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matt stone at the peabody awards in 2006 1989 -- present matthew richard stone houston , texas , u.s. littleton , colorado , u.s. 2 240px 26 may 1971 '' bigger , longer & uncut '' , '' team america south : world police '' , '' the book of mormon park '' '' , '' south park : angela howard 2008 matt stone at peabody awards in 2006.jpg matt stone
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matt stone

matthew richard `` matt '' stone -lrb- born may 26 , 1971 -rrb- is an american actor , animator , screenwriter , television director , producer , singer , and songwriter .
he is best known for being the co-creator of `` south park '' along with his creative partner trey parker , as well as co-writing the 2011 multi-tony award winning musical `` the book of mormon '' .
stone and parker launched their largely collaborative careers in 1989 when they met at the university of colorado boulder .
in 1992 they made a holiday short titled `` jesus vs. frosty '' which would eventually become `` south park '' .
their first success came from `` alferd packer : the musical '' , subsequently distributed as `` cannibal !
the musical '' .
from there he made another short title `` jesus vs. santa '' , leading him and college friend parker to create `` south park '' , which has been airing for over fifteen years .
he has four emmy awards for his role in `` south park '' , winning for both `` outstanding programming more than one hour '' and `` outstanding programming less than one hour '' .
