Matthew Yang King

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.

Career
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.

TV Series

 * My First First Love (2019) - President of University (ep. 1)
 * The Stranded (2019) - Kraam's Father, Radio, Man, Shaman
 * Extracurricular (2020) - Dae-Yeol
 * Sweet Home (2020) - Jung-Seop

Films

 * Illang: The Wolf Brigade (2018) - Cheoljin Kim
 * Time to Hunt (2020) - Additional Voices

Anime

 * Naruto (2002-2007) - Sumaru, Star Medical Ninja (eps. 180-181)
 * Baki (2018) - Mitsunari Tokugawa, Kureha Shinogi, Karate Student 1 (ep. 16), Waiter 1 (ep. 17) , Angler (ep. 18) , Butler (ep. 24)

Anime Films

 * Only Yesterday (1991) - Takeo's Father, Kazuo
 * Batman Ninja (2018) - Eian

Video Game Dubbing

 * Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013) - Additional Voices
 * Judgment (2018) - Kazuya Ayabe
 * Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Additional Voices