Matt Wilkinson is an English playwright, director and voice artist. He trained at the

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Career

Acting

Early in his career Wilkinson performed on stage and screen. He took roles in 1998's ''The Avengers'' and '' The Tichborne Claimant'' directed by

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and ''

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''. He appeared in the

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series ''Shackleton'' and the 2002

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films ''

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'' and ''About a Boy''''.'' In 2005, he played Fingerman in ''V for Vendetta'' (

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Voice work

Wilkinson has voiced multiple radio and TV advertisements including the iconic series ''If Carlsberg did.'' In 2006 he played Scott in ''Blizzard: Race to the Pole'' and narrated series 2 ''Cops With Cameras''. His first role in animation was Weasel in ''

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''. Further work followed with ''

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'', '' Empire Square'' (produced and directed by Blur's

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), ''

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'' and the title role in the English dub of ''

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''. Wilkinson has voiced over 20 characters in the UK and US dubs of ''

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'' including Rocky, Spencer, Victor, Kevin and Diesel 10. He featured in ''Trust Me I'm A Genie'', ''

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'', ''The Unbeatables'', ''Doctor Who: Tales from New Earth'' and ''

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''. He voiced Fastanfurius in the English cast version of Netflix's 2025 ''Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight''. His video game roles include the voice of Murmur in '' Hellgate: London''.

Writing and directing

In 2002 Wilkinson wrote and directed his first play ''Sun is Shining'' about an explosive love affair between a British Chinese trader and a Glaswegian artist. A sell-out at the

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, London and BAC Time Out Critics' Choice season (2003), it transferred to the Brits Off Broadway Festival] at

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in New York in 2004. In 2003 Wilkinson co-adapted and performed in ''Red Demon'' by

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. It played at the

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and Theatre Cocoon, Tokyo. His play ''Red Sea Fish'' (Brighton Dome Studio ,

, New York) was staged in 2009. Since 2015 Wilkinson has collaborated with producer

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. That year he wrote and directed ''My Eyes Went Dark'' at the

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. Starring Cal MacAninch and

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it was nominated for three Off West End Awards including Best Play. The production transferred to the

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, Edinburgh 2016 and

New York 2017. In 2021 he wrote and directed ''Psychodrama'' as a pop-up in North London. It received Off West End Award nominations for Lead Performance in a Play:

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and Sound Design: Gareth Fry. The show transferred to the

for the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 where it was nominated for Off Fest Award for Best Theatre. In 2024 Wilkinson directed the UK premiere of the Tony-nominated The Sound Inside by

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as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, Matt Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art British male television actors British male film actors British male voice actors