Matthew Wood (sound editor)

Matthew Russell Wood (born August 15, 1972) is an American sound editor and voice actor. For the last 28 years, he has worked on numerous film projects, his work being credited as sound editing and sound design. He has been an innovative force within the industry, pioneering new technologies for motion pictures. He is a supervising sound editor at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. He also voices General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and various video games.

Matthew Wood
Wood at the Brussels Comic Con in 2019
Born
Matthew Russell Wood

(1972-08-15) August 15, 1972
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
OccupationSound engineer, voice actor
Years active1990–present

Career

Starting at Lucasfilm as a game tester at LucasArts,[1] Wood then moved to the company's sound department and worked on all three films of the Star Wars prequel trilogy as supervising sound editor and also did an uncredited acting role in The Phantom Menace as Bib Fortuna and the voice of Ody Mandrell. In Attack of the Clones, he played Seboca and Magaloof. In Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, in addition to a brief appearance as Orn Free Taa, Wood plays the voice role of General Grievous, a role originated by voice actors John DiMaggio and Richard McGonagle in the series Star Wars: Clone Wars. In the film, he dubbed the voice of stuntman Kyle Rowling, who played General Grievous utilizing motion capture.

He would later come back to work with the Star Wars expanded universe. He reprised his voice role of General Grievous in General Grievous Halloween audiocast as well as all video game appearances of Grievous with the exception of Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron where Grievous was played by David W. Collins. He reprised his role as General Grievous and the battle droids in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film and associated television series. In the series, he once again voiced Grievous as well as Wat Tambor,[2] HELIOS-3D,[3] senate guards,[3] the battle droids[3] and Poggle the Lesser.[4] He provided the voice of RO-GR/Roger, a reprogrammed battle droid in Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures.

He has received five Academy Award nominations for Sound Editing: for Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood at the 80th Academy Awards, for the Pixar sci-fi film WALL-E at the 81st Academy Awards, for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at the 88th Academy Awards, for Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the 90th Academy Awards, and for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker at the 92nd Academy Awards.

Wood made an appearance in Adult Swim's Robot Chicken in 2008.

Filmography

Sound editing
Year Title Notes
1996The RockAssistant sound designer
1998ArmageddonAssistant sound designer
2000Titan A.E.Supervising sound editor
2005Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2007There Will Be Blood[1]Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008WALL-E[1]Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
2009Star Trek[1]
2011Star Wars: Episode IV – A New HopeRemastered sound for Blu-ray release[1]
2011Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes BackRemastered sound for Blu-ray release[1]
2011Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the JediRemastered sound for Blu-ray release[1]
2011Super 8[1]
2012The Master[1]
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensNominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
2016Rogue One[1]
2017Star Wars: The Last JediNominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
2018Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerNominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Voice acting

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceBib Fortuna, Ody MandrellUncredited
2002Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesMegaloof, SebocaUncredited
2005Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the SithGeneral Grievous
2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsBattle Droids
2013Star Trek Into DarknessAdditional Voices
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensEllo Asty, Quiggold, Niima ThugUncredited
2017Smurfs: The Lost VillageAdditional Voices
2017The Emoji Movie
2017Olaf's Frozen AdventureShort film
2018Next Gen
2019Knives Out
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2005What's New, Scooby-Doo?Coral CreatureEpisode: "Reef Grief!"
2008Robot ChickenFygar, Pooka, GuyEpisode: "President Evil"
2008–14, 2020Star Wars: The Clone WarsBattle Droids, General Grievous, Poggle the Lesser,
Wat Tambor, Aqua Droid, Tagoo, Taggart, Derrown		69 episodes
2014–18Star Wars RebelsStormtrooper, B1-268, Battle Droids, Klik-Klak13 episodes
2016–17Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker AdventuresRoger, IG-86, Additional Voices31 episodes
2018Star Wars Forces of DestinyIG-88Episode: "Triplecross"
2018–2020Star Wars ResistanceEllo Asty, Kylo Ren, Additional Voices6 episodes
2018Lego Star Wars: All-StarsRoger, Poe Dameron, RO-HK, Kylo Ren5 episodes

Video games
YearTitleRole
2005Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the SithGeneral Grievous
2005Star Wars: Battlefront II General Grievous
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber DuelsBattle Droids
2009Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Battle Droids
2009Brütal LegendFire Barons
2010Clone Wars AdventuresGeneral Grievous, Battle Droids, Wat Tambor, Poggle the Lesser, Additional Voices
2011Lego Star Wars III: The Clone WarsGeneral Grievous, Battle Droids
2012Kinect Star WarsB1 Droid, B1 Trando, B2 Droid, Red 13, General Grievous
2015Disney Infinity 3.0General Grievous, Battle Droids
2016Lego Star Wars: The Force AwakensGeneral Grievous, Ello Asty, Quiggold
2017Star Wars Battlefront IIGeneral Grievous, Battle Droids, Kylo Ren (Masked)
gollark: That makes sense thus it cannot happen.
gollark: Blame heavpoot. I am stuck looking at his awful code whenever it does things.
gollark: By character, I think?
gollark: I could turn up the order but I think that might break on the already-trained instances.
gollark: It isn't very coherent, it was only good before because overfitting or something.

References
  1. Laporte, Leo. "Hour long interview with Matthew Wood". twit.tv. twit. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. "The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth". Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
  3. "The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis". Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.
  4. "Get Star Wars Autographs at Comic-Con". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05.
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