Taliesin Jaffe (born January 19, 1977) is an American voice director, script writer, voice actor, and former child actor. Jaffe was born in Los Angeles, California. He is known for directing and writing many English language anime titles for New Generation Pictures, most notably R.O.D the TV and Hellsing. He is also co-directing BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad with Christopher Bevins for FUNimation. Together with Amanda Winn Lee and Jason C. Lee, he recorded commentary tracks for the North American DVD release of the films Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion. Jaffe has also written many articles and spoken as a guest lecturer at universities and libraries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taliesin Jaffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 19, 1977 (49)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also writer
- 17 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Taliesin Jaffe's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Takeya Ikuhara in DearS (2004)
- Shapeshifteras Preta Ghoul in Black Cat (2005)
- Heroas Percy in The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
- Heraldas Mollymauk Tealeaf in The Mighty Nein (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Taliesin Jaffe's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (5).
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for Taliesin Jaffe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
37 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Mighty Nein(2025)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Critical Role Live: Jester and Fjord's Wedding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Critical Role Live: Oaths & Ash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Critical Role Live: Tag Team at the Teeth – Beyond the Shroud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Critical Role Live: Tag Team at the Teeth – The Misty Ascent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Age of Umbra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Weird Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Daggerheart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Critical Role Abridged (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Critical Role Cooldown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Candela Obscura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Crit Recap Animated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
House of Demons(2018)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Sagas of Sundry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows
CelebriD&D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Critical Role (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Castle Town Dandelion(2015)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Soldier of God(2005)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
American Dad!(2005)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Black Cat(2005)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
DearS(2004)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Hellsing(2001)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
She's the Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Child's Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Hell Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Explorers(1985)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Comedy Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Hail to the Chief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Mr. Mom(1983)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
St. Elsewhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Facts of Life(1979)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 91st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles from 1979 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Mr. Mom (1983)
Highest rated
Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014)
Most popular right now
The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
Film career
- 1983Screen debut· Mr. Mom
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Taliesin Jaffe's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
7 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Taliesin Jaffe's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Taliesin Jaffe work with?
People who share at least 2 of Taliesin Jaffe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Liam O'Brien shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Critical RoleShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Critical Role
Actors
- Liam O'BrienShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022), DearS (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Liam O'Brien
- Sam RiegelShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022), DearS (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Sam Riegel
- Travis WillinghamShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022), Ouran High School Host Club (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Travis Willingham
- Ashley JohnsonShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Ashley Johnson
Producers
- Jonathan KleinShared titles: DearS (2004), Hellsing (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Klein
Mixed roles
- Chris PrynoskiShared titles: The Mighty Nein (2025), The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Chris Prynoski
