Matt Stone
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| Born | Matthew Richard Stone May 26, 1971 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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Matthew Richard "Matt" Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an Oscar- nominated, Emmy Award- winning American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor. Along with Trey Parker, he is one of the creators of the critically-acclaimed animated television series, South Park.
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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 (who share the first names of South Park characters Gerald and Sheila Broflovski). Stone's mother is Jewish and his father is Irish American, and Stone "grew up agnostic"[1] and considers himself "ethnically Jewish, but that's about all".[2] He has a younger sister named Rachel. Stone was raised in the Denver 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. He was their first student to hold a double major in film and mathematics.[3] He resides in Venice, California.
Career
In 1997, Comedy Central debuted South Park, now in its twelfth season, which he and his college friend Trey Parker created. Stone was said to be the basis for the character of Kyle Broflovski on the show.
Stone is also a member of the band DVDA with Parker, for which he plays bass and drums. DVDA's songs have appeared in South Park. They include "Chewbacca", or "I Am Chewbacca", at the end of the episode "Starvin' Marvin in Space", "Montage", during the episode "Asspen", Orgazmo ("Now You're a Man"), Baseketball ("Warts on Your Dick"), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut ("What Would Brian Boitano Do? Pt. II," "Hell Isn't Good" with lead vocals by James Hetfield of Metallica) and Team America: World Police ("America, Fuck Yeah," "Everyone Has AIDS," "Only a Woman" and a new version of "Montage"). There are also several previously unheard live songs made by them called "Crack" (or "Everybody Loves Crack"), "David Kelley, TV Warrior" and a cover of the Primus song "Sgt. Baker" (in a live recording of this song, Parker notes the reason for the cover is because Primus was the only other band they'd opened for).
The band Primus also performed the original South Park Theme Song during the first two seasons of its run. He also appeared as a guest producer on the third track - entitled "Natural Joe" - off Primus's 1999 album, Antipop.
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.[4]
On September 28, 2007, Parker and Stone acquired the rights to the Canadian-made Kenny vs. Spenny,[5] which premiered November 14, 2007 on Comedy Central with ten old and new episodes.
Filmography
Collaborations with Trey Parker
- Cannibal! The Musical (1994): actor, co-writer, producer
- The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Santa, 1995; Jesus vs. Frosty, 1992)
- Your Studio and You (1996)
- Orgazmo (1997): actor, co-writer, producer
- South Park (TV series, 1997-present): co-creator, voices, writer, director, additional music, executive producer
- BASEketball (1998): actor
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999): voices, co-writer, producer
- "Even If You Don't" by Ween (music video, 2000): director
- Princess (Flash series) (2001)
- That's My Bush! (TV series, 2001): co-creator, writer, executive producer
- Team America: World Police (2004): co-writer, voices, producer
- My All-American (2008): co-creator, producer
- Giant Monsters Attack Japan! (2009): co-creator, producer
Other films
- Bowling for Columbine (2003): Interviewee
- Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo (2007): Tom "the taper"
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006): Interviewee
Voices on South Park
- Kyle Broflovski and his father, Gerald
- Kenny McCormick and his father, Stuart
- Leopold "Butters" Stotch
- 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
- Osama Bin Laden
- Various others
References
External links
- Matt Stone at the Official South Park Website
- Matt Stone at the Internet Movie Database
- mattstone.info
- Fresh Air Interview [1]
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| NAME | Stone, Matthew Richard |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston, Texas United States |
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