Matt Stone
Biography
Matt Stone is an American filmmaker, animator, actor and songwriter who built a career alongside his University of Colorado Boulder classmate Trey Parker. Born in Houston and raised in Littleton, Colorado, Stone earned a double major in mathematics and film in 1993. The pair's student feature, the musical Cannibal! The Musical (1993), grew out of a trailer they shot and later became a cult classic. Their animated satire South Park premiered in 1997 and turned Comedy Central into a cable power; Stone writes, directs and voices many of its characters. The duo took the show to theaters with South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), which drew critical acclaim and included the Oscar-nominated song Blame Canada. Stone also appeared in BASEketball (1998) and made the marionette satire Team America: World Police (2004). With Robert Lopez he co-created The Book of Mormon on Broadway, earning three Tony Awards and a Grammy. He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards and a Peabody.
55years old
Turns 56 on May 26in 226 days
- Born Houston
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Matter Stone
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 29 years1993 to 2022
Genres
- Comedy69%, 9 films
- Animation31%, 4 films
- Documentary23%, 3 films
- Musical15%, 2 films
- Action8%, 1 film
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Early training
Stone met Trey Parker while both were students at CU, where they bonded over anti-authoritarian ethos and Monty Python. They studied with experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, who appeared in their first feature film.
Behind the camera
In 1992, Stone, Parker, Jason McHugh and Ian Hardin started a production company called Avenging Conscience, a name taken from a film the group hated.
Beyond film
Stone liked Primus and asked the band to do the South Park theme song. He also directed several of the show's musical guests, such as Hayes and Radiohead.
Matt Stone movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut1999 Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musicalas Kyle Broflovski / Kenny McCormick / Saddam Hussein / Terrance Henry Stoot / Ticket Taker / Jimbo Kearn / Gerald Broflovski / Bill Gates / Additional Voicesvoice
IMDb rating 7.7225K votes
- Team America: World Police2004 Action, Animation, Comedyas Chris / George Clooney / Danny Glover / Ethan Hawke / Additional Voicesvoice
IMDb rating 7.2186K votes
Most often with
Trey Parker directed seven of these films. Trey Parker appears in eleven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Trey Parker's page
Kimberly Brooks's page
April Stewart's page
Adrien Beard's page
Dian Bachar's page
Bruce Howell's page
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 2005 to 2014, six of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2009 | Outstanding Animated Program | Margaritaville | Won |
| 2008 | Outstanding Animated Program | Imaginationland | Won |
| 2007 | Outstanding Animated Program | Make Love, Not Warcraft | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Animated Program | Best Friends Forever | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2011 | Best Book of a Musical | The Book of Mormon | Won |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | The Book of Mormon | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical | The Book of Mormon | Won |
| 2006 | Peabody Awards | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.