Sam Riegel

Personal context

Summary

Sam Riegel is a voice actor, writer, voice director, and co-founder of Critical Role, known for animation and video game roles and for playing Scanlan in Critical Role. His creative work includes ensemble fantasy adventures, comic performances, and characters with varied backgrounds and identities. At a public event, he said it was important to be “inclusive and diverse and open” and that the cast welcomed everyone in its audience and beyond. Riegel co-founded the Critical Role Foundation, which supports charitable partners including OutRight Action International; no public partisan campaigning or personal advocacy on race, gender, or sexuality is on record.