Matt Hoverman
Encyclopedia
Matt Hoverman is an American
actor
, playwright
, teacher of solo shows, and voice actor based in New York City
.
Matt Hoverman’s plays include "Who You See Here" (headed for Broadway: Nelle Nugent, producer; Christopher Ashley, director), "In Transit" (2006 FringeNYC Best Playwriting Award), "The Student" (2009 Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival Winner), "The Audience" (co-book writer, 2005 Drama Desk Best New Musical Award Nominee), "Christmas Shorts" (Naked Angels, SoHo Playhouse, Bricks Theatre, Maples Rep - published by Samuel French), "Searching for God in Suburbia" (Huntington Theatre’s Breaking Ground New Play Reading Festival, Axial Theatre, The Acting Company) and "The Glint" (Berkshire Playwrights Lab). A four-time finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award, Matt was also a 2008 Edward Albee Foundation Fellow. As a screenwriter, he has been commissioned to write multiple screenplays for Garage Films (including "The Advantage of Truth"), and is a 2-time winner of the Edelman Studios Pitch Club Award. As an actor: Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse
, The Acting Company and many cartoons such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Also NYC’s premier solo show coach, Matt’s students include winners of the 2005, 2009 & 2010 FringeNYC Best Solo Show Awards, the 2008 FringeNYC Best Actress Award and more. Brown University, BA in Playwriting; UCSD, MFA in Acting. www.MattHoverman.com
On August 6, 2005, Hoverman and fellow actor Katie Atcheson, who played several roles in In Transit, were married.
He is also an ardent admirer of Marvel Comics
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actor
Actor
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, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, teacher of solo shows, and voice actor based in New York City
New York City
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Matt Hoverman’s plays include "Who You See Here" (headed for Broadway: Nelle Nugent, producer; Christopher Ashley, director), "In Transit" (2006 FringeNYC Best Playwriting Award), "The Student" (2009 Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival Winner), "The Audience" (co-book writer, 2005 Drama Desk Best New Musical Award Nominee), "Christmas Shorts" (Naked Angels, SoHo Playhouse, Bricks Theatre, Maples Rep - published by Samuel French), "Searching for God in Suburbia" (Huntington Theatre’s Breaking Ground New Play Reading Festival, Axial Theatre, The Acting Company) and "The Glint" (Berkshire Playwrights Lab). A four-time finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Heideman Award, Matt was also a 2008 Edward Albee Foundation Fellow. As a screenwriter, he has been commissioned to write multiple screenplays for Garage Films (including "The Advantage of Truth"), and is a 2-time winner of the Edelman Studios Pitch Club Award. As an actor: Yale Rep, La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre-in-residence on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. -Background:...
, The Acting Company and many cartoons such as Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Also NYC’s premier solo show coach, Matt’s students include winners of the 2005, 2009 & 2010 FringeNYC Best Solo Show Awards, the 2008 FringeNYC Best Actress Award and more. Brown University, BA in Playwriting; UCSD, MFA in Acting. www.MattHoverman.com
On August 6, 2005, Hoverman and fellow actor Katie Atcheson, who played several roles in In Transit, were married.
He is also an ardent admirer of Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
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Partial filmography
- Harlock SagaHarlock Sagais a six-part anime miniseries by Leiji Matsumoto. An adaptation of Das Rheingold, it tells the story of space pirate Captain Harlock and his crew as they try to stop a man who has stolen gold from the center of the galaxy and forged it into a powerful ring.- Overview of the anime :Legend tells of...
— Harlock (lead) Central Park Media - available on DVD - Cubix — Rid (the robot ratcatcher), Klank (a robot without an emotional processing chip who learns to love) (4Kids Entertainment)
- Shaman KingShaman Kingis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament....
— Patch, King (4Kids Entertainment) - Winx ClubWinx ClubWinx Club is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve, but is also popular among teens...
(4Kids Entertainment edit) — Codatorta - Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic turtles, who were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists...
— Agent Bishop (replaced by another actor, after approximately 7 episodes or so...) 4Kids - One PieceOne Pieceis a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...
— Higuma, Wapol, Pell (4Kids) - Pokémon ChroniclesPokémon ChroniclesPokémon Chronicles, known in Japan as , is a spin-off series of the Pokémon anime, revolving around characters other than Ash Ketchum.It first aired in Britain on Toonami, where the initial run has now finished. The only places where episodes are currently airing for the first time are the...
— Dr. Brown (in episode?), Corey Damario in “Those Darn Electrabuzz’ (ep. 17) (4Kids) - Yu-Gi-Oh! GXYu-Gi-Oh! GXYu-Gi-Oh! GX, known in Japan as , is an anime spin-off and sequel of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters anime. It aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between October 6, 2004 and March 26, 2008, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's...
— Mohad, Jagger (4Kids) - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sYu-Gi-Oh! 5D'sis a Yu-Gi-Oh! series which aired in Japan between April 2, 2008 and March 30, 2011, following the previous series, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and was succeeded by Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, on April 11, 2011...
— Jakob (4Kids) - Yu-Gi-Oh! ZexalYu-Gi-Oh! Zexalis an anime and manga series. It is the fourth Yu-Gi-Oh! television anime series produced by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems. The series was first unveiled on December 18, 2010, in the February 2011 issue of the V Jump magazine, where the manga began serialization. The TV anime began airing on TV...
— Flip (4Kids)