Critical Role: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Voice actor Matthew Mercer leads a group of fellow voice actors on epic Dungeons & Dragons campaigns. These familiar voices bring the audience into the full experience of D&D, allowing imaginations to soar as the characters embark on adventures. This is Critical Role!

Series details

• Title: Critical Role
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Fantasy
• Premiere date: 2015-03-13
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Twitch
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 219 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 13215
• IMDb ID: tt4834232
• TVDB ID: 296861

Cast and credited roles

• Matthew Mercer — Game Master
• Marisha Ray — Keyleth the Half-Elf Druid
• Travis Willingham — Grog Strongjaw the Goliath Barbarian
• Taliesin Jaffe — Percival Fredrickstein von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, the Human Gunslinger
• Laura Bailey — Vex'Ahlia the Half-Elf Ranger
• Liam O'Brien — Vax'Ildan the Half-Elf Rogue
• Marisha Ray — Beauregard Lionett the Human Monk
• Sam Riegel — Nott the Goblin Rogue
• Sam Riegel — Scanlan Shorthalt the Gnome Bard
• Liam O'Brien — Caleb Widogast, the Human Wizard
• Laura Bailey — Jester Lavorre the Tiefling Cleric
• Travis Willingham — Fjord the Half-Orc Warlock

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-03-13; final listed air date 2019-08-29.
• Season 2: premiered 2018-01-11; final listed air date 2022-12-01.
• Season 3: premiered 2021-10-21; final listed air date 2025-02-06.
• Season 4: premiered 2025-10-02; final listed air date 2026-10-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Critical Role on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.