Matthew Mercer

Matthew Mercer
Mercer in 2014.
Born	Matthew Christopher Miller June 29, 1982 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Other names	Matt Mercer
Occupation	Voice-over artist
Years active	1996–present
Agent	AVO Talent

Matthew Christopher Miller (born June 29, 1982), who goes by the stage name Matthew Mercer, is an American voice actor. His best-known roles include Leon S. Kennedy in the Resident Evil video game series, and work in English dubs of Japanese anime, including Levi in Attack on Titan, Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero, Kanji Tatsumi for episodes 13-26 in Persona 4: The Animation, Trafalgar Law in the Funimation dub of One Piece, and Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

Biography

Mercer began his career in high school doing English Walla and additional characters in several Japanese anime, and has since worked with a variety of media, including video games, cartoons, and radio commercials. He has been a guest at conventions around the world, hosting at events such as Anime Expo, Anime Matsuri, Kollisioncon,^[1] and Ayacon.^[2] His work has expanded to a multitude of roles in video games, cartoons, and radio commercials. He directed and produced the web series There Will Be Brawl,^[3] based on the Super Smash Bros. video game series, where he provided the voices for Kirby and Meta Knight and portrayed the role of Ganondorf. Mercer also produced the web series Fear News with the Last Girl, and acts as the Dungeon Master in the Geek & Sundry web series Critical Role, leading several other voice actors through a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.^[4]

Filmography

Anime

• Accel World – Black Vise (Eps. 23–24)
• Aldnoah.Zero – Koichiro Marito^[5]
• Assassination Classroom – Nagisa's Father
• Attack on Titan – Levi^[6]
• Attack on Titan: Junior High – Levi
• Black Butler: Book of Circus - Joker
• Bleach – Shūkurō Tsukishima, Michel (Ep. 311)
• Blood Lad – Fuyumi's Father, Sam
• Brothers Conflict – Yusuke Asahina
• Cowboy Bebop – Additional voices
• Daimidaler the Sound Robot – Kouichi^[7]
• Digimon Fusion – Beelzemon/Reapmon, Omnimon, Kongoumon (Ep. 18–19), Matadormon (Ep. 27–28)^[8]
• Durarara!!x2 – Mizuki Akabayashi
• Fate/Zero – Kiritsugu Emiya^[9]
• Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – Kiritsugu Emiya^[10]
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet – Chamber
• Hellsing Ultimate – Bandit (Ep. 7)
• Hunter × Hunter 2011 series – Leorio Paladiknight^[11]
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Jotaro Kujo^[12]
• K – Kuroh Yatogami^[13]
• Kill la Kill – Aikuro Mikisugi^[14]
• Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Sinbad
• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Nigel Garrett
• Naruto Shippuden – Gyūki, Yamato,^[15] additional voices
• Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Demon Capital – Rihan Nura, Ibaraki Doji
• One Piece – Trafalgar Law (Funimation dub)
• Persona 4: The Animation – Kanji Tatsumi (Eps. 13–26), Taro Namatame (uncredited)
• Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals – Might Guy^[16]
• Sailor Moon – Prince Demande, additional voices (Viz Media dub)^[17][18][19]
• Sailor Moon Crystal – Prince Demande^[19]
• Space Dandy – Library Staffer, additional voices
• Sword Art Online – Grimlock, Lind, Kunimittz, Seijiro Kikuoka
• Tenkai Knights – Zephyrus
• Trigun – Additional voices
• Zetman – Hayami, Superhero Alphas, Agou Shimura (Ep. 4), Shuu Isono/Sea Lice EVOL (Eps. 4–7)

Animation

• Beware the Batman – Joseph "Ice Pick Joe" Crimple^[8]
• DC Super Friends – Superman, Two-Face^[20]
• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir – Additional voices^[21]
• NFL Rush Zone – Sudden Death, Texans Rusher, Buccaneers Rusher, Anticorian Captain
• ThunderCats – Tygra, Kask, Driller, additional voices^[8]
• Wabbit – Bigfoot^[22]

