Matthew Russell Wood (born August 15, 1972) is an American sound editor and voice actor. He is a supervising sound editor at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. He also provides the voice of General Grievous in the '' Star Wars'' franchise.

Career

Starting at Lucasfilm as a game tester at

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, 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 ''

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'' 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

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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

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. In the series, he once again voiced Grievous as well as Wat Tambor, HELIOS-3D, senate guards, the battle droids and Poggle the Lesser. He provided the voice of RO-GR/Roger, a reprogrammed battle droid in '' Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures''. He has received five

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nominations for Sound Editing: for

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’s ''

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'' at the

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, for the

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sci-fi film ''

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'' at the

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, for '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' at the

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, for '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' at the

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, and for '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' at the

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. Wood made an appearance in

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's '' Robot Chicken'' in 2008.

Filmography

Sound editing

Voice acting

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Matthew Wood - Skywalker Sound
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