Reuben Langdon Explained

Reuben Langdon
Birth Date: July 19, 1975
Birth Place:Alaska, U.S.
Years Active:1996–present

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 ) and Ken Masters in the Street Fighter series (from Street Fighter IV up to Street Fighter V) and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Early life

Reuben Christopher Langdon was born in Alaska on July 19, 1975, and grew up in Georgia.[2]

Career

Langdon 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 and . Langdon has done stunts for television including and Dexter. Besides these, he has done stunts in movies such as The Medallion, Spider-Man 2, , 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

While 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 also uses his social media account to express interest in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anti-vaccination conspiracy theories.[14] [15] [16]

Belief in Extraterrestrial Life

Langdon 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).[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. He has claimed that this event is the most comprehensive body of evidence and testimony delivered to the public on the subject of aliens.

Filmography

Stunts

Stunts in film and television
YearSeriesNotesSource
2006Kamen Rider Dragon KnightPilot episode
2007Drive-Thru
DexterStunt double for Michael C. Hall
10 Episodes
Uncredited
2009The ButcherStunt double for Eric Roberts

Acting

Acting performances in film and television
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2003The MedallionHenchmanCredited as Reuben Christopher Langdon
2008Ninja CheerleadersSailorUncredited
2011The Green HornetCrackhead
2012Wreck-It RalphKen Masters (voice)Cameo
2012–13Kickin' ItZeke's Man, Mailman
2015Ant-ManLab Guard
2017SleeplessPassenger

Animation

English dubbing performances in animated series
YearAnimeRoleNotesSource
2008DanteCredited as Justin Cause
2009Ken Masters
2010MonsterDetective ZandaEp. "The Monster's Afterimage"

Video games

YearVideogameRoleNotesSource
1997Gamera 2000Soldier
2003Grand ChaseAzin
2005DanteAlso motion capture [19]
2008Devil May Cry 4
Street Fighter IVKen MastersEnglish dub
Steve Hewitt, Major Evans[20]
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne ConspiracyMotion capture for Jason Bourne
2009Resident Evil 5Dave JohnsonMotion capture for Chris Redfield
2010Super Street Fighter IVKen MastersEnglish dub
Date Masamune[21]
2011Dante
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
2012Street Fighter X TekkenKen Masters
2013The Last of UsUnnamed soldier, James, clicker
Grand Theft Auto VThe Local Population
2016Street Fighter VKen MastersEnglish dub
2017Dante
2018Super Smash Bros. UltimateKen MastersEnglish dub
2019Resident Evil 2Additional voices
Devil May Cry 5DanteEnglish dub
Also motion capture
TeppenEnglish Dub[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Action Figure . https://archive.today/20150108170712/http://grantland.com/features/stuntman-hollywood-motion-capture-reuben-langdon/ . January 8, 2015 . Powell . Mike . January 8, 2015 . . February 27, 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: Reuben . Langdon . 21 July 2022 . Reuben Stars in B Fighter Kabuto . 21 July 2022 . Reuben Langdon.
  3. Web site: Interviews with MvC3 Voice Actors . . February 27, 2017 . October 16, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016100526/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/8488268 . dead .
  4. Web site: Wesley Yin-Poole . Gamer Chat Weekly Episode 27 . URGaming . January 14, 2013 . May 20, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119074135/http://ugrgaming.podomatic.com/entry/2013-01-14T20_47_59-08_00 . January 19, 2013 . dmy.
  5. Web site: Dante Speaks! An Interview With Reuben Langdon . The Gaming Liberty . August 27, 2011 . Willoughby, Shane . May 20, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140118054156/http://www.thegamingliberty.com/2011/08/dante-speaks-an-interview-with-reuben-langdon/ . January 18, 2014.
  6. Web site: Langdon, Reuben . DMC4 Nero . Youtube . January 14, 2013 . May 30, 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140625221956/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ySzx_fmjk . June 25, 2014.
  7. Web site: Losing your voice - 10 characters that changed actors . GamesRadar . Fanelli, Jason . April 4, 2013 . June 17, 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141004223346/http://www.gamesradar.com/losing-your-voice-x-characters-changed-actors/ . October 4, 2014.
  8. News: Gude . Roger . A Q&A with Reuben Langdon . . May 31, 2009 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221183806/http://blastmagazine.com/2009/05/31/a-qa-with-reuben-langdon/ . February 21, 2017 . February 21, 2017.
  9. Web site: Reuben Langdon Says Capcom's Yoshinori Ono Had Him Removed From Street Fighter 6 Because Of A Disastrous Interview . NMIA Gaming . W. Amirul Adlan . Feb 20, 2024 . Feb 21, 2024.
  10. Web site: Log in or sign up to view . 2022-07-21 . www.facebook.com . en.
  11. Web site: Voice actor for Ken Masters and Devil May Cry's Dante uninjured but nearly killed in car robbery attempt . February 17, 2019.
  12. Web site: Here is a little more detail on what happened in regard to the shooting. #shiftoftheages #VOTA #visionoftheagespic.twitter.com/GkJ2Pjwxy6 . @ReubenLangdon . February 25, 2019 . en . February 19, 2019.
  13. News: Devil May Cry 5 voice actor pulls racist and transphobic videos from his own YouTube channel . Eurogamer.net . March 19, 2019 .
  14. Web site: Devil May Cry voice actor Reuben Langdon peddles COVID-19 conspiracy theory . September 2020 .
  15. https://imgur.com/Jl3W8f6
  16. https://imgur.com/6M6fdrf
  17. Web site: Reuben Langdon . 2022-07-21 . IMDb.
  18. Web site: Interview with E.D. [Extra-Dimensionals] - ET Disclosure ]. 2022-07-21 . www.interviewwithed.org . en.
  19. Web site: 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..
  20. Web site: Disaster: Day of Crisis (2008 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 16 September 2022.
  21. . Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes . Capcom . Ending credits, 0:21 in, CAST . 2010.
  22. Web site: CREDIT | TEPPEN -Official Site- |website=teppenthegame.com |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}|-|2020||The Last of Us Part II]||Mike|||||-|2021||Dante|English Dub||}

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