| Matthew Yang King | |
| Education: | New York University (BFA) |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
| Children: | 3 |
Matt Yang King is an American actor. He appears in the Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender as Appa and Momo, in Pixar's Elemental and the Netflix series Not Quite Narwhal, as well as Riverdale, Powers, 24, Strong Medicine, and Numbers. He created the short films The World of Steam, The Duelist and has provided voiceover work for numerous television shows, video games, and commercials including Love, Death & Robots, Studio Ghibli's 25th Anniversary English dub of Only Yesterday with Daisy Ridley, the World of Warcraft franchise, Cyberpunk 2077, , Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Fortnite, Supah Ninjas, and Marvel Heroes.
King studied acting at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and lived in New York until 1998, when he left to tour the United States with the musical Titanic, playing Quartermaster Robert Hichens and Bandsman Bricoux.[1] The tour began in Los Angeles.[2]
King has provided numerous voices for television, film, and video games, from the voice of the Host in "The Witness" and Liang and Renshu in "Good Hunting". His work includes Father and Kozou in Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday, Illidan Stormrage in the World of Warcraft franchise, The Persuader in Bruce Timm's Justice League vs The Fatal Five, The Atom in Injustice 2, Eian in Batman Ninja, and the voices of Splinter and Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). King is the voice of Apple in numerous television ads and also voiced both Liu Kang and Fujin in Mortal Kombat 11 and also voiced Kung Lao in the animated film .[3]
Additionally, King was one of the creators and hosts of the long-running podcast, GeeksOn,[4] with Aaron Hendricks, Donald Marshall, and Peter Gamble Robinson.
King has had recurring roles on Riverdale, Numbers, 24, and Strong Medicine. He starred opposite Danny Huston in the Bernard Rose film The Kreutzer Sonata, which also features King playing the violin.
King's stage credits include the first Broadway touring production of Titanic: The Musical, East West Players' Yankee Dawg You Die[5] as Bradley with Sab Shimono and The Tempest[6] as Caliban[7] with fellow NYU Tisch alumnus Daniel Dae Kim, and an NAACP award-winning hip-hop version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona called 2G's at Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater.[8]
Frustrated with playing stereotypically Asian roles in the early-mid 2000s, King began writing to create roles for minority actors "that people felt they could wrap their brains around that were about being ethnic...[and] racism."[9] The Harrowing, his script with Peter Gamble featuring an African-American man as the lead in a horror film is in development.
In 2017, King collaborated with cartoonist Ellipsis Stephens and fellow producers Phil LaMarr and Danielle Stephens to bring Stephen's webcomic, Goblins, to life as an animated series. The Goblins Animated campaign on Indiegogo was to produce a five-minute long mega-trailer/pilot that could be used to garner more interest in the project.[10] King himself voices one of the characters, Fumbles. Notable voice actors make up the rest of the cast, including Phil LaMarr as Complains of Names, Billy West as Minmax, Maurice LaMarche as Forgath, Jim Cummings as Thaco, Tara Strong as Saves a Fox, Matthew Mercer as Big Ears, Jennifer Hale as Kin, and Steve Blum as Kore. The mega-trailer is currently under production.
In 2012, King created a Kickstarter project for his steampunk webseries called The World of Steam.[11] Written, directed, and produced by King, the show is set in a Twilight Zone-type steampunk universe and featured Scott Folsom, Gail Folsom, Gina Torres, Mido Hamada, Karl E. Landler, Julian Curtis, Robin Atkin Downes, and King himself as the host, Mr. Liang. At the time, the series was the highest-grossing webseries ever on Kickstarter.[12] The first episode, The Clockwork Heart, was released as a webisode in 2013 and contains music by composer Bear McCreary. The remainder of the series is still in the works and is being developed for television.[13]
After the creation of the World of Steam webseries in 2012, King was seen as a leader in the Steampunk creative community.[14] [15] As a result, he was invited to serve as one of the three judges on the first-ever network Steampunk-themed reality show, Game Show Network's Steampunk'd in 2015. King cites his Steampunk influces as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, H.P. Lovecraft, K.W. Jeter, Robert Howard, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and China Mieville,[16] among others. He collaborated with Scott and Gail Folsom from the League of STEAM on the pilot episode for the World of Steam, "The Clockwork Heart," and was cited in the 2016 book, Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures, edited by Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall.[17] His Love, Death and Robots episode, "Good Hunting," is Asian-inspired Steampunk.[18] King has appeared at various Steampunk conventions as a presenter and judge, and is currently collaborating with Cheyenne Wright of Girl Genius on a new Steampunk project called The Cabinet of Curiosities.
