Matt McKenzie is an actor best known for his voicework in games and movies. He is the voice of Auron in the popular RPG games Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and Kingdom Hearts II. He also provided the English voice of Borgoff in the movie Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Ptolemy in Reign: The Conqueror, and Major Elliot in the animated movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. McKenzie has also guest starred in some well known movies (Gods and Monsters with Sir Ian McKellen) and T.V. shows such as Star Trek: Voyager, Jag, 7th Heaven and The O.C.. He even had a cameo role in Clint Eastwood's The Rookie as Inspector Wang. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... Auron (アーロン Ä€ron in Japanese) is a playable character in the Squaresoft role-playing game Final Fantasy X. He is known in the world of Spira as a legendary guardian through the belief that he was the only guardian known to have survived the process of defeating the creature named Sin. ... Final Fantasy X (ファイナルファンタジーX Fainaru FantajÄ« X) is the tenth title of the Final Fantasy role-playing game series and the first installment of the series released on the PlayStation 2. ... Final Fantasy X-2 (ファイナルファンタジーX-2 Fainaru FantajÄ« X-2, read: ten-two) is a role-playing video game in the Final Fantasy series, and the first direct sequel to a Final Fantasy game, the best-selling Final Fantasy X released in 2001. ... Kingdom Hearts II is an RPG video game sequel, the followup to the 2002 Disney Interactive/Square Enix RPG Kingdom Hearts, and its 2004 Game Boy Advance sequel, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. ... Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust movie poster Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) is a character developed in 1983 by Japanese author Hideyuki Kikuchi (菊地 秀行), who eventually wrote 12 novels based on him, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. ... Screenshot from Reign: The Conqueror Alexander Senki (English title - Reign : The Conqueror) was an anime first released in 1997. ... Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is a science fiction movie by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of the Final Fantasy series of video games. ... Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser) and James Whale (Ian McKellen). ... Sir Ian McKellen at the premiere of The Return of the King in Wellington, New Zealand, December 1, 2003 Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CBE (born May 25, 1939) is a highly acclaimed stage and screen actor, the recipient of a Tony Award and several Oscar nominations. ... The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ... For other uses, see JAG (disambiguation). ... 7th Heaven is an American television series about a Protestant ministers family living in the fictional town of Glenoak in California. ... The O.C. is an American television dramedy program broadcast on the Fox Network in the US and on various networks around the world. ... Clint Eastwood Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ... DVD case cover for The Rookie The Rookie is a 1990 action/thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. ...

McKenzie is often typecast as grumpy or serious due to his somewhat 'gruff' voice. He appeared in theater productions performed in the Pacific Resident Theatre, the Old Globe Theatre and the Notre Dame Theatre. Some of his highlight shows have been Anna Christie, Scotland Road, Barbarians, and An Ideal Wife. Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe Theatre, located in San Diego, California, is a replica of the original Globe Theatre in London. ... Anna Christie is a play by Eugene ONeill. ... Scotland Road or Scottie Road is situated aside the docks in the Vauxhall area of north Liverpool. ... barbarians is a mini-series on the history channel which tells the story of four of the most barbariac tribes of the early and late middle ages. ...

External links

• Matt McKenzie at The Internet Movie Database
• Finding Matt: Unofficial Fansite