Reuben Christopher Langdon (born July 19, 1975) is an American stuntman and voice actor. 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.
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 .
For Devil May Cry 3, Devil May Cry 4 and Devil May Cry 5, Langdon also did the motion capture for certain scenes. 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. Langdon was told to make Devil May Cry 4
Langdon has also done stunt work for the Uncharted series and The Last of Us (including stunt-work for its companion game ) 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.
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.
During the announcement of the Devil May Cry Netflix series, it was revealed that fellow Devil May Cry actor Johnny Young Bosch would be replacing Langdon as Dante. When asked why Langdon was not voicing the character, Bosch responded that in an Instagram reply that Langdon had quit acting. This would later be refuted by Langdon on Twitter who stated he was still acting, but only took a break during Joe Biden's COVID mandates.
+ Stunts in film and television |
+ Acting performances in film and television |
Dubbed over by Koichi Tochika for the voice |
+ English dubbing performances in animated series |
2021 | Dante | English Dub | ||
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