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My Take
What fascinates me about Matthew Mercer is how he turned voice acting into something far bigger. As the gamemaster of Critical Role, he is essentially a modern oral storyteller, pulling millions of people into worlds he narrates live. The fact that he also writes, directs, and produces tells me his real gift is imagination, not just a great voice. To me he represents a new kind of creator who built an audience on trust and craft rather than studio machinery, and that grassroots authenticity is exactly why I find his career so quietly remarkable and worth watching.
Overview
Matthew Christopher Miller, known professionally as Matthew Mercer or Matt Mercer, is an American voice actor, game designer, and gamemaster. He has been a voice-over artist in video games and animation since 2002.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matthew Mercer
- Name (Japanese)
- マシュー・マーサー
- Reading
- ましゅー・まーさー
- Born
- June 29, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
- Origin
- Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- voice actor / actor / television producer / screenwriter / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Agoura High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Critical Role | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.