Maddie Taylor (born December 31, 1966), formerly Matthew W. Taylor, is an American voice actor and storyboard artist, known for voicing Verminious Snaptrap in '' T.U.F.F. Puppy'' and Sparky in ''

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''.

Career

While starting as a storyboard artist at

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, Taylor lent her voice to Deni, the crazed

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, and Buddy, the blue

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, in the studio's first full feature '' Open Season'', as well as voicing Elliot in the video game adaptation, replacing

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. In the film's two sequels, she replaced

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as the strong

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Ian in '' Open Season 2'', and replaced

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as the voice of Elliot in '' Open Season 3'', before being replaced by Will Townsend in '' Open Season: Scared Silly''. Within 2006, she provided ADR voices for

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for the ''

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'' episode " Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", but was not included in the credits. Taylor was cast in '' T.U.F.F. Puppy'' as Verminious Snaptrap and in ''

'' as Sparky in 2013, both of which are developed by

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and created by Butch Hartman. In late 2016, Taylor provided the voice for the interactive character, Gary the Gull, for the

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. Since her transition, Taylor has been voicing more female characters. Her character in ''

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'', Dana Dufresne, transitioned to reflect her own transition. In December 2020, Taylor provided the voice for the character of Claire Russell, a

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bartender of the Afterlife bar in the video game ''

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''. In 2023, Taylor voiced Torga, a recurring character in '' My Dad the Bounty Hunter''.

Personal life

In 2016, Taylor publicly

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as a

bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction t ...

trans woman A trans woman or transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity and may experience gender dysphoria (distress brought upon by the discrepancy between a person's gender identity and their ...

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Commercials

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Mac & Cheese as Cheesasaurus Rex

References

External links

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