Matthew Hill (born January 19, 1968) is a Canadian voice actor working for
Ocean Productions
Ocean Productions, Inc., is a Canadian media production and voice acting company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that is part of the Ocean Group of businesses. Ocean Group is involved in intellectual property acquisition and development, ...
.
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
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
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
Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on ...
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
is a fictional character from the Japanese science fiction anime television series '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and its sequel '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', part of the Gundam franchise. In the former, Athrun Zala is introduced as a memb ...
(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
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
in ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III'' (subtitled ''Turtles in Time'' in some home media releases) is a 1993 superhero film based on the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Written and directed ...
'' 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
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers a ...
''.
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 and his former running partner Stephanie Tait 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)
*''
Battle B-Daman'' – Announcer Guy
*''
Beyblade Burst'' — Rantaro Kiyama (Seasons 1–2, replaced by Kevin K. Gomez)
*''
Cardcaptors'' –
Kero (borrowed form)
*''
Galaxy Angel A'' – Cat Bandit
*''
Gundam Seed'' –
Kira Yamato
*''
Gundam Seed Special Edition'' –
Kira Yamato
*''
Gundam Seed Destiny'' –
Kira Yamato
*''
Gundam Seed Destiny Special Edition'' –
Kira Yamato
*''
.hack//Roots'' – Hideyo
*''
Hakkenden'' – Gakuso
*''
Hamtaro'' – Roberto
*''Hello Carbot'' — S-Line and Sonic Boom
*''
Inuyasha'' –
Bankotsu
*''
Kingdom'' series – Mou Ten
*''
Little Battlers Experience
, or simply ''LBX'', is a series of action role-playing video games created by Level-5, involving small plastic model robots known as LBXs (standing for "Little Battler eXperience") that fight on dioramas made out of cardboard, with the main ...
'' – Keita Morigami
*''
Master Keaton'' – Dean
*''
MegaMan NT Warrior
is an anime and manga series based on the ''Mega Man Battle Network'' series by Capcom, both using the same name but heavily diverging from each other in terms of plot. The manga series was written by Ryo Takamisaki and ran in Shogaku ...
'' –
Bass.EXE, AquaMan.EXE
*''
Mirmo!'' – Tako
*''
Mobile Suit Gundam
, also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...
'' – Additional Voices
*''
Monster Rancher'' – Mew
*''
Please Save My Earth'' – Mikuro
*''
Powerpuff Girls Z'' – Poochi
*''
Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...
'' – Pantyhose Taro (season 6–7)
*''
Ronin Warriors/Yoroiden Samurai Troopers'' –
Ryo Sanada (真田 リョウ)
*''
Star Ocean EX'' TV Series – Claude C. Kenni
*''
Tara Duncan'' – Caliban Dal Salan
*''
Transformers: Armada'' – Carlos
*''
Transformers: Energon'' – Carlos, Ironhide
*''
Tobot'' — Tobot Y
Animation
*''Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon (2003)''-Zack
*''2 Cool at the Pocket Plaza'' – Eric Wilder, Todd
*''A Kidnapping in the Family'' – Chris Landers
*''A Fairytale Christmas'' – Dash, Bandit #1
*''
A Monkey's Tale
''A Monkey's Tale'' (; literally "The Castle of Monkeys") is a feature-length animated film directed by Jean-François Laguionie. It was released in 1999, and won the Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the fifth Kecskemét Animation Film Fest ...
'' – Kom
*''Alexis and Milton'' – Bully
*''Ardie the Aardvark'' – Irwin the Ant
*''
The Barbie Diaries'' – Kevin
*''Battery Mates'' – Danny
*''
Bible Stories'' – Young Traveller
*''
Billy the Cat'' – Swift K.I.D.
*''
Captain N: The Game Master'' –
Kevin Keene
*''
Cosmic Quantum Ray'' – Scott
*''
Courage the Cowardly Dog'' – Teddy Bears
*''
Crash of the Titans
''Crash of the Titans'' is a 2007 platform game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox 360. It is the first game in the '' Crash Bandicoot'' series not to h ...
'' – Additional Voices
*''
Dead Like Me'' – Icarus Jones
*''
Def Jam: Fight for NY'' – Clean Cut
*''
Dino Babies'' – Stanley
*''Dogboy'' – Narrator
*''
Dragon Booster'' – Artha Penn, Dragon Booster
*''
Dragon Tales
''Dragon Tales'' is an animated educational television, educational Fantasy fiction, fantasy children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker, developed by Coane, Wesley Eure, Jeffrey Scott, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser, and pr ...
'' – The Grudge
*''
Ed, Edd n Eddy'' – Ed
*''
Fat Dog Mendoza'' – Additional Voices
*''
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture'' – Laocorn Gaudeamus,
Duck King
*''
February 15, 1839'' – Soldat McDonald
*''
Finley the Fire Engine'' – Miguel
*''
Firehouse Tales'' – Additional Voices
*''
Fish Hooks
A fish hook or fishhook, formerly also called an angle (from Old English ''angol'' and Proto-Germanic ''*angulaz''), is a hook used to fishing, catch fish either by piercing and embedding onto the inside of the fish jaw, fish mouth (angling) or, ...
'' – Animal Control Guy #1, Delivery Guy
*''Funky Fables'' – Various
*''
G.I. Joe Extreme'' – Matthew 'Metal Head' Hurley
*''
G.I. Joe: Spy Troops'' –
Beach Head
*''
Generation O!'' – Buzz O!
*''
George of the Jungle
''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series produced and created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who also created '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends''. The character George was inspired by the story of ...
