Matt Chapman

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Chapman the Younger

Fan of a man indeed!

Matt Chapman (born November 1, 1976), the younger of The Brothers Chaps, is the voice actor for all of the characters on Homestar Runner (except for Marzipan and her counterparts, played by Missy Palmer, the voices in The Cheat's cartoons, done by Mike Chapman, and Teeg Dougland, also done by Mike.) Although a famously native "Atlantian", he is a born Hoosier, as admitted in the Club Aquatica interview.

General Information

Food of Significant Interest

• Egg salad sandwiches (with bits of bacon). [1]
• When they were toddlers, Mike fed Matt cupcakes with toothpaste in them. [2] Matt retaliated by feeding Mike vinegar toast.
• Matt has a new-found enthusiasm for poutine. [3]
• He also likes Onion Straws. He describes them as "Dismantled Awesome Blossoms." [4]

Careers

• Matt used to work for Earthlink, an Internet company. [5]
• Matt also did voices for Preschool Protocops and some voices for webtoons and radio commercials for Mellow Mushroom. [6]
• The first day Matt quit his job (as the sales of HSR 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. [7]

Acting

• The Brothers Chaps' friend, David Green, made a movie called All The Real Girls. Matt ended up being in it, but has no speaking part. He's in the background at one point, just sitting on a couch. In the credits, he's listed as Strong Bad. Mike, Craig Zobel and Missy were also involved in the movie.
• He has a Bacon Number of 2.
• He has composed music for Sealab 2021.

Favorite Music

• Matt's top 5 favorite records of all time (in no particular order):
  • Vince Guaraldi Trio — A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • The Minutemen — Double Nickels on the Dime
  • Neil Young — Rust Never Sleeps
  • De La Soul — De La Soul is Dead
  • Sebadoh — Bubble & Scrape

Misc.

Mabel

• He and his wife Jackie own a cat named Mabel (seen in website) together. Jackie helped write "Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True" with Matt.
• On the Burning Horizon Forum, Matt Chapman posted a little message on the forum's one year anniversary.

Happy anniversary to each and all of ya'lls. You got a great little fansite here. High fives to everybody. Here's a treat from Strong Bad and Coach Z that'll be up for a little while.

www.videlectrix.com/bhz.mp3

Has Fun,
Matt C

• Listen to the message (mirror)

External Links

• LSU Reveille Online, 6 Nov 2003
• Daily Eastern News, 23 Apr 2004
• Kevin Scott interviews the brothers, 20 May 2003
• Wired Interview, 23 Jun 2003
• The Sheaf (includes poutine mention) 12 May 2004
• Retrocrush interview, date unknown (17 Jun 2004?)
• Matt's IMDb page
• SXSW Personal Profile with photograph