Matt Sloan (voice actor) explained

Matt Sloan
Birth Date:1973 3, mf=y
Years Active:1993–present

Matrick P. Sloan (born March 24, 1973)[1] is an American voice actor, director, writer, and YouTuber from Madison, Wisconsin.[2] [3] He and his friend Aaron Yonda are notable as the co-creators of the web series , in which he voices the title character. Additionally, he appears in season one as the main antagonist, Clint. He later appeared in the first few episodes of the second series as Champion J. Pepper, Clint's father.[4] Since Chad Vader, he has gone on to voice Darth Vader in various Star Wars media as the sound double for James Earl Jones.

He hosts a movie reviewing and discussion show on YouTube called Welcome to the Basement[5] until April 2023 with his friend Craig Johnson as co-host, since then a rotating cast of friends and fellow improv performers. Furthermore, he leads regularly with Aaron Yonda in the web series Beer and Board Games.

Star Wars

As a voice actor, Sloan played Darth Vader in Soulcalibur IV. Sloan went on to reprise his role as the voice of Darth Vader in the LucasArts video games ,[6] and . He also appeared as the voice of Darth Vader during an episode of Deal or No Deal. Sloan also played Vader for the comedy short promoting TomTom devices. He returned as Vader for . In 2012, Sloan voiced Darth Vader in both and Kinect Star Wars. In 2015, Sloan returned to voice Vader in Disney Infinity 3.0, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Battlefront II and multiple Lego Star Wars shorts and television series,[7] as well as providing his voice for a sketch in the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Filmography

Television

Year Title RoleNotes
1993The Splu Urtaf ShowVarious / writer / producer / Director / editor / Composer / crew
2004When the Lord AttacksPreacher / writer / producer / crew
2004My Old Houseproducer
2005Channel 101: The MusicalLook Guy / Superhero / Self
2005-2006Channy AwardsSelf
2006McCourt's in SessionJudge McCourt / (creator) / writer / producer / Director / editor
2006Fun RangersCody / (creator) / writer / producer / Director / editor / Composer
2007Acceptable TVwriter/ Director
2008YouTube LiveChad Vader
2009Water and PowerGuy / producer
2006-2012Clint Shermer / Chad Vader / Baby Cookie / Champion J. Pepper / Trooper 1 / creator / executive producer / Director / editor / musician
2010-2011Stupid for MoviesChad Vader
2012The Sean Ward ShowChad Vader
2012VlogbrothersChad Vader
2012Darth Vader (voice)Television short
20144 Episodes
2015[8] Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Construction Worker 1 (voices)3 Episodes
2015The Daily ShowDarth Vader1 Episode
2005-2016Super ShooterChief McAllister / Assassin / Foreign Dignitary / writer / producer / Director/ editor / Composer
2015Death BattleDarth VaderArchive footage taken from Soulcalibur IV
2015-2016Rated RPGBrandon Brenson / Boswell / Leslie Wind / Dr. Louvre / Ed Krantz / Sam Elliott / Ron Latch / Inspector Stevens / Old Woman #1 / creator / Director / editor
2016-2017Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Others (voices)16 Episodes
2017Quick Reviews with MaverickSelf2 Episodes
2011-Beer and Board GamesSelf / Baby Cookie / Herb Kimmons / Lawrence Welk / Chad Vader / Sir Simon Shrieks / Sir Shrieks-A-Lot / Ol' Shitty Teeth / Terry Kwazo / creator / producer / Director
/ performer / writer / editor / Foley artist /
sound effects editor / adr loop group / costumer / drawings / camera operator / creative advisor / TV Series documentary
2012-Welcome to the BasementSelf - Host / Director / writer / producer / performer / editor / sound effects editor / Foley artist / costumer

Video games

Year Title Voice roleNotes
2006Darth Vader
2008
Zen Pinball
Soulcalibur IVEnglish dub
2010
2012Kinect Star Wars
2012FearFighterMad Scientist
2015Disney Infinity 3.0Darth Vader
Star Wars Battlefront
2016
2017Star Wars Battlefront II

See also

Notes and References

  1. "Welcome to the Basement - Marty (and Oscars)", timecode 22:22, March 4, 2016.
  2. News: registration . David . Callender . In a City Far, Far Away From Hollywood, the YouTube Tales of a Lesser Vader . New York Times . 2007-10-15 . 2007-10-15 . 2013-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130929114237/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/business/media/15chad.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin . live .
  3. News: Store Wars . Metro.co.uk . 2007-02-26 . 2007-10-15 . 2008-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080910094201/http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=39011 . live .
  4. News: Ryan J. . Foleythe . Vader's brother: He's no Darth . Associated Press . 2007-02-22 . 2007-07-07 . 2011-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110610013441/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=117760EA5DF46560&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM . live .
  5. Web site: Welcome to the Basement About . December 14, 2012 . 26 August 2020 . 28 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200128141628/http://welcometothebasementshow.com/about/ . live .
  6. News: The Game Has Changed . Vanity Fair . 2008-02-05 . 2008-02-06 . 2013-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923062242/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/03/lucas200803?currentPage=2 . live .
  7. . 2015 . Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of. Avalanche Software.
  8. Web site: Matt Sloan (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 26 August 2020 . 27 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191127191850/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Matt-Sloan/ . live . . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information..