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Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Emmy Award winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician, and actor.
Stone started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short titled "Jesus vs. Frosty". His first success came from Cannibal! The Musical. From there he made another short title "Jesus vs. Santa", which then led him and his college friend Trey Parker to create the animated television series South Park, which has been on television for over a decade.
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Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Emmy Award winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician, and actor.
Stone started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short titled "Jesus vs. Frosty". His first success came from Cannibal! The Musical. From there he made another short title "Jesus vs. Santa", which then led him and his college friend Trey Parker to create the animated television series South Park, which has been on television for over a decade. He has won 3 Emmy Awards for his role in South Park, winning for both Outstanding Programming More Than One Hour and Outstanding Programming Less Than One Hour.
Biography
Early life
Stone was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Sheila Lois (born Belasco), a homemaker, and Gerald Whitney Stone, an economics professor. Stone's mother is Jewish and his father is Irish American, and Stone "grew up agnostic" and considers himself "ethnically Jewish, but that's about all."
He has a younger sister named Rachel. Stone was raised in the Denver, Colorado area, then moved to Littleton, Colorado. He lived near, but did not attend Columbine High School, contrary to popular belief. Rather, he went to Heritage High School, in Littleton. He holds a degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado.
Career
In 1992 Stone and Parker created "Jesus vs. Frosty". It included four boys, two resembling Stan and Kyle, one called Kenny who looked like Cartman, and a fourth unnamed boy who looked like Kenny. After the duo released Cannibal! The Musical, they were asked to make another animated short. They came down to two ideas; one a sequel to Jesus vs. Frosty, and one about a character that would later be recurring in South Park, Mr. Hankey. They chose to write about the four boys, and their decision ultimately opened the door for them to present a show (South Park) to Comedy Central. Stone and Parker produced 13 episodes for season 1. In 1997, they also released Orgazmo, a movie rated NC-17. In 1998, they made BASEketball, another feature film, while being renewed for a second season of South Park. In 1999, Stone and Parker made South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, which gave the series prominence. The film's music was nominated for an Academy Award, but lost. In 2001, the duo announced they would do 39 shorts between the lengths of 2 and 5 minutes. Although originally thought to be South Park related, they decided they would do something different. The result was the shorts 'Princess'. The content was so extreme that it was cancelled after two shows aired. In 2001, they also created That's My Bush!, another television series. Despite great reviews, the show was cancelled after one season for the cost per episode. In 2004, they made a film, titled Team America: World Police. The film was given positive reviews. Today, South Park is still airing new episodes, now going on its thirteenth season.
Stone is also a member of the band DVDA with Parker, for which he plays bass and drums. DVDA's songs have appeared in many of the duo's productions. They include Orgazmo, BASEketball, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, and Team America: World Police.
Matt claimed to have been on acid with Trey Parker at the time of the 2000 Academy Awards, where they wore dresses popularized by Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow at previous awards shows.
On September 28, 2007, Parker and Stone acquired the rights to the Canadian-made Kenny vs. Spenny, which premiered November 14, 2007 on Comedy Central with ten old and new episodes.
Stone and Parker are collaborating with Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez on a musical about Mormons, has a working title of Mormon Musical, which will star Cheyenne Jackson, and is planned for a 2009 opening.
Filmography
Matt Stone voices Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick and Leopold "Butters" Stotch, three of the main characters on the show, as well as Kyle's and Kenny's fathers Gerald and Stuart, respectively. He also voices recurring characters Jimbo Kern, Jesus, Saddam Hussein, Big Gay Al, Pip, Terrance, Tweek, Jimmy Vulmer's father (Richard Vulmer), Father Maxi, Skeeter, Mr. Adler the shop teacher, and Osama bin Laden, as well as many other minor speaking roles.
External links
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- Fresh Air Interview
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