Matt Hill

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Matt Hill
Born
Matthew Hill

(1968-01-19) January 19, 1968 (age 56)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • motivational speaker
  • marathon runner
Years active1983–present

Matthew Hill (born January 19, 1968) is a Canadian voice actor working for Ocean Productions. [1]

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Career

Hill's roles include Ed in Ed, Edd n Eddy , Kevin Keene/Captain N in Captain N: The Game Master , Kira Yamato in Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny , Raphael in Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation , Ryo Sanada in Ronin Warriors , Carlos in Transformers: Armada , Ironhide in Transformers: Energon , and Artha Penn and Dragon Booster in Dragon Booster . He is also the voice of the Wonderbolt Soarin' in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic .

Hill and Samuel Vincent are often cast together as friends, such as in the Cartoon Network programme Ed, Edd n Eddy , with Ed (Hill) & Edd (Vincent) and as the two protagonists of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise; Kira Yamato (Hill) and Athrun Zala (Vincent).

He has one of the most youthful and recognized voices in the voice acting community, often cast in teenage roles because of this. Hill's live-action role was his portrayal of Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation . He also played the deputy in the live-action movie Shanghai Knights , as well as a dramatized version of Jack Phillips in Titanic .

Besides acting, Hill is also an active athlete and avid marathon runner. He finished a year-long run around North America in 2008-2009, called the Run for One Planet. For the run, Hill ran a marathon nearly every day for one year in various cities across the United States and Canada and also gave school presentations and speaking events for environmental awareness.

Filmography

Voice roles

Anime (dubbing performances)

Animation

Live-action voice roles

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2000 Midtown Madness 2 Announcer
2002 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Andy the Wombat
2003 Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Teensies
2004 Def Jam: Fight for NY Hero (Clean Cut)
2004 World of Warcraft Male Gnome
2005 Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures Ed
2005 Inuyasha: Feudal Combat Bankotsu
2007 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Ortega
2009 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Ed
2010 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 Kira Yamato

Live-action roles

Film

Television

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References

  1. "Matt Hill- About Matt". matt-hill.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. "New Era". Kingdom. Episode 39. March 8, 2016. Event occurs at Closing credits. Funimation.
  3. "DQ Entertainment - Shows - Peterpan". Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
Preceded by Voice of Ironhide
2005
Succeeded by