Matthew Sloan (born March 24) is an American voice actor, director, writer, and
YouTuber
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Influence
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Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
Place names
* Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
,
Wisconsin
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.
He and his friend
Aaron Yonda
Aaron Yonda (born January 19, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, actor, director, and YouTuber from Menomonie, Wisconsin.
He portrays the title character in '' Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', a web serial he co-produced with his friend Ma ...
are notable as the co-creators of the web series ''
Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager'', in which he voices the title character. Additionally, he appears in season one as the main antagonist, Clint. He later appeared in the first few episodes of the second series as Champion J. Pepper, Clint’s father.
Since ''Chad Vader'', he has gone on to voice
Darth Vader
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in various ''
Star Wars'' media as the sound double for
James Earl Jones
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.
He hosts a movie reviewing and discussion show on YouTube called ''Welcome to the Basement'' with his friend Craig Johnson. Furthermore, he leads regularly with colleague friend Aaron Yonda in the web series ''Beer and Board Games''.
''Star Wars''
As a voice actor, Sloan played
Darth Vader
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in ''
Soulcalibur IV
is the sixth installment in the '' Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games, released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2008. It features greatly improved graphics over the previous title, and includes three guest characters from the ''Star Wa ...
''. Sloan went on to reprise his role as the voice of Darth Vader in the
LucasArts
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video game
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s ''
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'',
and ''
Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption''. He also appeared as the voice of Darth Vader during an episode of ''
Deal or No Deal
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''. Sloan also played Vader for the comedy short promoting
TomTom
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devices. He returned as Vader for ''
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II''. In 2012, Sloan voiced Darth Vader in both ''
Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out'' and ''
Kinect Star Wars''. In 2015, Sloan returned to voice Vader in ''
Disney Infinity 3.0'', ''
Star Wars Battlefront,
Star Wars Battlefront II'' and multiple ''
Lego Star Wars
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'' shorts and television series,
as well as providing his voice for a sketch in the final episode of ''
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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''.
Filmography
Television
Video games
See also
*
''Star Wars'' parodies
*
Wil Wheaton
Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film '' Stand by Me'', Joey Trotta in '' Toy Soldiers'', ...
- voice actor and host of ''
TableTop
Tabletop may refer to:
Mountains
* Table Top Mountain in Rangeville, Queensland, Australia
* Table Top Mountain (New York)
* Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa
* Tepui, flat top mountains in South America
Places
* Tabletop, New South Wale ...
''
References
External links
Blame Society Productions- Official website
*
American male comedians
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American male web series actors
American YouTubers
Living people
Writers from Madison, Wisconsin
St. Norbert College alumni
21st-century American male actors
21st-century American comedians
Comedy YouTubers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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