Matthew Yang King

Template:Infobox actor**Matthew Yang King** (born May 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is most known for recurring roles on *Riverdale*, *Powers*, *24*, *Strong Medicine*, and *Numbers*. He created the web series World of Steam and has provided voiceover work for numerous television shows, video games, and commercials including Netflix's new Emmy award-winning *Love, Death, and Robots*, Studio Ghibli's 25th Anniversary English edition of *Only Yesterday* with Daisy Ridley, the *World of Warcraft* franchise, *G.I. Joe: Renegades*, *Transformers: Robots in Disguise*, *Fortnite*, *Supah Ninjas*, and *Marvel Heroes*.

## Career

King has provided numerous iconic voices for both television and film animation and video games, from the voice of the Host in the Emmy Award-winning episodes 'The Witness' and Liang and Renshu in 'Good Hunting.' His work ranges from the Father and Kozou in Studio Ghibli's *Only Yesterday* to Illidan Stormrage in the *World of Warcraft* franchise, from The Persuader in Bruce Timm's *Justice League vs The Fatal Five* to The Atom in *Injustice 2*, and from the voice of Eian in *Batman Ninja* to the voices of Splinter and Shredder in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT)*. King is the voice of Apple in numerous television ads and also voiced Liu Kang in *Mortal Kombat 11*.

Additionally, King was one of the creators and hosts of the long-running podcast, GeeksOn, with Aaron Hendricks, Donald Marshall, and Peter Gamble Robinson.

King is most well known for his recurring roles on *Riverdale*, *Numb3rs*, *24*, and *Strong Medicine*. His best-known film role is starring opposite Danny Huston in the Bernard Rose film, *The Kreutzer Sonata*, which also features King playing the violin.

## Filmography

### Live-Action Dubbing

#### TV Series

* *My First First Love* (2019) - President of University (ep. 1)
* *The Stranded* (2019) - Kraam's Father, Radio, Man, Shaman
* *Extracurricular* (2020) - Dae-Yeol
* *Sweet Home* (2020) - Jung-Seop
* *Move to Heaven* (2021) - Additional Voices

#### Films

* *Illang: The Wolf Brigade* (2018) - Cheoljin Kim
* *Super Me* (2019) - San
* *Time to Hunt* (2020) - Additional Voices
* *Night in Paradise* (2020) - Captain Park
* *Dynasty Warriors* (2021) - Cao Cao

### Animation Dubbing

#### Animated Series

* *Trese* (2021) - Captain Guerrero, Dominic, Pangil (ep. 1), Aswang Market Guard #2 (ep. 1), Rich Boy (ep. 2), Soldier A (ep. 5)

#### Animated Films

* *Green Snake* (2021) - 4th Lieut., Drunk Guy, Additional Voices

### Anime Dubbing

#### Anime

* *Naruto* (2002-2007) - Sumaru, Star Medical Ninja (eps. 180-181)
* *Baki* (2018-2020) - Mitsunari Tokugawa, Kureha Shinogi, Karate Student 1 (ep. 16), Waiter 1 (ep. 17), Angler (ep. 18), Butler (ep. 24) (Netflix Dub)

#### Anime Films

* *Only Yesterday* (1991) - Takeo's Father, Kazuo
* *Batman Ninja* (2018) - Eian
* *Bright: Samurai Soul* (2021) - Kōketsu

### Video Game Dubbing

* *Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII* (2013) - Additional Voices
* *Judgment* (2018) - Kazuya Ayabe
* *Final Fantasy VII Remake* (2020) - Additional Voices
* *Lost Judgment* (2021) - Kazuki Soma

## External Links

* Matthew Yang King at the Internet Movie Database
* Matthew Yang King at Anime News Network's encyclopedia