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Born | March 24, 1973 |
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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 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.
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 .[ episode needed ] 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, [7] as well as providing his voice for a sketch in the final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | 4 Episodes | |
2015 | Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales [8] | Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Construction Worker 1 (voices) | 3 Episodes |
2015 | The Daily Show [8] | 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 | |
2016-2017 | Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures [8] | Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Others (voices) | 16 Episodes |
2017 | Quick Reviews with Maverick [8] | Self | 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 |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2006 | Star Wars: Empire at War | Darth Vader | |
2008 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | [8] | |
Zen Pinball | |||
Soulcalibur IV | English dub [8] | ||
2010 | Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II | ||
2012 | Kinect Star Wars | ||
2012 | FearFighter | Mad Scientist | |
2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Darth Vader | |
Star Wars Battlefront | |||
2016 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | ||
2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II | ||
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