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Born July 19, 1975, Reuben Christopher Langdon is an American stunt actor, [[Motion Capture]] actor, voice actor, actor in general and martial artist, primarily based in Los Angeles. His career started back in 1996, where he portrayed [[Funny Foreigner|Mac Windy]]/[[Blow You Away|B-Fighter Yanma]] in ''[[B-Fighter Kabuto]]'' (the show adapted into ''[[Beetleborgs (TV)|Beetleborgs]] Metallix'' for American audiences), the 15th and final entry in the ''[[Metal Heroes]]'' [[Toku]] series. Soon afterwards, Langdon would relocate to Hong Kong, where he was lucky enough to work alongside action film greats such as [[Jackie Chan]].

However, it wouldn't be until 2005 that Langdon rose to prominence within the world of voice acting, where [[Ink Suit Actor|he provided both the motion capture and voicework for]] Dante, the protagonist of the game ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]] 3''. You may have heard of it. [[Star-Making Role|And the rest, is history.]]

As such, this makes him one of four voice actors in the series with ties to the ''[[Power Rangers (Franchise)|Power Rangers]]'' franchise (the other three would be Daniel Southworth--better known to many as [[Power Rangers Time Force (TV)|Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger]]--as Vergil in ''3'', [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] as Nero in ''4'', and T.J. Rotolo--the voice of [[Power Rangers in Space (TV)|Dark Specter]] and a stuntman with several bit roles from ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (TV)|Lost Galaxy]]'' to ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force (TV)|Wild Force]]''--as Credo in ''4''). A few more fun facts: Langdon actually had to re-audition for his role as Dante in ''4''; [[Capcom (Creator)|Capcom]] was unsure if he could pull off an older Dante. Also of note is the fact that he and a friend were the ones who pitched to Capcom (and a few other gaming companies) the idea to use English motion capture artists ''and'' VAs for various projects, such as the ''[[Resident Evil Outbreak]]'' series (by Langdon's admission, this was sometime in 2002, right after ''DMC2'' had been released). He--like many of the other voice actors involved with ''[[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]''--[[One of Us|is an avid fan of the series]]. Reuben ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgkkMu0JHrI according to interviews]) was actually a Ken player back in the day. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xG2vGg8ygc#t=18m13s According to Taliesin Jaffe] (the voice of Blanka and Adon, as well as the voice director for ''IV''), he's a good enough player that he's ranked.

Nowadays, it seems that he's been [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]] as [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold|cocky, if not well-meaning]] [[Badass|badasses]], [[Tropes Are Not Bad|but those are the roles that his fans deem to be the most appropriate for him.]]

Reuben Langdon is the co-founder, producer, and action director of his own motion capture company, [http://www.for-the-cause.com/ Just Cause Productions] <ref>Langdon himself sometimes goes by the alias of Justin Cause</ref>, and is also a member of the California martial arts stunt group ZeroGravity. [[Hey, It's That Guy!|You might have seen him performing stunts in productions such as]] ''The Medallion'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End'', ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'', and ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Film)|Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]''; his resume as a stunt coordinator/performance capture actor reaches far beyond that. As he lived in Japan for five years, Langdon is fluent in Japanese and knows some basic Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese as well. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqxgSThG_CU He's been featured in several Japanese commercials,] including a famous and widely popular series of Mentos commercials (a fact that Dan Southworth has ribbed on him for at least once before in the past).

* Dante in ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]] 3'', ''Devil May Cry 4'', ''[[Devil May Cry: theThe Animated Series (Anime)|Devil May Cry the Animated Series]]'', and (''Ultimate'') ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (Video Game)|Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''

* Ken Masters in (''Super'') ''[[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]'' and ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken (Video Game)|Street Fighter X Tekken]]''

* [[Date Masamune]] in ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Sengoku Basara]]: Samurai Heroes'' (which may be a [[Casting Gag]] since Masamune is often compared to Dante and both series are made by Capcom)

* Detective Zanda in ''[[Monster (Mangamanga)|Monster]]''

* [[Dead Sidekick|Steve Hewitt]] and Owens in ''[[Disaster Day of Crisis (Video Game)|Disaster: Day of Crisis]]''

* [[Mauve Shirt|Dave Johnson]] in ''[[Resident Evil 5 (Video Game)|Resident Evil 5]]''

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