Taliesin Axelrod Armstrong Jaffe (; born January 19, 1977) is an American voice actor, voice director and screenwriter. He has worked on English-

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roles for anime and video games. He is a cast member on ''

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'', a web series in which he plays ''

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'' with other voice actors. Jaffe has also frequently voiced

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in various video games.

Personal life

Jaffe was born in

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. He is the son of actress

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and film producer

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. His maternal grandfather was screenwriter

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, while his paternal grandfather was film producer

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. He has two brothers and a sister. Jaffe came out as

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in 2017.

Career

Jaffe began his career as a

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, appearing in films such as ''

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'' and '' 2010: The Year We Make Contact''. After six years, he did not enjoy being a child actor. After a bad audition, his father told him he could either put in more effort for more roles or quit acting, and not previously realized that quitting was an chose to quit. He returned to a career in entertainment a few years later, being a voice actor for dubbing

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in 2000. Since then, he has taken just two small onscreen roles for ''

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'' and '' House of Demons''. In ''

'', he played Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III in Campaign One, Mollymauk Tealeaf, Caduceus Clay and Kingsley Tealeaf in Campaign Two, and Ashton Greymoore in Campaign Three. ''Critical Role'' was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019

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; the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner in the "Games" category at the 2019

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. The show was originally broadcast on the

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network until early 2019, when the cast and crew left to set up their own production company,

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. Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on

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to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. In November 2019,

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acquired the streaming rights to the animated series ''

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''; Jaffe reprised his role as Percy.

Acting credits

:''The lists in this section are purposely incomplete and mention only his most notable roles or projects.''

Anime

Animation

Live-action

Video games

Production credits

Voice director

Anime

Video games

Screenwriter

References

External links

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Taliesin Jaffe
at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaffe, Taliesin 1977 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male screenwriters American male video game actors American male voice actors American television writers Bisexual male actors American bisexual actors LGBT screenwriters LGBT people from California Male actors from Los Angeles American male television writers American voice directors Screenwriters from California