Matt McKenzie is an

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best known for his voicework in games and movies. He is the voice of

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in the RPG games ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also provided the English voice of Borgoff in the movie '' Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'', Ptolemy in '' Reign: The Conqueror'', and Major Elliot in the animated movie '' Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within''. McKenzie has also guest starred in some well-known movies ('' Gods and Monsters'' with Sir

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, in which he portrayed

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) and TV shows such as '' Star Trek: Voyager'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', '' JAG'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''

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'' and recently ''24'' as Agent Hollister. He also had a cameo role in

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's '' The Rookie'' as Inspector Wang. He appeared in an episode of ''

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'' as Doctor Fedler, where he talks briefly with

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about

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. He appeared on two episodes of AMC's ''

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'' as Crab Colson. Most notably, he voiced

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and various Agents in ''

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''. McKenzie is often typecast as grumpy or serious due to his somewhat "gruff" voice. He appeared in theater productions performed in the

Pacific Resident Theatre Pacific Resident Theatre (PRT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company located at 703 Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. It was founded as an actors cooperative in Venice's arts district in 1985 and is dedicated to producing both classic a ...

, the

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and the Notre Dame Theatre. Some of his highlight shows have been ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Barbarians'', and '' An Ideal Wife''.

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Television

Video Games

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