1. Matthew Richard Stone was born on May 26,1971 and is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and musician.
21 Facts About Matt Stone
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Matt Stone is best known for co-creating South Park and The Book of Mormon with his creative partner Trey Parker.
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Outside of South Park, Matt Stone has written, produced, and starred in the satirical action film Team America: World Police, as well as the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which, after long-tenured delays and years of development, was met with positive reviews.
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Matt Stone is the recipient of numerous accolades, including five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on South Park, as well as three Tony Awards and one Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon.
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Matt Stone was born in Houston, Texas, to economics professor Gerald Whitney Matt Stone and Sheila Lois.
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Matt Stone is of Irish-American heritage from his father's side and Jewish heritage from his mother's side.
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Matt Stone's father was worried he would "become a musician and a bum", so he insisted that his son major in something "practical".
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Matt Stone graduated with a double-major Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993.
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Parker and Matt Stone attempted to negotiate with the organization on what to delete from the final print, but the MPAA would not give specific notes.
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Parker and Matt Stone then entered negotiations with both MTV and Comedy Central.
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Parker and Matt Stone became celebrities as a result of the program's success; Parker noted that the success of South Park allowed him to pursue, for a time, a lifestyle that involved partying with women and "out-of-control binges" in Las Vegas.
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Parker and Matt Stone signed a deal with Comedy Central in April 1998 that contracted the duo to producing South Park episodes until 1999, gave them a slice of the lucrative spinoff merchandising the show generated within its first year, as well as an unspecified seven-figure cash bonus to bring the show to the big screen, in theaters.
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Parker and Matt Stone fought with the MPAA to keep the film R-rated; for months the ratings board insisted on the more prohibitive NC-17.
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Matt Stone admitted that press coverage, which proclaimed the end of South Park was near, bothered him.
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Parker and Matt Stone continue to write, direct, and voice most characters on South Park.
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Parker and Matt Stone had little to do with the development of video games based on the series that were released at this time, but took full creative control of South Park: The Stick of Truth, a 2014 video game based on the series that received positive reviews and for which they won the 2014 Writing in a Comedy award and Matt Stone was nominated for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting by National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.
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In 2000, Parker and Matt Stone began plotting a television sitcom starring the winner of the 2000 presidential election.
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The deadline for the film's completion took a toll on both filmmakers, as did various difficulties in working with puppets, with Matt Stone, who described the film as "the worst time of [his] life", resorting to coffee to work 20-hour days and sleeping pills to enable him to rest.
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The production has since expanded to two national tours, a Chicago production, and a UK production, and Parker and Matt Stone have confirmed a film adaption is in pre-production.
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Matt Stone met Comedy Central executive Angela Howard in 2001, and they began a relationship shortly after.
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Matt Stone has described himself as ethnically Jewish due to his mother being Jewish.