Sam Riegel
Birth Name:
Samuel Brent Oscar Riegel
Birth Place:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Profession
Actor, Casting director, Writer, Soundtrack, Producer, Script department, Director, Editorial department, Music department
Fast Facts
- Won a Telluride Indiefest Award and a WorldFest Houston Award for "Semmelweis" in 2002
- Won a Telly Award with Rob Blatt for commercial comedy video writing in 2009
- Graduated from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of the a cappella group The Academical Village People
- Began his career as a child actor for the traveling Kennedy Center production of "Les Misérables," a role that would earn him numerous other acting opportunities in New York City
- Got his first voice acting role in "Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Express" in 1985
- Best known as a voice actor who played Donatello in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and Spider-Man/Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man" video games
- Has also done several voices in anime and cartoons, including Riven in the "Winx Club" franchise, Mephisto Pheles in "Blue Exorcist," Baki in "Naruto," Tristan Taylor in "Yu-Gi-Oh!," and Jiro in "Blue Dragon․"
- Often collaborates with comedy writer and director Rob Blatt, and the duo has created content for Comedy Central and Funny Or Die and served as head writers of the MSN․com series "The Tastemaker․"
- Gained widespread recognition after capturing real-time footage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, as he was living in New York at the time
Awards
- 2002Short Film WinnerWinner
- 2002Bronze Award - Film & Video Production - Medical/Health/Fitness:Winner
- 2009Daytime Emmy - New Approaches - Daytime Entertainment:Nominated
- 2013BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special:Nominated
- 2014BTVA Anime Dub Television/OVA Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Television Series/OVA:Nominated
- 2014BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Television Series/OVA:Winner
- 2016BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award - Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special:Nominated
- 2018Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program:Winner
- 2020Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program:Nominated
- 2023Emmy - Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series:Nominated
- 2023Emmy - Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series:Winner
- 2026Children's & Family Emmy Award - Outstanding Voice Directing for an Animated Series:Nominated