| 2009 | VCON 34[19] | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[20] | Guest of Honor: GeeksOn podcast | ||
| 2014 | Midwest Media Expo (M2X)[21] | Detroit, Michigan[22] | Panel host/panelist: The World of Steam | Inaugural year for this convention | |
| 2018 | Clockwork Alchemy[23] | Burlingame, California[24] | Speaker and presenter |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Dr. Yeung | Episode: "Blue Christmas" | |
| 2001 | ER | Rick | Episode: "Four Corners" | |
| 2002 | MDs | 2nd Year Student | Episode: "Time of Death" | |
| 2002 | The West Wing | Staffer | Episode: "Hartsfield's Landing" | |
| 2002 | Friends | The Student | Episode: "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" | |
| 2003 | Threat Matrix | Broker #2 | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2003 | The Even Stevens Movie | Scott | TV movie | |
| 2003 | Frasier | Thad | Episode: "Daphne Does Dinner" | |
| 2003–2006 | Strong Medicine | Dr. Matt Linn / First Year / First Year Medical Student | 27 episodes | |
| 2004 | It's All Relative | Matthew | Episode: "Our Sauce, It Is a Beauty" | |
| 2005 | The New Partridge Family | Benjamin | TV movie | |
| 2005 | Yak #2 | Episode: "Snakes" | ||
| 2005–2010 | Numbers | Matt Li / Technician / Crime Scene Tech / Tech / FBI Tech Agent / FBI Computer Tech #1 / FBI Tech Agent #2 | 14 episodes | |
| 2007 | Kim Wey | Episodes: "Child's Play" | ||
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Tommy Woo | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Washington Field | SA Mark Chen | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Bones | Dr. Marcus Scheer | Episode: "The Cinderella in the Cardboard" | |
| 2010 | Hub Exclusive: G.I. Joe Renegades & Transformers Prime | Himself / Interviewee | TV short | |
| 2010 | 24 | Agent King | 4 episodes | |
| 2011 | NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service | Min Ho Kwon | Episode: "A Man Walks Into a Bar..." | |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | Detective Harrison Chen | Episode: "Magnificent Light" | |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Tsung Mai | Episode: "Communion" | |
| 2013–2015 | The World of Steam | Mr. Liang, Producer, Writer, Director, co-director, Executive Producer | Webseries creator; Funded through Kickstarter | |
| 2015 | Steampunk'd | Himself - Judge | 8 episodes | |
| 2015 | Revenge | Agent Lin | Episode: "Bait" | |
| 2016 | The Last Ship | Zhou | Episode: "Legacy" | |
| 2016 | Powers | THX | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | Grimm | Jin Akagi | Episode: "Inugami" | |
| 2017 | Lucifer | Adrian Yates | Episode: "Welcome Back, Charlotte Richards" | |
| 2017 | Training Day | Agent Lawrence Park | Episode: "Faultlines" | |
| 2017 | Rosewood | Jason Hiyashi | Episode: "Radiation & Rough Landings" | |
| 2017 | Hashtag Awareness: The Webseries | Todd | Episode: The One Where Tim is a Creeper" | |
| 2018 | Code Black | Pilot Randy Woodman | Episode: "Cabin Pressure" | |
| 2018 | 9-1-1 | Actor | Episode: "Next of Kin" | |
| 2018–2022 | Riverdale | Marty Mantle | 7 episodes | |
| 2019 | Cabinet of Curiosities | Director, writer | Episode: "The Secret Language of Flowers" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Species III | Specialist Robert Kelley | ||
| 2005 | Call Center | Sam | Short film | |
| 2008 | Stunts (motion capture) | |||
| 2008 | The Kreutzer Sonata | Aiden | ||
| 2010 | Acts of Violence | Bob | ||
| 2011 | How to Spot a Narcissist | Narcissist Matt | Short film | |
| 2012 | Red Dawn | North Korean Soldier | ||
| 2013 | Sid the Science Kid: The Movie | Yang Yang | ||
| 2016 | Loveology | Rev. James | Short film | |
