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| | ''The actor that played Rather Dashing , himslef !'' |
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| [[File:Chapman Matt personal photo.png|[[File:Chapman_Matt_personal_photo.png|200px|thumb]]]] | | '''Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman''' (born [[$11.01|November 1]], 1976) is one half of [[homestarrunner.com]] creative duo [[The Brothers Chaps]]. Alongside older brother [[Mike Chapman]], he serves as one of the principal creators of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site. |
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| | == Career == |
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| | ''The young gun'' |
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| | === Education === |
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| | Matt attended film school at [[Florida State University]], graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 thesis film ''Perchance''] was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade. |
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| | === Pre-Homestar === |
| '''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].
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| 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.
| | After graduation, Matt moved back to his native [[Atlanta]] but had difficulty finding film work in the city.[#endnote_18a [18a]] Instead, he began working for internet company [[Earthlink]] (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.[#endnote_14 [14]][#endnote_19 [19]] |
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| | The [[Original Book|original Homestar Runner storybook]] had been co-created by [[Mike Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]] in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"[#endnote_2 [2]] Later that year, he and Mike co-created [[Super NES|a ''Mario Paint'' animation]] featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother [[Donnie Chapman|Donnie]] — the first Homestar Runner cartoon. |
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| | In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of [[Flash]] animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.[#endnote_3 [3]] |
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| | Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,[#endnote_a [a]] recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. [[Strong Bad Email]] became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002, |
| * [#General_Information 1 General Information]
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| ** [#Food_of_Significant_Interest 1.1 Food of Significant Interest]
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| ** [#Misc. 1.5 Misc.]
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| * [#See_Also 2 See Also]
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| * [#External_Links 3 External Links]
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| == <span class="mw-headline">General Information</span> ==
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| === <span class="mw-headline"> Food of Significant Interest </span> ===
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| * Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). <sup>[#shawlink [Page 4]]</sup>
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| * 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>
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| * Matt has an enthusiasm for [[Poutine|poutine]]. <sup>[#sheaflink [The Sheaf]]</sup>
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| * He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." <sup>[#inkholelink [The Inkhole]]</sup>
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| * 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.
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| * Matt also did voices for Preschool Protocops and some voices for webtoons and radio commercials for [[Mellow Mushroom]]. <sup>[#retrolink [Retrocrush]]</sup>
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| * 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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| === <span class="mw-headline"> Film and Television </span> ===
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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.
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| * He has composed [[Songs|music for Sealab 2021]].
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| * He and [[Craig Zobel]] were selected to write a stop motion animated feature for The Jim Henson Co. called ''Monster Safari''.
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| * 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.
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| * 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.
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| * He wrote two episodes for ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'', titled "The Bounty" and "The Time Bomb".
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| * One of the billed writers for the ''[[Mickey Mouse (TV series)|Mickey Mouse]]'' short "The Boiler Room".
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| * He voices Alfonzo in the Disney XD series ''[[Star vs. the Forces of Evil]]''.
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| * He voices Carl, Neil's father, in the Rooster Teeth web series ''Camp Camp''.
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| * 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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| === <span class="mw-headline"> Favorite Music </span> ===
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| * Matt's top 5 favorite records at the time of the [[Wonkavision Magazine Interview]] (in no particular order):
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| ** [[Vince Guaraldi|Vince Guaraldi Trio]] — ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas (album)|A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''
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| ** [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] — ''[[Double Nickels on the Dime]]''
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| ** [[Neil Young]] — ''[[Rust Never Sleeps]]''
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| ** [[De La Soul]] — ''[[De La Soul Is Dead]]''
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| ** [[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>
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| <li>Jackie helped write "[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]".</li>
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| <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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| * [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments]]
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| * [[HRWiki:Matt's 2006 birthday card|Matt's 2006 birthday card]]
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| * [[@ronginald]] — Matt's former Twitter account
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| * [[Category:Matt Chapman Filmography|Matt Chapman filmography]]
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| * [[The Brothers Chaps]] at Wikipedia
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| * [https://www.imdb.com/title/nm1480095 Matt Chapman's IMDb page]
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| * [http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/conference/panels/?action=bio&id=Z157891 SXSW Personal Profile (Archive)]
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| * [http://www.flashforwardconference.com/speakers?name=matt_chapman Flashforward Conference Speaker Biography (Archive)]
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| * [http://www.fsufilms.com/films/moviedetail.cfm?movieid=129 Perchance] — BFA Thesis film Matt wrote and directed in 1998 (Archive)
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| ''Additional videos and interviews are available at [[Interviews and Public Appearances]].''
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| * [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)]
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| * [http://www.thedailyeasternnews.com/news/2004/04/23/TheVerge/holy-Crap-669677.shtml Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004 (Archive)]
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| * [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003 (Archive)]
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| ** <span id="shawlink">[http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/page4.html Page 4 (Archive)]</span>
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| * <span id="retrolink">[http://www.retrocrush.com/homestar/index2.html Retrocrush interview, date unknown (17 Jun 2004?, Archive)]</span>
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| * <span id="sheaflink">[http://www.thesheaf.com/newspub/comments.cgi?view=1062 The Sheaf 12 May 2004 (Archive)]</span>
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| * <span id="inkholelink">[http://www.theinkhole.com/homestar1.htm The Inkhole Interview (Archive)]</span>
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| * <span id="legionlink2">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar2.html Legion Studios Matt Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>
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| ** <span id="legionlink">[http://www.legionstudios.com/interviews/views/homestar/homestar.html Legion Studios Mike Chapman Interview (Archive)]</span>
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The actor that played Rather Dashing , himslef !
Matthew "Matt" Alan Chapman (born November 1, 1976) is one half of homestarrunner.com creative duo The Brothers Chaps. Alongside older brother Mike Chapman, he serves as one of the principal creators of the Homestar Runner body of work. Matt is the voice actor for nearly all of the characters on the site.
Career
The young gun
Education
Matt attended film school at Florida State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1998. His thesis film Perchance was a 15-minute short about the adventures of a boy named Toby and his dog Marmalade.
Pre-Homestar
After graduation, Matt moved back to his native Atlanta but had difficulty finding film work in the city.[#endnote_18a [18a]] Instead, he began working for internet company Earthlink (formerly MindSpring), in customer service and creating icons and banner ads.[#endnote_14 [14]][#endnote_19 [19]]
Homestar Runner
The original Homestar Runner storybook had been co-created by Mike Chapman and Craig Zobel in the summer of 1996. Matt did not contribute to this book, later joking that "I worked in a movie theater that summer and they told me to shut up and to go away. NOW who's shutting up and going away?"[#endnote_2 [2]] Later that year, he and Mike co-created a Mario Paint animation featuring the Homestar characters as a Christmas gift for their older brother Donnie — the first Homestar Runner cartoon.
In 1999, after both brothers had graduated from college, they moved into an apartment together in Atlanta. Wanting to create a project together, and fascinated by the possibilities of Flash animation, they decided on Homestar Runner and launched a site to host their animations in January of 2000.[#endnote_3 [3]]
Matt briefly lived in New York in 2001,[#endnote_a [a]] recording audio for toons and emailing them to Mike for animation. Strong Bad Email became a weekly feature when he moved back to Georgia in 2002,
