langdon, Reuben (January 14, 2013). "DMC4 Nero". Youtube. Archived from the original on June 25, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ Fanelli, Jason (April 4, 2013). "Losing your voice - 10 characters that changed actors". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ Gude, Roger (May 31, 2009). "A Q&A with Reuben Langdon". Blast Magazine. Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ W. Amirul Adlan (February 20, 2024). "Reuben Langdon Says Capcom's Yoshinori Ono Had Him Removed From Street Fighter 6 Because Of A Disastrous Interview". NMIA Gaming. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ "Log in or sign up to view". www.facebook.com. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Voice actor for Ken Masters and Devil May Cry's Dante uninjured but nearly killed in car robbery attempt". February 17, 2019.
- ^ "Here is a little more detail on what happened in regard to the shooting. #shiftoftheages #VOTA #visionoftheagespic.twitter.com/GkJ2Pjwxy6". @ReubenLangdon. February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Devil May Cry 5 voice actor pulls racist and transphobic videos from his own YouTube channel". Eurogamer.net. March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Devil May Cry voice actor Reuben Langdon peddles COVID-19 conspiracy theory". September 2020.
- ^ https://imgur.com/Jl3W8f6 [bare URL]
- ^ https://imgur.com/6M6fdrf [bare URL]
- ^ a b c d "Reuben Langdon". IMDb. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Interview with E.D. [Extra-Dimensionals] - ET Disclosure". www.interviewwithed.org. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Reuben Langdon (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. 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) - ^ "Disaster: Day of Crisis (2008 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
- ^ Capcom. Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 0:21 in, CAST.
- ^ "CREDIT | TEPPEN -Official Site-". teppenthegame.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.