Robbie Daymond

Robbie Daymond was born in Chesterfield, Missouri on March 11, 1982,^[2] the son of Laura Marks. His mother is of German descent.^{[citation needed]} His father left the family when Daymond was an infant, leaving his mother to raise him with the help of her parents in Warrenton, Missouri.^[3] He took an interest in acting when he was 10 after participated in the play On Golden Pond.^[3][4]

After Daymond's mother remarried, he was adopted by his step-father Gregory Allen Howard in 1995 and changed his last name to Howard. His family then moved to St. Charles, Missouri. In 2000, he attended Webster University, but later transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he graduated with a BFA in Theatre Performance in 2004. He taught and performed at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, which was related to UNLV, and received his MFA at UNLV in 2007.^[3]

In 2007, Daymond moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a college instructor at the New York Film Academy and Quixote Studio. He did some acting in film, television and commercials, but started doing more voice-over work in 2009; by 2011, he was working full-time in voice acting for cartoons, anime, and video games.^[3]

Daymond voiced the lead character in various cartoons: SwaySway in the Nickelodeon program Breadwinners, Blake Myers in the Nick cartoon Get Blake!, and the title character in Marvel's Spider-Man which first aired on Disney XD in 2017.^[5]

In anime and video games, Daymond's roles have included: Tuxedo Mask in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Megumi Fushiguro in Jujustu Kaisen, Mumen Rider in One-Punch Man, Hubert von Vestra in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Mike, Orbulon, and Cricket in WarioWare Gold, Sorey in Tales of Zestiria, Goro Akechi in Persona 5, Lloyd Bannings in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II and IV, Joe Kido in Digimon Adventure tri. and Prompto Argentum in Final Fantasy XV, Fret in Halo Infinite, Smokey Brown in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chrollo Lucilfer in Hunter x Hunter, Kayn in League of Legends as well as The Seven Deadly Sins, Chai in Hi-Fi Rush, Stardust Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, Adam Bindewald in Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater. In 2023, he voices the main character, Chai, in the recently released rhythm action game Hi-Fi Rush created by Tango Gameworks.

From June to August 2021, Daymond starred in Exandria Unlimited, an actual play spinoff limited series of the web series Critical Role.^[1] He played Dorian Storm, an air genasi bard.^[6][7] He continued to play Dorian in Critical Role's third campaign as a guest star for the first fourteen episodes.^[8][9][10] In March 2022, he reprised the role in the two part special Exandria Unlimited: Kymal.^[11][12] He then reprised the role again in Critical Role's third campaign for another block of episodes in 2024.^[13][14] Polygon opined that Dorian had a "beautiful storyline" with Daymond's "stand out" performance which "was so integral to the start of Campaign 3" – "he participated in the cast's goofy asides and reactions, but also left room for moments of gravitas and emotional exploration. Part of what makes his performance as Dorian such a joy to watch is the knowledge that he is new to the table, and fairly new to the hobby".^[15] In 2023, he starred in the actual play Candela Obscura: The Circle of the Vassal & the Veil as Professor Howard Margrove; this horror anthology series was produced by Critical Role Productions.^[16][17] Daymond is also one of the narrators for the audiobook edition of the novel Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin (2021).^[18][19]

Daymond met Megan Lynn Strand in 2004 while they were studying at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. They reside in Los Angeles, where they spent eight years in an on-and-off relationship before becoming engaged in 2017.^[20] They were married on April 7, 2019.^[21] They have two children.^[22][23]