Films

• Akira – Additional voices (voice; 2001 Pioneer dub)
• Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher – Tony Stark/Iron Man, Clint Barton/Hawkeye
• Batman: Bad Blood – Hellhound, Chuckie Sol^[23]
• Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts – Mech Guard 1, Wealthy Jocky^[8][24]
• Dead Inside – Malcolm Wagner
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos – Melvin Voyager
• Iron Man: Rise of Technovore – Tony Stark/Iron Man
• Justice League: War – Guard^[8]
• Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight! – Captain America, Gingerbread Men^[25]
• Monsters University – Additional voices
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire – San
• Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Blood Prison – Mui
• One Piece Film: Z – Binz
• Resident Evil: Damnation – Leon S. Kennedy
• Sex, Dogz and Rock n Roll – Two-Face
• The Liquidator – Arsen
• Tiger & Bunny: The Rising – Richard Max^[26]

Video games

• Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War – Albert Genette (uncredited)
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Gunner
• Ace Combat Infinity – Kacper Cohen, Flight Tower, Rapier 1
• Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War – Brett Thompson (uncredited)
• The Amazing Spider-Man – Additional voices^[27]
• Batman: Arkham Origins – Anarky
• Batman: Arkham Knight – Robin
• Blade & Soul – Maniac Player Voice
• Brütal Legend – Gravedigger
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Rangers, Soldiers
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Soldiers
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Soldiers
• Call of Duty: Ghosts – Soldiers
• Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls – Haiji Towa
• Dawngate – Fenmore, Varion, Faris
• Deadpool – Ranged 1, Ranged 5, Riptide
• Deer Drive – Announcer
• Demon Gaze – Batz, Quasar, various male voices
• Destiny – Guardian: Human Male^[28]
• Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – Additional voices^[29]
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited – Valvatorez
• Disney Infinity 3.0 – Wedge Antilles^[30]
• Drakengard 3 – Soldiers
• Driver: San Francisco – Nigel, Zed-Zed
• Dynasty Warriors 7 – Taishi Ci (uncredited)
• Dynasty Warriors 8 – Taishi Ci, Jia Chong (uncredited)
• Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard – Game Test Lead, Special Ops Soldier
• Evolve – Abe
• Fairy Fencer F – Apollonius, Ryushin
• Fallout 4 - MacCready, Z1-14
• Final Fantasy Agito – Trey
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers – Blaze
• Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon – Treasure Hunter Cid (uncredited)
• Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – Trey
• Fire Emblem: Awakening – Chrom
• Fire Emblem Fates – Ryoma, Shigure, Azama,^[31] Chrom (archive audio)
• Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage – Rei
• Gears of War: Judgment – Pilot, Onyx Soldier, PA Officer – credited under Voiceover Thanks^[32]
• Guild Wars 2 – Male Norn Player Character
• Guilty Gear Xrd – Zato-1 ^[33]
• Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Rexxar, Nefarian, Ragnaros, Various minions^[34]
• Heroes of Newerth – Monkey King
• Heroes of the Storm – Rehgar
• Infamous First Light – Additional voices^[35]
• Infamous Second Son – Tanner Black
• Infex – Soldiers, additional voices
• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Human Villagers, Human Soldiers, Gnomes
• Knack – Gundahar
• League of Legends – Gangplank, Kindred (Wolf)^[36]
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional voices^[37]
• Lost Dimension – "The End"
• Mad Max – Additional voices^[38]
• Medal of Honor – Chinook Pilot 2
