Biography
Although born in Texas, Matt Stone was raised in Littleton, CO and he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder as a math major. As an undergraduate, he met filmmaker Trey Parker (who reportedly fed him slabs of roast beef) and eventually acted in Parker's first feature "Cannibal! The Musical/Alferd Packer! The Musical!" (1993), a fanciful retelling of the true story of an 19th Century prospector who ate several colleagues. When the film …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Teamed with Trey Parker and composer Robert Lopez to create the Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon"; earned Tony nominations for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Score | |
2007 | Signed a deal with Comedy Central worth $75 million, which will keep "South Park" at the network through 2011 | |
2005 | Signed a deal to keep "South Park" at Comedy Central through the end of 2008, with Parker and Stone continuing to write, direct, voice and edit | |
2004 | With Parker, co-wrote, co-produced and voiced characters in the feature "Team America: World Police" | |
2001 | Co-created the sitcom "That's My Bush," spoofing the presidential family | |
1999 | With Parker, produced, co-wrote and voiced characters in the feature "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" | |
1998 | Co-starred in David Zucker's film comedy "BASEketball" | |
1997 | Co-created the animated Comedy Central series "South Park" with Trey Parker; also wrote, performed music and voiced several characters | |
1997 | Co-wrote and starred with Parker in "Orgazmo"; shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival | |
1995 | Asked by TV executive Brian Graden to create an animated video Christmas card; result was the cult "The Spirit of Christmas", a five-minute short | |
1994 | Moved to Los Angeles with Trey Parker | |
1994 | Co-wrote and produced "Cannibal! The Musical!" with Trey Parker | |
| Created "The Spirit of Christmas" with Trey Parker, two animated short films referred to as "Jesus vs. Frosty" (1992) and "Jesus vs. Santa" (1995) | ||
Awards
2011 | Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical |
2011 | Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in South Park |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2006 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2004 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2002 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
2000 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |
1998 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) in South Park |