Matthew "Matt" Mercer (born Matthew Christopher Miller) is an American voice actor and entertainer who provides the voice of Cassidy in Overwatch. He is well known from his many roles across different media platforms. He voice acts in cartoons, films, and video games; as well as in English dubs of Japanese anime.
On top of being a voice-over artist, he also directs and produces live action web shows like the Nintendo parody There Will Be Brawl. He acts as the Dungeon Master in the Geek & Sundry web series and later its own Critical Role, where he leads several other voice actors through Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.
Other notable roles in video games
- Leon S. Kennedy in the Resident Evil series.
- Chrom, Ryoma, Shigure and Azama from the Fire Emblem series.
- Alvin from Tales of Xillia 1 and 2
- Cor Leonis from the Final Fantasy series.
- MacCready and Z1-14 from Fallout 4.
- Anarky from Batman: Arkham Origins and Tim Drake from Arkham Knight.
- Rexxar, Ragnaros the Firelord, Ragnaros, Lightlord, Nefarian, Coren Direbrew from Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.
- Kanji from ''Persona 4''
- Yusuke from ''Persona 5''
- Espio The Chameleon from the Sonic the Hedgehog Series
- Jack Cooper from Titanfall 2
- Abraham "Abe" Presley from Evolve Stage 2
- Pumat Sol from Zadash
- Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- Edér Teylecg and Aloth Corfiser from Pillars of Eternity I & II
- Wolf side of Kindred from League Of Legends
- Deadshot from Injustice 2 and Lego DC Super Villains
- Nightwing from Lego DC Super Villains
- Prince Olivert from the Trail Series
Trivia
- In the final episode of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part Three: Stardust Crusaders, Jotaro Kujo says "It's high noon", similar to Cassidy's ultimate phrase. Coincidentally, both characters are voiced by the same voice actor, Matthew Mercer. Both Jotaro and Cassidy were inspired by Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" character from Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Western films.
- In the Dark Bargains episode of Critical Role. Matt's cosplay as Cassidy with a theme of the character that he voiced.