Reuben Langdon

Reuben Christopher Langdon is an American stuntman, motion-capture actor[2] and voice actor who has provided motion capture and voice for characters including but not limited to Dante in the Devil May Cry series, starting from Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Ken Masters since Street Fighter IV and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Chris Redfield in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. Through himself and his work with the motion capture studio Just Cause Productions, Reuben has been a part of the motion capture process for many games developed around the world, with recent projects being the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3.[3]

Reuben Langdon
Born
Reuben Christopher Langdon

Alaska, United States[1]
OccupationStuntman, actor, voice actor
Years active1996–present

Career

Langdon was born in Alaska and raised in Georgia.

Langdon began acting in Japan in B-Fighter Kabuto.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

He 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.

While filming a documentary in Guatemala in February 2019, Langdon and Steve Copeland had their car fired on.[9][10] The gunman then tried to break into the vehicle and opened fire again as the pair sped away.[11]

Langdon was also starring in Shuta Sueyoshi and ISSA song music video called Over "Quartzer". Which is also serves Kamen Rider Zi-O opening theme song.

Recognition

GamesRadar called Reuben Langdon Dante's best voice actor (in Devil May Cry 3 and 4), noting that the two other actors did not fit the character well.[12] Anime News Network agreed, saying that it made the character far more likable in the anime series despite flaws in its writing.[13] IGN concurred, finding Langdon a better actor than Toshiyuki Morikawa due to his experience with the series.[14]

Controversy

In March 2019, Langdon received criticism after commenting on Black Lives Matter and Me Too movement during a guest appearance on a livestream, believing that the motivations of the movements can potentially go too far or get hijacked and that the only way to move forward is to "forgive but never forget." He also expressed skepticism regarding the sexual harassment allegations surrounding fellow voice actor Vic Mignogna, stating that he would have a "hard time believing Vic would go any further than a hug". He also received controversy for his belief in QAnon, a conspiracy theory about "deep state" government being run in secret.[15] In response to an article on the controversy by Newsweek, Langdon accused Newsweek of bias against him. He claimed that they cherry picked from his interview, "making up a narrative to serve [their] clear bias" in discussions on QAnon and took issue with them reporting on his controversies and not on when he got shot in Guatemala.[16]

Filmography

Film
List of Stunts in Movies and Television series
Year Series Notes Source
2006Kamen Rider Dragon KnightPilot episode
2007Drive-Thru
2007DexterStunt double for Michael C. Hall
10 Episodes
Uncredited
2009The ButcherStunt double for Eric Roberts

Television
List of Acting performances in Movies and Television series
Year Title Role Notes Source
2008The MedallionHenchmanCredited as Reuben Christopher Langdon
2008Ninja CheerleadersSailorUncredited
2011The Green HornetCrackhead
2012Wreck-It RalphKen Masters (voice)Cameo[17]
2012-2013Kickin' ItZeke's Man, Mailman
2015Ant-ManLab Guard
2017Transformers: The Last KnightOnslaught (voice)Uncredited
2017SleeplessPassenger

Animation
List of English dubbing performances in animated series
Year Anime Role Notes Source
2008Devil May Cry: The Animated SeriesDanteCredited as Justin Cause
2009Street Fighter IV: The Ties That BindKen Masters
2010MonsterDetective ZandaEp. "The Monster's Afterimage"

Video games
Year Videogame Role Notes Source
2003Grand ChaseAzin
2005Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningDanteUncredited
Also Motion Capture		[17]
2008Devil May Cry 4Also Motion Capture[17]
2008Street Fighter IVKen MastersEnglish Dub[17]
2008Robert Ludlum's The Bourne ConspiracyMotion Capture for Jason Bourne
2009Resident Evil 5Dave JohnsonAlso Motion Capture for Chris Redfield[17]
2010Super Street Fighter IVKen MastersEnglish Dub[17]
2010Sengoku Basara: Samurai HeroesDate MasamuneEnglish Dub
2011Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two WorldsDanteEnglish Dub
2011Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3DanteEnglish Dub
2012Street Fighter X TekkenKen MastersEnglish Dub[17]
2013The Last of UsUnnamed soldier, James, clicker[17]
2013Grand Theft Auto VThe Local Population
2016Street Fighter VKen MastersEnglish Dub[17]
2017Marvel vs. Capcom: InfiniteDante[17]
2018Super Smash Bros. UltimateKen MastersEnglish Dub[17]
2019Resident Evil 2Additional voicesEnglish Dub[17]
2019Devil May Cry 5DanteEnglish Dub
Also Motion Capture		[17]
2019TeppenDanteEnglish Dub[18]
2020The Last of Us Part IIMike

References
  1. https://reubenlangdon.com/reuben-stars-in-b-fighter-kabuto/
  2. Powell, Mike (8 January 2015). "Action Figure". Grandstand. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. Gude, Roger (31 May 2009). "A Q&A with Reuben Langdon". Blast Magazine. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. "Interviews with MvC3 Voice Actors". Capcom. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  5. Wesley Yin-Poole (14 January 2013). "Gamer Chat Weekly Episode 27". URGaming. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. Willoughby, Shane (27 August 2011). "Dante Speaks! An Interview With Reuben Langdon". The Gaming Liberty. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  7. Langdon, Reuben (14 January 2013). "DMC4 Nero". Youtube. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  8. Fanelli, Jason (4 April 2013). "Losing your voice - 10 characters that changed actors". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  9. https://ww.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156999033114493&id=710679492
  10. https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/feb/17/voice-actor-ken-masters-and-devil-may-crys-dante-uninjured-nearly-killed-car-robbery-attempt/
  11. "Here is a little more detail on what happened in regard to the shooting. #shiftoftheages #VOTA #visionoftheagespic.twitter.com/GkJ2Pjwxy6". @ReubenLangdon. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  12. Fanelli, Jason (4 April 2013). "Losing your voice - 10 characters that changed actors". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  13. "Devil May Cry DVD - Complete Box Set". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  14. "Devil May Cry Level 3 Review". IGN. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
  15. Asarch, Steven (March 18, 2019). "'Devil May Cry 5' Voice Actors Deal With Controversial YouTube Videos". Newsweek. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  16. Baculi, Spencer (March 19, 2019). "Devil May Cry V Actors Joey Camen and Reuben Langdon Under Fire For Controversial Videos and Opinions". Bleeding Into Comics. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  17. "Reuben Langdon - 19 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
  18. "CREDIT | TEPPEN -Official Site-". teppenthegame.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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