Matthew Mercer

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Matthew Christopher Miller, known professionally as Matthew Mercer and Matt Mercer, is an American voice actor involved in English dubs of Japanese anime as well as cartoons, films and video games. In anime shows, he voiced Levi in Attack on Titan, Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero, Kanji Tatsumi for episodes 13-26 in Persona 4: The Animation and Trafalgar Law in the Funimation dub of One Piece. In video games, he voices Leon S. Kennedy in the Resident Evil series, Jack Cooper in Titanfall 2, Chrom in Fire Emblem Awakening, McCree in Overwatch, MacCready in Fallout 4 and Yusuke Kitagawa in Persona 5. In addition to voice-over, Mercer has developed some live-action web series including a Nintendo character parody called There Will Be Brawl and the Dungeons & Dragons gaming sessions called Critical Role, the latter of which is broadcast by Geek & Sundry.

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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 and Anime Matsuri. 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, 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 in several shows from Geek & Sundry and Nerdist.

Role-playing game web series hosting

Mercer is the Dungeon Master in the Geek & Sundry web series Critical Role, where he leads several other voice actors through a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. The show is described as "a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sit[ing] around and play[ing] Dungeons and Dragons". The show has aired over 110 episodes that typically run around 4-5 hours each. Mercer's work as Dungeon Master has led to a campaign book being published through Green Ronin Publishing called Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting.

In 2016, Mercer served as the Dungeon Master for Force Grey: Giant Hunters, which ran for 2 seasons. Season One starred Chris Hardwick, Shelby Fero, Ashley Johnson, Jonah Ray, and Utkarsh Ambudkar. Season Two's cast consisted of Joe Manganiello, Deborah Ann Woll, Brian Posehn, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Dylan Sprouse.

In 2017, Mercer was the Dungeon Master for the Nerdist show CelebriD&D, which puts D&D-playing celebrities into a small, mini-campaign where they are paired with some of the best role-players in the world. Celebrity guests such as Vin Diesel, Joe Manganiello, and John Bradley have also participated.

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Personal life

On October 14, 2016, Marisha Ray, a fellow voice actor and fellow member of the Critical Role cast announced her engagement to Mercer. They married on October 21, 2017.

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Filmography

Voice-over filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

Video games

Other media

Live-action filmography

Film

Television and web series

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