Casey Mongillo is an American

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

, who has played roles in

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and

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. Mongillo is best known for portraying lead character

Shinji Ikari is a character (arts), fictional character in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. He is the franchise's poster boy and protagonist. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime series of the ...

in the

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English dub of ''

Neon Genesis Evangelion , also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and animated by Tatsunoko, directed by Hideaki Anno and broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 1995 to March 1996. ''Evangelion' ...

'' in 2019, and has also played Emporio Alniño in '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean'', Shou Suzuki in ''

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'', and Raichu, Scorbunny, Raboot, Cinderace, Chrysa, and Allister in the ''

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Career

In 2019, Mongillo voiced the main character

in the

dub of the

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series ''

'', replacing

Spike Spencer Charles Forrest "Spike" Spencer (born December 21, 1968) is an American voice actor and columnist best known for dubbing Japanese anime films. He is known for his roles in ADV Films dubs of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as Shinji Ikari, ''Martian ...

, who played the part in the original

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dub. Mongillo tweeted that playing Shinji was "one of the greatest honors of my life". Noel Kirkpatrick of ''

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'' praised Mongillo's portrayal of Shinji, saying they excelled at switching "between sarcasm and sadness, delight and detachment", and that they did "a better job of capturing Shinji's pre-teen voice" than Spencer. Aja Romano of '' Vox'' wrote that it was laudable that Netflix cast a non-binary actor to play Shinji. Carol Grant, in an opinion piece for ''

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'', wrote that Shinji being played by a

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actor made the series feel more

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, saying that "Mongillo's delivery captures the delicate interplay between the masculine and feminine aspects of Shinji's voice and personality, bringing his bodily and gendered anxieties to life". Mongillo was nominated for Best Performance by a Voice Actor (English) in the

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for their performance as Shinji. Mongillo released a single, "Everything Is Alright", on the

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on April 3, 2012.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Video games

Other dubbing

Discography

*"Everything Is Alright" (2012 single)

References

External links

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