The first is the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting (2017) published through Green Ronin Publishing. Mercer's work as Dungeon Master has led to the development of three campaign setting books being published about his world of Exandria. In March 2022, he reprised his role in the two part special Exandria Unlimited: Kymal. From June to August 2021, Mercer appeared on Exandria Unlimited, a spinoff of Critical Role, as a player. In October 2020, Mercer became the creative advisor for the Critical Role board and card game imprint called Darrington Press. In November 2019, Amazon Prime Video announced that they had acquired the streaming rights to this animated series, now titled The Legend of Vox Machina Mercer reprised his role as Sylas Briarwood and other characters.
Soon after, they aimed to raise $750,000 on Kickstarter to create an animated series of their first campaign, but ended up raising over $11 million. Īfter becoming hugely successful, the Critical Role cast left the Geek & Sundry network in early 2019 and set up their own production company, Critical Role Productions Mercer is the company's chief creative officer. Critical Role was both the Webby Winner and the People's Voice Winner in the "Games (Video Series & Channels)" category at the 2019 Webby Awards the show was also both a Finalist and the Audience Honor Winner in the "Games" category at the 2019 Shorty Awards. Mercer is the Dungeon Master of the web series Critical Role, which launched on Geek & Sundry in 2015, where he leads several other voice actors through a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. He has also been a player in other actual play web series such as Dimension 20 and L.A. In 2017, he was the Dungeon Master for the Nerdist show CelebriD&D, which puts D&D-playing celebrities into a small, mini-campaign where they are paired with role-players.
In 2016, Mercer served as the Dungeon Master for Force Grey: Giant Hunters, which ran for 2 seasons. He also acted in several shows from the Geek & Sundry and Nerdist networks and produced the web series Fear News with the Last Girl for FEARnet which was a 2010 Webby Awards Honoree for the Experimental & Weird category. video game series, where he provided the voices for Meta Knight and portrayed the role of Ganondorf. He directed and produced the web series There Will Be Brawl, based on the Super Smash Bros. His work has expanded to a multitude of roles in cartoons, video games and radio commercials. He has been a guest at conventions around the world, hosting at events such as Anime Expo and Anime Matsuri. Mercer began his career performing English walla and additional characters in several Japanese anime, and has since also worked in cartoons, video games, and radio commercials. He had a stint as a member of The Groundlings. He decided to adopt "Mercer", which members of his family had used in the past, as his stage surname because his birth name was too similar to someone already represented by the actor's union SAG-AFTRA. He spoke with a stutter when he was young his father, who also stuttered, got him a speech therapist who reduced the effects to the point that only certain words trigger it. He has a brother who writes and performs music under the stage name Dave Heatwave. He attended Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, California. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was eight. Mercer was born Matthew Christopher Miller in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Jto a family of Scottish descent. He is also a game designer and the chief creative officer of Critical Role Productions.
In addition to his voice acting work, Mercer has developed and served as the Dungeon Master for the Dungeons & Dragons web series Critical Role since 2015. Kennedy in Resident Evil 6, Kurtis Stryker in Mortal Kombat 9, Chrom and Ryoma in Fire Emblem, Jack Cooper in Titanfall 2, Espio in Sonic the Hedgehog, Deadshot in Injustice 2, Cole Cassidy in Overwatch, Yusuke Kitagawa in Persona 5, MacCready in Fallout 4, Midas and Syd in Fortnite: Battle Royale and Fortnite: Save the World respectively, Edér Teylecg and Aloth Corfiser in Pillars of Eternity, Gangplank and Kindred's Wolf in League of Legends, Walter in Shin Megami Tensei IV and Ira from Kingdom Hearts. In anime, Mercer voices Kagaya Ubuyashiki in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Levi Ackerman in Attack on Titan, Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero, Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Aikurō Mikisugi in Kill la Kill, Kanji Tatsumi during the second half of Persona 4: The Animation, the second voice of Yamato and Pain in Naruto, Trafalgar Law in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Hit in Dragon Ball Super, and Leorio in Hunter x Hunter. He is best known for his work with Studiopolis, Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, and NYAV Post in anime, cartoons, and video games.
Matthew Christopher Miller (born June 29, 1982), better known as Matthew Mercer, is an American voice actor.