| 2016 | The Short Sale | The Gun | Short film | |
| 2016 | Garbage Day | Director, executive producer, Writer | Short film | |
| 2020 | Sightless | Doctor Katsuro | ||
| TBA | Afterthoughts (in production) | Detective Jay Vittidini | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Turok: Son of Stone | Young Nashoba / Young Cliff Brave | ||
| 2009 | Trail of the Panda | Scientist | Uncredited; English dub | |
| 2012 | Hipster Holocaust | Narrator | Short film | |
| 2012 | Back to the Sea | Dabao | ||
| 2015 | Stephen Shin | |||
| 2016 | Only Yesterday | Father / Kazou | 25th Anniversary; English dub | |
| 2016 | TMNT: Don vs Raph | Splinter / Shredder | Short film | |
| 2018 | Batman Ninja | Eian | English dub | |
| 2018 | Sitting Duck | John | Short film | |
| 2019 | Justice League vs. the Fatal Five | Persuader | ||
| 2021 | Koketsu | Credited as Matt Yang King | ||
| 2021 | Luka | Credited as Matt Yang King | ||
| 2021 | Kung Lao | |||
| 2023 | Elemental | Alan Ripple / Lutz / Earth Pruner | Credited as Matt Yang King | |
| 2023 | Concierge / Costumed Man | [25] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Naruto | Sumaru | 6 episodes; English dub | |
| 2010–2011 | Tunnel Rat / Nicky Lee / Cobra Guard / Operations Tech / Pilot / Cobra Guard #1 / Torch / County Clerk / Technician / Cobra Trooper #3 | 25 episodes | ||
| 2011–2013 | Supah Ninjas | Yamato | 32 episodes | |
| 2014 | Regular Show | Surfer 2 / Merle / Yuji | 2 episodes | |
| 2016–2017 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Simacore / Computer Voice | 2 episodes | |
| 2016 | New Looney Tunes | Male Executive | Episode: "Bugs of Steel" | |
| 2018–present | Baki | Tokugawa / Shibukawa | 11 episodes; English dub | |
| 2019 | The Lion Guard | Bambun / Dughi / Old Civet | 4 episodes | |
| 2019 | Goblins Animated | Fumbles / Producer | Mega trailer | |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Adult Liang / Renshu / Young Man / Host | 2 episodes; Credited as Matt Yang King | |
| 2021 | Trese | Captain Guerrero / Dominic | ||
| 2022 | Robot Chicken | Scorpion / Dogbert | Episode: "May Cause a Squeakquel" | |
| 2023 | Abominable and the Invisible City | Mr. Lung | Episode: Shack Attack | |
| 2024 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Appa / Momo | [26] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Illidan Stormrage | Named the #1 most iconic character Blizzard ever created by Comic Book Resources in 2018 | |||
| 2003 | Illidan Stormrage | Named the #1 most iconic character Blizzard ever created by Comic Book Resources in 2018 | |||
| 2004 | Transformers | Unicron | |||
| 2007 | Pirates #4 | ||||
| 2008 | Valkyria Chronicles | Maximilian | English dub | ||
| 2008 | The Allies - China | ||||
| 2009 | The Saboteur | Kwong / Louis / Franz | |||
| 2009 | Additional voices | ||||
| 2009 | Pirate | ||||
| 2009 | Infamous | Male Pedestrian | |||
| 2010 | Valkyria Chronicles II | Maximilian | English dub | ||
| 2010 | Actor | ||||
| 2010 | Alpha Protocol | Konstantin Brayko | |||
| 2010 | Tseng | ||||
| 2011 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | Additional voices | English dub | ||
| 2011 | Additional voices | ||||
| 2011 | Pirate (Multiplayer) | ||||
| 2011 | Tiger 1 | English dub | |||
| 2011 | Nicktoons MLB | Perch Perkins | |||
| 2011 | Additional voices | ||||
| 2011 | Might & Magic Heroes VI | Changbo | |||
| 2012 | Actor | ||||
| 2012 | Soldier | ||||
| 2012 | Resident Evil 6 | Enemies | |||
| 2012 | Pandaren Male Player Character | ||||
| 2012 | Diablo III | Additional voices | |||
| 2013 | Additional voices | English dub | |||
| 2013 | Skylanders: SWAP Force | Fright Rider | |||
| 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Shredder | |||
