VIC FACTS

Vic grew up in a small town in western Pennsylvania called Greensburg. Ever since he was very young he was drawn to performing whether it be in school or church or even summer camp programs. Vic took every opportunity to develop skills in singing and acting. It was really Star Trek that inspired him and became the catalyst for his creative passions. Making costumes, building props and constructing little sets in the woods behind his apartment building, Vic corralled his neighborhood friends to participate in his Star Trek home movies. When Vic was fourteen he begged his mom to let him attend a boarding school in Greenville, South Carolina called Bob Jones Academy. She agreed. It was there that he continued acting, singing and even stumbled across the fact that God had given him a natural ability to play piano. So Vic began writing and recording his own original songs.

Upon graduating from high school, he went directly into Bob Jones University where he majored in Film, all the while staying very connected with the theater and drama department. Vic Transferred to Liberty University in Virginia during his sophomore year and continued to focus on Film and TV while immersing himself even deeper in theater. He played major roles in many productions and also traveled as part of the schools drama team: The Kings Players. Immediately after graduation from college Vic was invited to teach Drama and Speech courses at a private high school in Jacksonville, Florida. He did so for a year before heading back east to be a police officer for two years. While it was not a career move (like teaching), Vic thought it would be an interesting and even dramatic experience. He was still acting in community theater, church and various productions. It was at that point that he was contacted by Liberty University. They had just started a television network and invited Vic to return and work as a producer and director there. Back to Lynchburg he went.

While in Lynchburg Vic continued to act in community, summer stock and even other college productions, still writing and recording music and performing as often as possible. It was also during this time that Vic produced a record for some of his college friends trying to break into the Christian music field. They called themselves DC Talk. After meeting a girl who lived in Houston, Texas, Vic packed up and moved, and started teaching video and film at the Art Institute of Houston while also working as a cameraman for professional sports: baseball, football, basketball, etc. The girl he dated there didn't pan out, but there he was in a much larger city with many more opportunities and possibilities. Such opportunities included directing video productions, writing music for companies, and even being selected as a vocal contestant for the highly popular Star Search. Another such opportunity came when Vic was hired to be the staff composer for a production company. But after a couple years as part of an organization Vic decided that he would much prefer to be a freelance composer and producer. So he left the company, built a studio in his home and went forward on his own.

Then came anime. Vic was working on a video production at a facility in town with an editor named John Gremillion. During their time working together, John asked Vic if he had any acting experience. When Vic answered: 'Lord, yes! Tons!' John told Vic of a little company in town that licensed Japanese animated shows and dubbed them into English. He said that they were looking for actors and encouraged Vic to audition. He did, and got cast as Vega in Streetfighter II. After that another show came along, then another, then another. A couple years into dubbing, Vic was invited to an 'anime convention'. He had attended many conventions in his younger days as a Star Trek/Star Wars fan, but had no idea that this anime thing he was doing on the side actually had conventions! Vic began attending them as a voice actor guest and soon met people who worked at yet another Texas based anime company... Funimation. Soon after, Vic was asked to audition for a role in their big show, Dragonball Z. He was cast as Broly, the legendary super seiyan. Then came Yu Yu Hakasho, then Case Closed, then Kiddy Grade, then Spiral, then Fullmetal Alchemist. While still attending conventions, Vic met industry people in Los Angeles and started working there as well on anime and video games.

Since then to the present, Vic has continued to work as an actor, singer, songwriter, director, producer, engineer, etc. wherever the opportunities arise. When asked if he had to pick just one of the several creative fields he works in and give up the others, Vic replies 'They are all such a deeply rooted part of my life… I could never do that. Just kill me.'