'' – Additional Voices
*''
GeoTrax'' – Eric
*''High School Lives'' – Billy
*''
Home Movies'' – Fireman, Hotel Manager
*''
Hurricanes
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
'' – Indian Boy
*''
Jetix
Jetix (stylized in all caps) was a children's entertainment brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The brand was for a slate of action and adventure-related programming blocks and television channels. Jetix programming mainly originated fr ...
'' – Voice
*''Johnnor in Japan'' – Johnnor Symmes
*''Journey to GloE'' - Bear
*''LeapFrog'' – Additional Voices
*''
Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' – Kato Stewart
*''
¡Mucha Lucha!'' – Timmy of a Thousand Masks
*''
Madeline
''Madeline'' is a media franchise that originated as a series of children's books written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans. The books have been adapted into numerous formats, spawning telefilms, television series and a live action feature fi ...
'' – Additional Voices
*''
Madison'' – Billy
*''
Make Way for Noddy'' – Whizz (US Dub)
*''
Martha Speaks'' – Kazuo
*''
Martin Mystery'' – Antonio
*''
Melrose Place'' – Hank
*''
Monster Rancher'' – Mew
*''
Mr. Bean'' (animated series) – Additional Voices
*''
Mummies Alive!'' – Additional Voices
*''
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' – Soarin', Spear
*''
NBA Street Vol. 2'' – Various
*''
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'' – Raphael (voice)
*''
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
''Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures'', known in Japan as is an animated television series produced by 41 Entertainment, Arad Productions, a partnership between Sprite Animation Studios and OLM, Inc., and Bandai Namco Entertainment for Tokyo ...
'' – Skeebo
*''
Polly Pocket: Lunar Eclipse'' – Todd
*''
Polly Pocket 2: Cool at the Pocket Plaza'' – Todd/Eric Wilder
*''
PollyWorld'' – Todd/DJ (voice)
*''
Rainbow Fish'' – Barry Cuda
*''
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie'' – Arrow/Donner (voice)
*''
Sabrina's Secret Life'' – Additional Voices
*''
Shadow Raiders'' – Prince Pyrus
*''
Silverwing'' - Chinook
*''
Sitting Ducks'' – Additional Voices
*''
Sleepwalkers'' – Andy
*''
Slugterra
''Slugterra'' is a Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke. The series was produced by the Canadian animation studio Nerd Corps Entertainment, later part of DHX Media (now known as "WildBrain"). It premiered on Disney XD ...
'' – Mario Brevado
*''
Special Unit 2'' – Richie
*''
Street Fighter
is a Media mix, Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom. Street Fighter 1, The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by List of Street Fighter video games, six other ma ...
'' – Gang Kid, Henchman
*''
Street Sharks'' – Jab/Clint Bolton
*''
Taken'' – Willie
*''
The Bots Master'' – Watzon
*''
The Adventures of the Black Stallion
''The Adventures of the Black Stallion'' is a drama television series that starred Mickey Rooney and Richard Ian Cox, as a trainer and a teenaged horse racer and was loosely based on '' The Black Stallion'' book series by Walter Farley. The se ...
'' – Danny Booth
*''The Adventures of Corduroy'' – Corduroy
*''
The Baby Huey Show
''The Baby Huey Show'' is an animated television series that ran in syndication during the 1994–95 and 1995–96 TV seasons. The show featured the Harvey Comics character Baby Huey. 26 episodes were produced by combining old theatrical Famous S ...
'' – Bully
*''
The Barbie Diaries'' – Kevin
*''
The Condor'' – Skragg
*''
The Little Prince'' – Sahara (Planet of the Amicopes)
*''The New Adventures of Peter Pan'' – Peter Pan
*''
The Sentinel'' – Deputy Toliver
*''
The Ten Commandments'' – Joshua
*''
Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers a ...
'' – Phillips
*''
Trollz'' – Rock Trollhammer
*''
War Planets'' – Prince Pyrus
*''Wendell, Son of Santa'' – Various
*''Wondrous Myths and Legends'' – Broden
*''
X-Men: Evolution'' –
Havok/Alex Masters
*''
X-Play'' – The Teenies
*''
Zigby'' – Bertie
*''
Zoids Fuzors
is an anime series, linked to the Zoids toy line of the same name. It is the third Zoids series, following ''Zoids: New Century Zero'' in order of production. The series is 26 episodes long, however, the show had an unsuccessful U.S. broadcas ...
'' – Rattle, Bartender, Jean Holiday
Live-action voice roles
*''
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation'' -
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
Video games
Live-action roles
Film
*''
Bordello of Blood'' – Reggie
*''
Shanghai Knights'' – the Deputy
*''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III'' (subtitled ''Turtles in Time'' in some home media releases) is a 1993 superhero film based on the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Written and directed ...
'' –
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
(suit actor)
*''
Watchers'' – Boy on bike
*''
See Grace Fly'' - School Security Guard
Television
*''
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show'' – Kyle Spritzenegger
*''
Jake 2.0'' – Kevin (1 episode)
*''
Neon Rider'' – Keith
*''
Tales from the Crypt'' – Reggie
*''
The X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993, to Ma ...
'' – Private Dunham (Episode: "
Fresh Bones")
References
External links
*
*
Official websiteRun For One Planet Official HomepageOfficial Facebook page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Matt
1968 births
Living people
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male video game actors
Canadian male voice actors
Canadian motivational speakers
Canadian male marathon runners
Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States
Male actors from Vancouver
20th-century Canadian sportsmen