Matthew Yang King
Biography
Matthew Yang King is an American actor who studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and in 1998 joined a national tour of the musical Titanic as Quartermaster Robert Hichens and Bandsman Bricoux. Much of his career has been in voice work: he has played Illidan Stormrage in the World of Warcraft franchise, appears in Pixar's Elemental (2023), and voiced characters in Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021). On television he had recurring roles on Riverdale, Numbers, 24 and Strong Medicine and supplied the voices of Appa and Momo for Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. His stage credits include an NAACP award-winning hip-hop staging of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and he created the steampunk webseries The World of Steam and co-hosted the podcast GeeksOn.
52years old
Turns 53 on May 6in 177 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 20 years2003 to 2023
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Early training
King trained in acting at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and stayed in New York until 1998. That year he went on a US tour of the musical Titanic, playing Quartermaster Robert Hichens and Bandsman Bricoux.
Behind the camera
Frustrated by stereotypically Asian roles in the early to mid 2000s, King started writing to create parts for minority actors, and his horror script The Harrowing, with Peter Gamble, is in development.
Behind the camera
King launched a Kickstarter for his steampunk webseries The World of Steam in 2012, writing, directing and producing it. He hosted as Mr. Liang, and it was then the highest-grossing webseries ever on Kickstarter.
Beyond film
At Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater, King appeared in 2G's, a hip-hop adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona that took home an NAACP award.
Matthew Yang King movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Elemental2023 Adventure, Animation, Comedyas Alan / Lutz / Earth Prunervoice
IMDb rating 7.0169K votes
- Justice League vs. the Fatal Five2019as The Persuader / Arkham Directorvoice
IMDb rating 6.512K votes
Most often with
Ethan Spaulding directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ethan SpauldingDirector, 2 films, 2021 to 2023
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Also two films together4 more actors
- Joel McHaleMortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
- Tom VirtueTurok: Son of Stone (2008) and The Even Stevens Movie (2003)
- Matthew MercerMortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
- Dave B. MitchellMortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023) and Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms (2021)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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