Mick Lauer

Mick Lauer, also known by his Internet pseudonym RicePirate, is an voice actor working primarily out of,. He is notable for voicing the character Leone Abbacchio in the TV anime adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, specifically its fourth season, Golden Wind.

Biography
Born in, Lauer moved to at the age of 9 and spent several years in various Asian countries before settling back in his hometown in the. Later in life, he would graduate from and receive voice acting and performance training from various production companies and theatres.

Lauer is an animator, voice actor, and, most known for his voice work and parody animations on and , particularly on his channel RicePirate. He is a member of the media website and studio, SleepyCabin, and in recent years has been working on "Blood Sun Vendetta", a fan-made motion-comic of his based on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.

Lauer is currently a resident of, pursuing a career in voice acting. He has done voice work on other video game and animated series like, , , and.

Trivia

 * Lauer has been a fan of the series since the early '90s having read it in Chinese during his childhood in Taipei.
 * Lauer's favorite JoJo is currently Joseph Joestar, though Jotaro Kujo was also a long-time favorite of his.
 * Similarly, Mick’s favorite Part is Steel Ball Run and his current least favorite is JoJolion.
 * When asked what character he believes would be fun to voice in the English dub of Stone Ocean's anime adaptation, Mick responded that he believes Sports Maxx would be very enjoyable to play.
 * However, Sports Maxx in the end was voiced by Kane Jungbluth-Murry in the English dub of Stone Ocean.
 * Lauer is friends with Joshua Tomar, the English voice of Khan. They met during the peak of the early Newgrounds era and both frequent their friend and fellow Newgrounds user, Chris O'Neill's YouTube channel, OneyPlays, a popular comedy let's-play channel.
 * Zach Hadel, co-creator of Smiling Friends, also frequents this channel.
 * Kira Buckland and Joshua Tomar, who both have done work on the official JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, also voice characters in Blood Sun Vendetta.