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.
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Wood at the Brussels Comic Con in 2019 | |
Born | Matthew Russell Wood August 15, 1972 Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Sound engineer, voice actor |
Years active | 1990–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 |
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1996 | The Rock | Assistant sound designer |
1998 | Armageddon | Assistant sound designer |
2000 | Titan A.E. | Supervising sound editor |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | |
2007 | There Will Be Blood[1] | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | |
2008 | WALL-E[1] | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
2009 | Star Trek[1] | |
2011 | Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope | Remastered sound for Blu-ray release[1] |
2011 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | Remastered sound for Blu-ray release[1] |
2011 | Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | Remastered sound for Blu-ray release[1] |
2011 | Super 8[1] | |
2012 | The Master[1] | |
2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
2016 | Rogue One[1] | |
2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | |
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Sound Editing |
Voice acting
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Bib Fortuna, Ody Mandrell | Uncredited |
2002 | Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Megaloof, Seboca | Uncredited |
2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | General Grievous | |
2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Battle Droids | |
2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Additional Voices | |
2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Ello Asty, Quiggold, Niima Thug | Uncredited |
2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | Additional Voices | |
2017 | The Emoji Movie | ||
2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | Short film | |
2018 | Next Gen | ||
2019 | Knives Out | ||
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Coral Creature | Episode: "Reef Grief!" |
2008 | Robot Chicken | Fygar, Pooka, Guy | Episode: "President Evil" |
2008–14, 2020 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Battle Droids, General Grievous, Poggle the Lesser, Wat Tambor, Aqua Droid, Tagoo, Taggart, Derrown | 69 episodes |
2014–18 | Star Wars Rebels | Stormtrooper, B1-268, Battle Droids, Klik-Klak | 13 episodes |
2016–17 | Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures | Roger, IG-86, Additional Voices | 31 episodes |
2018 | Star Wars Forces of Destiny | IG-88 | Episode: "Triplecross" |
2018–2020 | Star Wars Resistance | Ello Asty, Kylo Ren, Additional Voices | 6 episodes |
2018 | Lego Star Wars: All-Stars | Roger, Poe Dameron, RO-HK, Kylo Ren | 5 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | General Grievous |
2005 | Star Wars: Battlefront II | General Grievous |
2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels | Battle Droids |
2009 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes | Battle Droids |
2009 | Brütal Legend | Fire Barons |
2010 | Clone Wars Adventures | General Grievous, Battle Droids, Wat Tambor, Poggle the Lesser, Additional Voices |
2011 | Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars | General Grievous, Battle Droids |
2012 | Kinect Star Wars | B1 Droid, B1 Trando, B2 Droid, Red 13, General Grievous |
2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | General Grievous, Battle Droids |
2016 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | General Grievous, Ello Asty, Quiggold |
2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II | General Grievous, Battle Droids, Kylo Ren (Masked) |
References
- Laporte, Leo. "Hour long interview with Matthew Wood". twit.tv. twit. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- "The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Storm Over Ryloth". Archived from the original on 2010-04-20.
- "The Clone Wars Episode Guide: Hostage Crisis". Archived from the original on 2010-03-28.
- "Get Star Wars Autographs at Comic-Con". Archived from the original on 2010-03-05.
External links
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