Matthew Mercer provides the iconic voice of McCree in Overwatch, but it's quite possible
you’ve heard him before in one of his many other roles, but maybe you’re not quite
sure where?
As well as voicing everyone's favorite cowboy Matthew is an award winning voice actor who’s
played characters in everything from Fallout 4 to Attack on Titan, as well as Resident
Evil, World of Warcraft, Destiny and he's also the dungeon master for Critical Role!
So let's find out where you can find some of his other work!
If you’re a Blizzard fan you probably recognised Matthews voice as Rexxar in World of Warcraft
and of course also providing lines for the avatar in Hearthstone, but what you might
not know is he also provided the voices of Nefarian and Ragnaros in the card game!
In Heroes of the Storm Mercer actually doesn't play Rexxar instead performing lines for Rehgar
but that's not the only MOBA he's done voice work for.
In Heroes of Newerth he provided the voice of the Monkey King, and then in DOTA 2 he
also provided the voice for their version of the Monkey King in a cinematic trailer,
although he sadly doesn’t voice the character in the game.
Like many members of the Overwatch cast he also played a role in Destiny as the voice
for the Human Male player character.
One of the biggest roles Mercer has taken up is that of Leon in the Resident Evil franchise.
He played the character in the Resident Evil 6 game as well as the Damnation and Vendetta
movies
Some of Mercer’s most recent work has been in other huge video game releases, such as
Titanfall 2 where he played the main protagonist and playable character Jack Cooper in the
single player campaign.
He also took up the role of Deadshot in Injustice 2
Infact he's quite familiar with playing major DC characters having voiced Superman and Two-face
in the DC super friends TV series
He's also voiced a couple of characters in the Batman Arkham series including Robin and
Anarky
Of course one place many of you will recognise his voice from is from the Attack on Titan
TV series where he plays one of the most beloved characters, Levi.
He also has a role in the recently released persona 5.
In EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront Matthew provided the voice of the Male Stormtrooper.
And in Guild Wars 2 he was a voice for the playable Male Norn characters.
He's performed a couple of roles in games from Telltale, such as Bowen and Fegg in the
Game of Thrones series.
Then in the Minecraft Story Mode game he played both Aiden and Otis.
Mercer has also worked on the English dubs for many Animes including JoJo’s Bizarre
Adventure, Kill La Kill, Fate/Zero, Bleach, Hellsing Ultimate and Naturo.
One of my favorite games in recent years was Pillars of Eternity and I was really pleased
to hear Matthew as Aloth, Eder and the Male Players Sinister Voice.
He also provides the voiceover for the Pillars of Eternity 2 Deadfire Campaign Trailer
In Evolve he played the character Abe, a former bounty hunter, smuggler and thief.
In Saints Row: Gat out of Hell he played the notorious pirate Blackbeard.
Another of Mercer’s roles was as the Fire Emblem character Chrom
He's also played a number of characters in fighting games over the years including Stryker
in Mortal Kombat, Fei Long in Street Fighter 4, Zane in Skullgirls and Zwei in Soulcalibur
5.
In the Thundercats 2011 TV series he played Tygra, an architect, scientist and nobel member
of the Thundercats
There is a good chance most of you recognise Mercer as the Dungeon Master for Geek and
Sundry's Critical Role series in which he leads a group of fellow voice actors on epic
dungeons and dragons campaigns.
Watching other people play D&D might seem a little strange on paper but it's incredibly
enjoyable and Mercer is an amazing DM.
So how many of these games, movies and TV shows did you recognise the voice of McCree
in?
Let me know in the comments, and which of Overwatch’s other amazing voice actors do
you want us to look at next!
As always this is James for Curse saying thanks for watching, and enjoy the game!