Critical Role is an incredibly huge tabletop phenomenon. It began life in 2015 as a live play Dungeons & Dragons campaign, aired on Geek & Sundry. Since then, the cast has taken over production and are currently in their fourth campaign. There have also been two animated series produced: The Legend of Vox Machina, based on campaign one, and The Mighty Nein, based on campaign two.
The cast of Critical Role, both in the main campaigns and the animated series, are very prolific actors, with many of them having voiced hundreds of roles over the years. But did you know that Critical Role has attracted some big names from another media giant, Disney? Here’s who has a foot in both camps.
We’ve only included those with major Disney roles as main characters or frequently recurring support characters.
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Auli’i Cravalho
The Mighty Nein / Moana
In The Mighty Nein, Auli’i Cravalho voices Toya, an elf girl who is part of the Fletching And Moondrop Traveling Carnival Of Curiosities. Toya is a singer, but her voice is being used to harm by those in charge. She has a short but emotional journey after encountering the Mighty Nein.
In her Disney role, Cravalho plays Moana in the movie of the same name. Moana, the strong-willed daughter of a chief, lives on an island with her family, and after the resources begin to dry up, she must journey to the heart of Te Fiti to save her people.
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Anika Noni Rose
The Mighty Nein / The Princess And The Frog
Anika Noni Rose voices Marion Lavorre, mother of Laura Bailey’s player character Jester, in The Mighty Nein. Marion is a courtesan in Nicodranas who raised her daughter alone, supported by the staff in her opulent home. She is charming, graceful, and easy to talk to. Jester keeps in contact with Marion throughout the Mighty Nein’s adventures, while Marion remains at home due to her agoraphobia.
You’ll also likely recognize Rose as the voice of Tiana in The Princess And The Frog. Tiana is a young woman who dreams of opening her own restaurant, and ends up embroiled in a story of princes, voodoo, and transformation.
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Ming-Na Wen
The Mighty Nein / Mulan
Ming-Na Wen plays elf monk Dairon, who works for the Valley Archive of the Cobalt Soul, a library in Zadash. They are highly focused, direct and blunt with others, likely driven by a difficult past they choose not to disclose. Dairon trained alongside Marish Ray’s player character Beau at the Valley Archive. The pair reconnect during the Mighty Nein’s adventures.
Ming-Na Wen may be a minor character in Critical Role, but she commands armies in Disney’s world as Mulan. After a young Mulan disguises herself as a man and joins the army in her ill father’s place, she is led on a journey of self-discovery. Wen also reprises her role as Mulan in many other Disney properties.
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Cree Summer
The Legend Of Vox Machina / Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Cree Summer voices Raishan, The Diseased Deceiver and Empress Salda Tal’Dorei in The Legend of Vox Machina. Both are NPCs from campaign one. Raishan is an ancient green dragon with a shapeshifting ability and is one of the mightiest foes Vox Machina has fought. In contrast, Empress Salda is the wife of the Sovereign Uriel Tal’Dorei II who, along with her children, was held under the influence of a demonic force before being saved by Vox Machina.
In her role for Disney, Summer is the voice of Kida Nedakh in Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Kida is the smart, strong, and very capable princess who helps our protagonist Milo save Atlantis from villains threatening the inhabitants of the underwater city.
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Stephanie Beatriz
The Legend Of Vox Machina / Encanto
In The Legend Of Vox Machina Stephanie Beatriz voices Kima, a halfling paladin renowned for decades of good deeds and considered one of the most powerful forces of good in the land. Kima is the wife of Allura Vysoren who appears first in the campaign and tasks Vox Machina with locating Kima. Once Kima is found, she journeys alongside Vox Machina for a time.
Beatriz’s Disney role is that of Mirabel Madrigal, the main character in Encanto, a story of a magical, multi-generational, matriarchal family. Mirabel is the only child, or grandchild, in the family who hasn’t been bestowed a magical gift, but also the only person who can help save them all when their magic begins to fade.
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Kelly Hu
The Legend Of Vox Machina / Phineas And Ferb
Kelly Hu plays Dr. Anna Ripley in The Legend Of Vox Machina. Ripley is an NPC who took an unhealthy interest in main party member Percy’s firearm inventions. Ripley used knowledge gained from her capture of Percy and observations of him fighting to adapt and construct his weapon concepts. She’s as smart as she is dangerous, and Vox Machina consider her to be Percy’s amoral archnemesis.
Hu’s Disney role is as Stacy Hirano in Phineas And Ferb. Stacy is the best friend of Candice, Phineas And Ferb’s sister. She appears in almost every episode of the long-running show, as a constant companion and an anchor for Candice when her brothers are frustrating her.
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Aimee Carrero
Critical Role / Elena Of Avalor
Aimee Carrero is a guest player on Critical Role. She has played Opal, a human warlock in the Exandria Unlimited campaign, as well as
Deni$e Bembachula, a dwarven barbarian rogue from campaign three. The two characters are very different. Opal began adventuring at age 18, hoping her exploits would bring her into contact with her mother, who left years before. Deni$e was thrust into adventuring after a ritual saw her transported to Issylra along with Ashton, Laudna, and Orym of Bells Hells.
In Disney circles, Carrero is known for playing the lead character Princess Elena in Elena Of Avalor. Elena saved her kingdom from an evil sorceress, and this long-running TV series focuses on her learning how to become a thoughtful, compassionate, and resilient leader to her people.
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Travis Willingham
Critical Role / Sofia The First
Travis Willingham is a main cast member of Critical Role. As such, he voices a number of characters across both the campaigns and animated series. His main characters are: Grog Strongjaw, a goliath barbarian/fighter in Vox Machina, Fjord, a half-orc warlock/paladin and member of the Mighty Nein, as well as Sir Bertrand Bell, a human fighter, and Chetney Pock O’Pea, a gnomish blood hunter/rogue, both members of Bells Hells. In the current campaign, he plays nama paladin Teor Pridesire.
Other characters Willingham has lent his vocal talents to include Lawrence Lorelei, a human blood hunter from Liam’s One Shot: Song of the Lorelei, Chutney Chocolatecane from The Night Before Critmas, and Lokhar Windfallow, a paladin in Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs, And Dragons (Oh My!).
Willingham’s most major Disney role is as King Roland II in Sofia The First. Roland’s marriage to Sofia’s mother is what propels Sofia, a young girl with a commoner upbringing, into a new role as princess.
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Ashley Johnson
Critical Role / Recess
As a main cast member, Ashley Johnson has played a number of roles. Pike Trickfoot, a gnome cleric, is a member of Vox Machina, Yasha Nydoorin is a protector (formerly fallen) assimar barbarian who is part of the Mighty Nein, and Lady fearne Calloway, a faun druid/rogue who joined Bells Hells. Her most recent character is Vaelus, an elf paladin in campaign four.
Her minor characters include Peaches Silversong, an honesty pegasus from Tails Of Equestria One-Shot, Damian Vadoma, a half-elf fighter from The Adventures of Darrington Brigade, and Misty, a highborne clank bard from Age of Umbra.
In Critical Role, she’s often remembered for her first three dice rolls, two natural 20s, followed by a natural one. In Disney circles, she’s known for playing Gretchen Grundler in Recess, one of the group of six fourth-graders who make it their role to protect kids in the playground during recess.
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