Matthew Yang King (born May 6, 1974) is an American actor. He is most known for recurring roles on Riverdale, Powers, 24, Strong Medicine, and Numbers. He created the web series World of Steam and has provided voiceover work for numerous television shows, video games, and commercials including Netflix's new Emmy award-winning Love, Death, and Robots, Studio Ghibli's 25th Anniversary English edition of Only Yesterday with Daisy Ridley, the World of Warcraft franchise, G.I. Joe: Renegades, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Fortnite, Supah Ninjas, and Marvel Heroes.
Biography and career[]
Matthew Yang King was born in New York City. He began playing violin when he was 5 years old, and studying Aikido when he was 8. Eventually, he ended up studying at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
After leaving school, King started working odd jobs until he landed in the Broadway show Titanic: The Musical. As part of the show, he toured around the United States, finishing in Los Angeles where he established. Since then, King has become a prolific TV and film actor.
Through his career, King has appeared in TV shows like Numb3rs (with Navi Rawat and Peter MacNicol), Friends, The West Wing, Revenge (with Gina Torres), The Last Ship, and Training Day. Aside of television, he has also appeared in films like Species III, Acts of Violence, and the 2012 remake of Red Dawn (with Fernando Chien and Kenneth Choi).
From 2013 to 2015, King served as writer, producer, and director of The World of Steam.
King has provided numerous iconic voices for both television and film animation and video games, from the voice of the Host in the Emmy Award-winning episodes 'The Witness' and Liang and Renshu in 'Good Hunting.' His work ranges from the Father and Kozou in Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday to Illidan Stormrage in the World of Warcraft franchise, from The Persuader in Bruce Timm's Justice League vs The Fatal Five to The Atom in Injustice 2, and from the voice of Eian in Batman Ninja to the voices of Splinter and Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT). King is the voice of Apple in numerous television ads and also voiced Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat 11.
Additionally, King was one of the creators and hosts of the long-running podcast, GeeksOn, with Aaron Hendricks, Donald Marshall, and Peter Gamble Robinson.
King is most well known for his recurring roles on Riverdale, Numb3rs, 24, and Strong Medicine. His best-known film role is starring opposite Danny Huston in the Bernard Rose film, The Kreutzer Sonata, which also features King playing the violin.
24 credits[]
- "Day 8: 1:00am-2:00am"
- "Day 8: 2:00am-3:00am"
- "Day 8: 3:00am-4:00am"
- "Day 8: 4:00am-5:00am"
Selected filmography[]
- Bright: Samurai Soul (2021)
- Sightless (2020)
- Red Dawn (2012)
- Acts of Violence (2010)
- Species III (2004)
Television appearances
- Riverdale (2018-2022)
- Sweet Home (2020)
- The Rookie (2019)
- 9-1-1 (2018)
- Training Day (2017)
- The Last Ship (2016)
- Revenge (2015)
- Supah Ninjas (2011-2013)
- 24 (2010)
- Numb3rs (2005-2009)
- Strong Medicine (2003-2006)
- The West Wing (2002)
- Friends (2002)
- ER (2001)