Matthew Wood
Biography
Matthew Wood is a sound editor and voice actor who began at Lucasfilm as a game tester for LucasArts before moving into the company's sound department. As a supervising sound editor at Skywalker Sound, he worked on all three Star Wars prequel films, and he also appeared in them, playing Bib Fortuna in The Phantom Menace, Seboca and Magaloof in Attack of the Clones, and Orn Free Taa while voicing General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith. He reprised the voice of Grievous, along with Wat Tambor, the battle droids, and Poggle the Lesser, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and its television series. His sound editing earned five Academy Award nominations, for There Will Be Blood, WALL-E, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. He also voiced H.E.R.B.I.E. in The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) and appeared on Robot Chicken in 2008.
54years old
Turns 55 on August 15in 318 days
- Born Walnut Creek
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Matthew Russell Wood
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 17 years2008 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025The Fantastic 4: First StepsIMDb rating 6.8
- 2022LEGO Star Wars Summer VacationIMDb rating 5.6
- 2021Seal TeamIMDb rating 5.7
- 2019Curious George: Royal MonkeyIMDb rating 5.5
- 2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsIMDb rating 6.0
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A change of course
Wood started out at Lucasfilm as a game tester for LucasArts, then moved into the company's sound department. He served as supervising sound editor on all three Star Wars prequel trilogy films.
Getting ready for a role
Wood provided the voice of General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, a part that John DiMaggio and Richard McGonagle had originated in the series Star Wars: Clone Wars. Wood also dubbed Kyle Rowling, the stuntman who used motion capture to play Grievous.
Matthew Wood movies on Netflix
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Dee Bradley Baker appears in three 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
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Online
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