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – Soldiers/Extras
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – Soldiers/Extras^[39]
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Nemesis Orcs, Humans
• Mighty No. 9 – Pyrogen^[40]
• Mind Zero – Kei Takanashi
• Mortal Kombat – Kurtis Stryker
• Mugen Souls – Eika
• Mugen Souls Z – Eika
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 – Pain, Eight Tails (Gyuki)
• Natural Doctrine – Ingbert, Tough Knight, Gomorrah
• Ninety-Nine Nights II – Lord of the Night
• No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle – Skelter Helter, Bishop, Zako Fat
• Overwatch – McCree
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Kanji Tatsumi
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Kanji Tatsumi
• Pillars of Eternity – Edér, Aloth,^[41] Player Voice (Male – Sinister)
• Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box – Anton Herzen
• Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Henry Ledore
• Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn – Zartu the Dark Unicorn, Elven King, Gnome Ruler
• Ragnarok Odyssey – Theodore (Assassin), Male Voice 13
• République – Prizrak Guards, 933W
• Resident Evil 6 – Leon S. Kennedy
• Rise of the Argonauts – Phaedon, additional voices
• Rune Factory 4 – Leon
• Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny – James
• Saints Row: Gat out of Hell – Gallows Dodger, Demons, Blackbeard^[42][43][44]
• Scaler – Scaler, additional voices
• Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes – Keiji Maeda
• Shimano Xtreme Fishing – Announcer
• Shin Megami Tensei IV – Walter
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers – Raidou Kuzunoha, Kinap, Sukeroku, Weapon Shop Owner
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 – Record Breaker – Male Tico
• Shrek Extra Large – Additional voices
• Skylanders: Giants – Additional voices
• Skylanders: SuperChargers – Additional voices^[45]
• Skylanders: Trap Team – Additional voices^[46]
• Sonic the Hedgehog series - Espio the Chameleon (2016–present)
• Soulcalibur V (credited as Mathew Mercer)
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope – Edge Maverick, Klaus Bachtein (uncredited)
• Star Trek: Shattered Universe – Balok, Klingon Commander, additional voices
• Star Wars: The Old Republic – Agent Rane Kovach, Master Garault
• Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor – Straw
• Stella Glow – Klaus
• Street Fighter IV/Super Street Fighter IV – Fei-Long
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U – Chrom, Ryoma (Corrin Reveal Trailer)
• Tales of Xillia – Alvin
• Tales of Xillia 2 – Alvin
• The Guided Fate Paradox – Rakiel, Sergeant Zombie, Atsuta, Death King, Necromancer
• Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar – Male Mage, Pirate, Bandit
• Valhalla Knights 3 – Kevin, Paul, Tuckerno, Hench, Cool Male Player Voice
• Warmachine: Tactics – High Exemplar Kreoss, Commander Coleman Stryker, Iron Lich Asphyxious, Croe, Gorman Di Wulfe, Hollings, Kell Bailoch, Cygnar Gunner Mage, Cygnar Stormcaller,
• White Knight Chronicles II – Young Dristall
• Wolfenstein – Erik Engle, Nazi Scientist, S.S. Officer
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – General Vezax, Halion the Twilight Destroyer, Overthane Balargarde, The Black Knight
• World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Captain Drok, Warlord Rok'nah, Sergeant Gorrok, Ga'trul, Dreadweaver Avartu, Ming the Cunning, Norushen, Oto the Protector, Earthbreaker Haromm, Ka'roz the Locust
• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Kilrogg Deadeye,^[47][48] Thoktar Ironskull, Rexxar, Hatock
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Additional voices
• Xenoblade Chronicles X – Lao