| 2013 | Marvel Heroes | Human Torch / Deadpool | |||
| 2013 | BioShock Infinite | Additional voices | |||
| 2014 | Fright Rider / Molekin Miner Wispy / Kangarat 2 | ||||
| 2014 | Voice Acting Ensemble | ||||
| 2014 | Additional voices | ||||
| 2014 | Hearthstone | Actor | |||
| 2015 | Fallout 4 | Justin Ayo / Male Raiders | |||
| 2015 | Pirates | Archive sound | |||
| 2015 | Fright Rider | ||||
| 2016 | Master Windstrong / Cato / Margrave Dhakar | ||||
| 2017 | Agents of Mayhem | Agent Oni (Masamune Senichi) | |||
| 2017 | Fortnite | Merry Munchkin Gingerbread Pet | |||
| 2017 | Injustice 2 | The Atom / Ryan Choi | |||
| 2018 | Actor | ||||
| 2019 | Human Torch / Insectoids | Shadow of Doom DLC | |||
| 2019 | Death Stranding | Thomas Southerland | Voice actor; motion capture by Edgar Wright | ||
| 2019 | Judgment | Kazuya Ayabe | English dub | ||
| 2019–2020 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Liu Kang, Fujin | Also in Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate | ||
| 2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Kerry Eurodyne | Credited as Matt Yang King | ||
| 2020 | Ghost of Tsushima | Additional voices | English dub; Credited as Matt King | ||
| 2020 | Verge | ||||
| 2020 | Final Fantasy VII Remake | Additional voices | English dub; Credited as Matt Yang King | ||
| 2020 | Illidan Stormrage | Named the #1 most iconic character Blizzard ever created by Comic Book Resources in 2018 | |||
| 2021 | Lost Judgment | Kazuki Soma | English dub; Credited as Matt Y. King | ||
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | KorTac Group 1 / Oroku "Shredder" Saki | Credited as Matt King | ||
| 2023 | Mortal Kombat 1 | Liu Kang | [27] | ||
| Liu Kang, Fujin | [28] | ||||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III | Pham "Enigma" Lan Minh | ||||
| 2024 | Eric Tomizawa | English dub | [29] | ||
| Rosewater | Danny Luo, Apothecary | [30] |
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Titanic: A New Musical | Quartermaster Robert Hichens, Bandsman Bricoux, 3rd Class Passenger | Original Broadway National Tour | ||
| 2000 | 2G's (The Two Gentlemen of Verona) | Company | Sacred Fools Theater Company | Winner of 2 NAACP awards, nominated for 7 | |
| 2001 | Yankee Dawg You Die | Bradley | East West Players | ||
| 2002 | The Tempest | Caliban | East West Players | ||
| 2005 | Ten Thousand Years | Yoshida | El Portal Forum Theatre | World premiere |
| 2007 | Words From Here Short Script Competition[31] | 1st Place | The Harrowing | With Peter Gamble Prize no longer awarded | ||
| 2010 | Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition[32] | The Harrowing | Runner Up[33] | With Peter Gamble | ||
| 2011 | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | Young Screenwriter's Award | The Harrowing | With Peter Gamble | ||
| 2011 | CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) Digital Marketing Initiative[34] | CAPE New Writer's Award | The Harrowing | With Peter Gamble | ||
| 2011 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards[35] | BTVA Television Voice Acting AwardBest Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series | (2010) | |||
| 2014 | Steampunk Chronicle Readers Choice Awards[36] | Best Steampunk Script | The Duelist | |||
| 2016 | Behind the Voice Actors Awards[37] | BTVA Anime Dub Movie/Special Voice Acting Award Best Vocal Ensemble in an Anime Feature Film/Special | Only Yesterday | |||
| 2017 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting | DownTown | Semi-Finalist[38] / Top 50[39] | ||
| 2018 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting | The Life and Death of Edison Chen | Semi-Finalist / Top 25 |