Robbie Daymond
{{Short description|American voice actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robbie Daymond
| image = Robbie Daymond 2025.jpg
| caption = Daymond in 2025
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|03|11}}
| birth_place = Chesterfield, Missouri, U.S.
| occupation = Voice actor
| years_active = 2007–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Megan Strand|2019}}
| children = 2
| education = Webster University
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (BFA, MFA)
| website = {{URL|https://robbiedaymond.com}}
}}
Robert Daymond Howard (born March 11, 1982) is an American voice actor who is mostly known for his roles in video games, animation, anime and audiobooks. Some of his best known roles include Tuxedo Mask in the Viz Media redub of Sailor Moon, Spider-Man in Marvel's Spider-Man and various Marvel media, Mike, Orbulon and Young Cricket in WarioWare Gold, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujutsu Kaisen, Jesse Cosay in the second season of Infinity Train, Goro Akechi in Persona 5, Hubert von Vestra in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Lloyd Bannings in Trails series, Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV, Toneri Ōtsutsuki in The Last: Naruto the Movie, Alan Sylvasta in BNA: Brand New Animal, Flect Turn in My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission, River Ward in Cyberpunk 2077, and on-camera as Dorian Storm in the Dungeons & Dragons actual play web series Critical Role and its spinoff Exandria Unlimited.
Early life
Robbie Daymond was born in Chesterfield, Missouri on March 11, 1982,{{Cite web |title=Robbie Daymond |url=https://twitter.com/robbiedaymond/status/1370087128613462016 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |website=Twitter.com}} the son of Laura Marks. His mother is of German descent.{{fact|date=February 2025}} His father left the family when Daymond was an infant, leaving his mother to raise him with the help of her parents in Warrenton, Missouri.{{cite web|url=http://www.robbiedaymond.com/#!bio|title=Bio|publisher=RobbieDaymond.com|access-date=November 18, 2017}} He took an interest in acting when he was 10 after participated in the play On Golden Pond.{{Cite web|url=http://sootmagazine.com/quick-dirty-robbie-daymond/|title=Quick & Dirty: Robbie Daymond|first=Angela|last=Allan|date=March 15, 2015}}
After Daymond's mother remarried, he was adopted by his step-father Gregory Allen Howard in 1995 and changed his last name to Howard. His family then moved to St. Charles, Missouri. In 2000, he attended Webster University, but later transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he graduated with a BFA in Theatre Performance in 2004. He taught and performed at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, which was related to UNLV, and received his MFA at UNLV in 2007.
Career
In 2007, Daymond moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a college instructor at the New York Film Academy and Quixote Studio. He did some acting in film, television and commercials, but started doing more voice-over work in 2009; by 2011, he was working full-time in voice acting for cartoons, anime, and video games.
Daymond voiced the lead character in various cartoons: SwaySway in the Nickelodeon program Breadwinners, Blake Myers in the Nick cartoon Get Blake!, and the title character in Marvel's Spider-Man which first aired on Disney XD in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://collider.com/spider-man-cartoon-robbie-daymond-interview/|title='Marvel's Spider-Man' Lead Robbie Daymond on His Fresh, Exciting Take on Peter Parker|last=Trumbore|first=Dave|website=Collider|date=August 18, 2017}}
File:Robbie Daymond by Gage Skidmore.jpg
In anime and video games, Daymond's roles have included: Tuxedo Mask in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujustu Kaisen, Mumen Rider in One-Punch Man, Hubert von Vestra in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mike, Orbulon, and Cricket in WarioWare Gold, Sorey in Tales of Zestiria, Goro Akechi in Persona 5, Lloyd Bannings in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II and IV, Joe Kido in Digimon Adventure tri. and Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV, Fret in Halo Infinite, Smokey Brown in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chrollo Lucilfer in Hunter x Hunter, Kayn in League of Legends as well as The Seven Deadly Sins, Chai in Hi-Fi Rush, Stardust Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Adam Bindewald in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater. In 2023, he voices the main character, Chai, in the recently released rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush created by Tango Gameworks.
From June to August 2021, Daymond starred in Exandria Unlimited, an actual play spinoff limited series of the web series Critical Role.{{Cite web|date=June 10, 2021|title=Critical Role Stars Lift the Lid on Their New Show, Exandria Unlimited|url=https://gizmodo.com/critical-role-veterans-and-newcomers-lift-the-lid-on-th-1847065584|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Gizmodo|language=en-us}} He played Dorian Storm, an air genasi bard.{{Cite web|last=King|first=Chris|date=June 10, 2021|title=Critical Role's next campaign launches this month with a new Dungeon Master|url=https://www.polygon.com/22524297/critical-role-next-campaign-new-dm-matt-mercer-aabria-iyengar|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=Polygon|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=June 10, 2021|title=Critical Role's next show is Exandria Unlimited|url=https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/10/critical-roles-next-show-is-exandria-unlimited/|access-date=June 10, 2021|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}} He continued to play Dorian in Critical Role
Personal life
Daymond met Megan Lynn Strand in 2004 while they were studying at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. They reside in Los Angeles, where they spent eight years in an on-and-off relationship before becoming engaged in 2017.{{Cite tweet|user=robbiedaymond|first=Robbie|last=Daymond|number=945105474038349825|title=Happy Holidays everyone! 2017 was a wild one, but this was by far my favorite news story of the year...|date=December 24, 2017}} includes video slideshow of their relationship and engagement. They were married on April 7, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theknot.com/us/megan-and-robert-howard|title=Megan Strand and Robert Howard's Wedding Website|website=www.theknot.com|access-date=May 18, 2019}} They have two children.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/robbiedaymond/status/1004981080993067010|title=Oh hai world!
My name is Lynnyx Ann Howard & I'm an AMAZON QUEEN!!
I was born at 6:09pm 6/7/18.
8lbs 9oz 21 inches!
You can call me Lynnie or Nyx, just don't call me chubby (even though I am). My Mom & Dad are happy, healthy & sending all of you all of their love. -Lynnyx.|last=Daymond|first=Robbie|date=June 7, 2018|website=@robbiedaymond|language=en|access-date=May 18, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/robbiedaymond/status/1298701265841451008|title=@robbiedaymond: Coming in January.|publisher=Twitter|date=September 14, 2020}}
Filmography
=Anime=
=Television=
=Films=
=Video games=
=Audio books=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes !Source |
| 2021
|Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin |Rowspan="3"|Narrator | |
| 2022
|Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien | |
| 2024
|Critical Role: Bells Hells – What Doesn't Break | |
=Web=
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.robbiedaymond.com}}
- {{IMDb name|2837894|Robbie Daymond}}
- {{anime News Network|people|id=127931}}
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{{succession box
| before = Vincent Corazza
| title = Voice of Tuxedo Mask
| years = 2014–2019
| after = None
}}
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{{succession box
| before = Drake Bell
| title = Voice of Spider-Man
| years = 2017–2020
| after = Benjamin Valic
}}
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Actual play performers
Category:American male video game actors
Category:American male voice actors
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American voice directors
Category:Male actors from Missouri
Category:People from Warrenton, Missouri