Other media

• There Will Be Brawl – Kirby, Meta Knight, Ganondorf – also director and producer
• Proxy: A Slender Man Story – Vince Wilson
• The Death and Return of Superman – Iced Bro
• Fear News with the Last Girl – Stefan McStorybook, Spencer the Clown
• Street Fighter High: The Musical – Dan Hibiki
• Nin10Doh: ToThe64thPower – Ganondorf
• Geek Week web series – Thor (Ep. 6) – also director, co-writer, and editor^[49][50]
• Critical Role – Dungeon Master

References

1. Kollisioncon 2010 Guest Listing. Kollisioncon.com. Retrieved on September 27, 2015.
2. Ayacon 2009 Guest Listing. ayacon.org.uk
3. Skylar Shelton. "Info - ThereWillBeBrawl.com". therewillbebrawl.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
4. "Get Your Fear News With The Last Girl". Dread Central. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
5. "Aniplex USA to Release 1st Aldnoah.Zero Season 1 On BD/DVD with Dub, Sub". Anime News Network. June 6, 2015.
6. Lee, Michelle (March 12, 2014). "Attack on Titan Cast Announcement – Day 3". Funimation Blog. Funimation.
7. "Funimation Unveils Daimidaler's Dub Cast, Trailer, December 15 Date". Anime News Network. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
8. "Behind The Voice Actors – Matthew Mercer". Behind The Voice Actors. January 27, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2014. Green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits screenshots.
9. Green, Scott (February 6, 2013). "English-Dubbed "Fate/zero" to Run on Neon Alley". Crunchyroll.
10. "Aniplex USA Details Fate/stay night UBW, Durarara!! 2xSho Release Details". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
11. "Viz Announces 2011-2014 Hunter x Hunter's English Dub Cast (Updated)". Anime News Network. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
12. Macias, Patrick (June 23, 2014). "Crunchyroll to Stream English Dub of "JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: STARDUST CRUSADERS"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
13. "Viz Media Announces K TV Anime's Dub Cast". June 14, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
14. "Kill la Kill's English Dub Trailer Streamed by Aniplex USA". Anime News Network. May 29, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
15. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (May 18, 2015). ""@iJLee209: @matthewmercer Wait a minute... I may just be going crazy, but for some reason, Yamato from Naruto has your voice now..." @iJLee209 I may have filled in as Yamato on an episode or 10. ;)" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
16. Neon Alley (April 16, 2015). "NARUTO Spin-Off! Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals". Facebook. Retrieved November 18, 2015. English dub cast Rock Lee played by Brian Donovan
    Might Guy played by Matt Mercer
    Neji played by Steve Cannon
    Tenten played by Danielle Nicole
    Sakura played by Johanna Luis
17. Sailor Moon [Sailor_Moon_NA] (April 3, 2015). "It's Prince Demande! #moonpanel" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
18. "Sailor Moon". Twitter. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
19. "Viz Media Reveals More English Dub Cast for Sailor Moon R Anime". April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
20. "DC Super Friends: The Brave & The Bald". YouTube. May 4, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
21. "The Bubbler". Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Season 1. Episode 1. December 6, 2015. Nickelodeon.
22. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (September 19, 2015). "Proud to be playing Bigfoot in the new series "Wabbit", premiering Monday on #CartoonNetwork!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
23. Batman: Bad Blood (film). 2016.
24. Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (film). 2015.
25. Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight (film). 2015.
26. "Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Rising 'New Driver' English Dub Clip Streamed". February 22, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
27. Beenox. The Amazing Spider-Man. Scene: Closing credits, 2;56 minutes in, Voice Overs, Additional Voice Over Actors.
28. Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. September 11, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
29. Blizzard Entertainment. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. Scene: Closing credits, 5:23 in, Voice Over, Additional Voices.
30. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:29 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
31. "indeed! :)". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
32. "Gears of War: Judgment Credits". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
33. "Thaaaaaaat is correct! Tell them what they've won!". twitter.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
34. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (April 2, 2015). "All you @PlayHearthstone players, keep an ear out for me in the new Blackrock Mountain Expansion as Grim Guzzler, Nefarian, & Ragnaros!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
35. Sucker Punch Productions. Infamous First Light. Scene: Closing credits, 1:18 minutes in, Additional Voice Acting by.
36. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (September 14, 2015). ""@Sololy_: @matthewmercer did you voice one "side" of the upcoming champion in league? It sounds an awful lot like you." @Sololy_ ....maybe? ;)" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
37. Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
38. Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
39. Konami (2015). Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Scene: Closing credits, 0:32 in, Cast.
40. "All in the Mighty Family! – Voice Cast for Mighty No. 9". mightyno9.com. February 10, 2015.
41. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (March 26, 2015). "With today's release of @Obsidian's #PillarsofEternity, I'm excited to announce I voice Edér & Aloth, as well as misc others. Enjoy, folks!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
42. Juba, Joe (December 11, 2014). "Get Candid With The Voice Actors Of Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell – Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell". Game Informer. – video, 2 minutes in
43. Matthew Mercer [matthewmercer] (January 21, 2015). "Go check out Saint's Row: Gat Out of Hell! I voice Blackbeard, demons, and the creepy weapon embodiment of murder, Gallows Dodger. ;)" (Tweet). Retrieved September 27, 2015.
44. "Behind The Voice Actors - Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
45. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
46. Toys for Bob. Skylanders: Trap Team. Scene: Closing credits, 8:40 in.
47. Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. Scene: Closing credits, 11:30 in, Voice Over Cast.
48. Mercer, Matthew (September 19, 2014). "I'm excited to announce that today launches the #LordsofWar short following the Orc Chieftain I voice in Warlords of Draenor... Kilrogg, leader of the Bleeding Hollow Clan!". Facebook.
49. Secret Wars Re-Enactment Society. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 22 March 2016 – via YouTube.
50. "Geek-Week -". Geek-Week. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

External links

• Matthew Mercer on Twitter
• Matthew Mercer at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Matthew Mercer at Behind the Voice Actors
• Matthew Mercer at the Internet Movie Database
• Info Page on ThereWillBeBrawl.com