Matt Sloan (voice actor)

Matt Sloan
Matt Sloan
	Sloan on Beer & Board Games
Born	March 24, 1973 (age 51)
Occupations	Voice actor; director; writer; businessman; YouTuber;
Years active	1993–present

Last updated February 23, 2025

Matt 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 Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager , 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 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed ,^[6] and Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption . He also appeared as the voice of Darth Vader during an episode of Deal or No Deal .^[7]^[8] Sloan also played Vader for the comedy short promoting TomTom devices. He returned as Vader for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II . In 2012, Sloan voiced Darth Vader in both Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out 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,^[9] as well as providing his voice for a sketch in the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart .

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	The Splu Urtaf Show	Various / writer / producer / Director / editor / Composer / crew
2004	When the Lord Attacks	Preacher / writer / producer / crew
2004	My Old House	producer
2005	Channel 101: The Musical	Look Guy / Superhero / Self
2005-2006	Channy Awards	Self
2006	McCourt's in Session	Judge McCourt / (creator) / writer / producer / Director / editor
2006	Fun Rangers	Cody / (creator) / writer / producer / Director / editor / Composer
2007	Acceptable TV	writer/ Director
2008	YouTube Live	Chad Vader
2009	Water and Power	Guy / producer
2006-2012	Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager	Clint Shermer / Chad Vader / Baby Cookie / Champion J. Pepper / Trooper 1 / creator / executive producer / Director / editor / musician
2010-2011	Stupid for Movies	Chad Vader
2012	The Sean Ward Show	Chad Vader
2012	Vlogbrothers	Chad Vader
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Darth Vader (voice)	Television short
2014	Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles	Darth Vader (voice)	4 Episodes
2015	Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales ^[10]	Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Construction Worker 1 (voices)	3 Episodes
2015	The Daily Show ^[10]	Darth Vader	1 Episode
2005-2016	Super Shooter	Chief McAllister / Assassin / Foreign Dignitary / writer / producer / Director/ editor / Composer
2015	Death Battle	Darth Vader	Archive footage taken from Soulcalibur IV
2015-2016	Rated RPG	Brandon Brenson / Boswell / Leslie Wind / Dr. Louvre / Ed Krantz / Sam Elliott / Ron Latch / Inspector Stevens / Old Woman #1 / creator / Director / editor
2016	The Toycracker: A Mini Musical Spectacular	Darth Vader	Television short
2016-2017	Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures ^[10]	Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Others (voices)	16 Episodes
2017	Quick Reviews with Maverick^[10]	Self	2 Episodes
2020	The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special	Darth Vader
2021	Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales	Darth Vader
2023	Cinema 7	Randy	Television short
2024	Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy	Jedi Vader	2 Episodes
2011-	Beer and Board Games	Self / 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 Basement	Self - Host / Director / writer / producer / performer / editor / sound effects editor / Foley artist / costumer

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2006	Star Wars: Empire at War	Darth Vader
2008	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed		^[10]
	Zen Pinball
	Soulcalibur IV		English dub^[10]
2010	Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
2012	Kinect Star Wars
2012	FearFighter	Mad Scientist
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	Darth Vader
2015	Star Wars Battlefront
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2017	Star Wars Battlefront II

References

↑ "Welcome to the Basement - Marty (and Oscars)", timecode 22:22, March 4, 2016.
↑ Callender, David (October 15, 2007). "In a City Far, Far Away From Hollywood, the YouTube Tales of a Lesser Vader" . New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
↑ "Store Wars". Metro.co.uk. February 26, 2007. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
↑ Foleythe, Ryan J. (February 22, 2007). "Vader's brother: He's no Darth". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
↑ "Welcome to the Basement | About". December 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
↑ "The Game Has Changed". Vanity Fair. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2008.
↑ Mandel, Howie (host) (April 28, 2008). "Star Wars Winner Take All". Deal or No Deal. Season 3. Episode 61.
↑ Knutsen, Kristian (May 21, 2008). ""Chad Vader Training Video" series launched by Blame Society as prelude to TV hopes". Isthmus. Isthmus Community Media, Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
↑ Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0 . Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Matt Sloan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

External links

Matt Sloan at IMDb

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[1] "Welcome to the Basement - Marty (and Oscars)", timecode 22:22, March 4, 2016.

[ChadNYT1-2] Callender, David (October 15, 2007). "In a City Far, Far Away From Hollywood, the YouTube Tales of a Lesser Vader" . New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2007.

[ChadUK1-3] "Store Wars". Metro.co.uk. February 26, 2007. Archived from the original on September 10, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2007.

[ChadAP1-4] Foleythe, Ryan J. (February 22, 2007). "Vader's brother: He's no Darth". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2007.

[5] "Welcome to the Basement | About". December 14, 2012. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

[ChadVF1-6] "The Game Has Changed". Vanity Fair. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on September 23, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2008.

[7] Mandel, Howie (host) (April 28, 2008). "Star Wars Winner Take All". Deal or No Deal. Season 3. Episode 61.

[8] Knutsen, Kristian (May 21, 2008). ""Chad Vader Training Video" series launched by Blame Society as prelude to TV hopes". Isthmus. Isthmus Community Media, Inc. Retrieved October 10, 2024.

[9] Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0 . Scene: Closing credits, 5:39 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.

[btva-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Matt Sloan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (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 credits or other reliable sources of information). Archived from the original on November 27, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

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