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'''Matthew Chapman''' (born [[$11.01|November 1]], 1976) is the younger of [[The Brothers Chaps]]. He and his brother [[Mike Chapman|Mike]] are the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Matt is the voice actor for almost all of the characters on the site. He is married to [[Jackie Chapman]], who had a brief cameo in [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]. They currently have two daughters, the older of whom is named [https://www.imdb.com/title/nm10172649 Ida].

During the extended [[Hiatuses|hiatus]] of Homestar Runner content, Matt moved out to Los Angeles for several years and [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects|worked on]] various children's television series in Los Angeles. He moved back to [[Georgia]] around 2014.

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* [#General_Information 1 General Information]
** [#Food_of_Significant_Interest 1.1 Food of Significant Interest]
** [#Careers 1.2 Careers]
** [#Film_and_Television 1.3 Film and Television]
** [#Favorite_Music 1.4 Favorite Music]
** [#Misc. 1.5 Misc.]
* [#See_Also 2 See Also]
* [#External_Links 3 External Links]

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Food of Significant Interest </span> ===

* Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). <sup>[#shawlink [Page 4]]</sup>
* When they were young children, Mike fed Matt cupcakes with toothpaste in them. Matt retaliated by feeding Mike vinegar toast. <sup>[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution Interview - 21 Jul 2003|(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)]]</sup>
* Matt has an enthusiasm for [[Poutine|poutine]]. <sup>[#sheaflink [The Sheaf]]</sup>
* He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." <sup>[#inkholelink [The Inkhole]]</sup>

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Careers </span> ===

* Matt used to work for [[Earthlink]] (formerly [[MindSpring]]), an Internet company, in [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014|customer service]] and [[Georgia Tech - 26 Apr 2007|creating icons and banner ads]]. [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|In August of 2003, he quit]] in order to work on Homestar Runner full time.
* Matt also did voices for Preschool Protocops and some voices for webtoons and radio commercials for [[Mellow Mushroom]]. <sup>[#retrolink [Retrocrush]]</sup>
* The first day after Matt quit his job (as the sales of Homestar Runner merchandise were so high), he got jury duty. "It sucked. My first day of self-employment and I got put on a jury," he said. <sup>[#legionlink2 [Legion Studios (Matt)]]</sup>

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* The Brothers Chaps' friend David Gordon Green made a movie called ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299458 All The Real Girls]''. Matt ended up being in it, but is only seen making a passing comment to another person in the background at one point. Mike and [[Craig Zobel]] were also involved in the production of the movie.
* He has composed [[Songs|music for Sealab 2021]].
* He and [[Craig Zobel]] were selected to write a stop motion animated feature for The Jim Henson Co. called ''Monster Safari''.
* Matt worked for [[Nickelodeon]] on the series ''[[Yo Gabba Gabba!|Yo Gabba Gabba]]'' as a writer, director, and producer. He also wrote, directed, and acted in ''[[The Aquabats]]! Super Show!'', another show from the ''Yo Gabba Gabba'' creators.
* He has done voice acting and writing for the [[Disney]] series ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', including voicing the merman character Mermando and Soos' grandmother. He has also co-written several episodes of the series. This is the same for the [[Disney]] series [[Pickle and Peanut]], voicing Mr. Mjart.
* He wrote two episodes for ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'', titled "The Bounty" and "The Time Bomb".
* One of the billed writers for the ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' short "The Boiler Room".
* He voices Alfonzo in the Disney XD series ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]''.
* He voices Carl, Neil's father, in the Rooster Teeth web series ''Camp Camp''.
* Plays Clark Shaw, father of Cooper Shaw (Matt's daughter Ida Chapman), in [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7241954 her titular episode] of the Craig Zobel-directed [[Paramount+]] series ''[[One Dollar (TV series)|One Dollar]]''.

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* Matt's top 5 favorite records at the time of the [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview]] (in no particular order):
** [[Vince Guaraldi|Vince Guaraldi Trio]] — ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (album)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
** [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] — ''[[Double Nickels on the Dime]]''
** [[Neil Young]] — ''[[Rust Never Sleeps]]''
** [[De La Soul]] — ''[[De La Soul Is Dead]]''
** [[Sebadoh]] — ''[[Bubble and Scrape|Bubble & Scrape]]''

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<li>Matt can be seen as an audience member in an episode of ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163507 Whose Line Is It Anyway?]''.</li>
<li>Jackie helped write "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]".</li>
<li>Matt and Jackie owned a cat named [[Mabel]] who was first featured in [[website]]. Mabel died in 2007 and was memorialized in [[hygiene]].
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== <span class="mw-headline"> See Also </span> ==

* [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
* [[HRWiki:Matt's 2006 birthday card|Matt's 2006 birthday card]]
* [[@ronginald]] — Matt's former Twitter account
* [[Category:Matt Chapman Filmography|Matt Chapman filmography]]

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== <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span> ==

* [[The Brothers Chaps]] at Wikipedia
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/nm1480095 Matt Chapman's IMDb page]
* [http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z157891 SXSW Personal Profile (Archive)]
* [http://www.flashforwardconference.com/speakers?name=matt_chapman Flashforward Conference Speaker Biography (Archive)]
* [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 Perchance] — BFA Thesis film Matt wrote and directed in 1998 (Archive)

''Additional videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]].''

* [http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2003/11/06/Entertainment/Home-Sweet.Homestar-2047711.shtml LSU Reveille Online, 6 Nov 2003 (Archive)]
* [http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2004/04/23/TheVerge/holy-Crap-669677.shtml Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004 (Archive)]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003 (Archive)]
** <span id="shawlink">[http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/page4.html Page 4 (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="retrolink">[http://www.retrocrush.com/homestar/index2.html Retrocrush interview, date unknown (17 Jun 2004?, Archive)]</span>
* <span id="sheaflink">[http://www.thesheaf.com/newspub/comments.cgi?view=1062 The Sheaf 12 May 2004 (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="inkholelink">[http://www.theinkhole.com/homestar1.htm The Inkhole Interview (Archive)]</span>
* <span id="legionlink2">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar2.html Legion Studios Matt Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>
** <span id="legionlink">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar.html Legion Studios Mike Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>

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