Happy (Early) Birthday, Matt Hill · 5:49pm January 19th
Tomorrow, January 20, is Matt Hill's birthday. But since tomorrow is also MLK Jr. Day and I wish to be respectful towards the legacy of that day, I'm posting this birthday celebration blog a day early. Matt Hill is of course the talented man who voiced Soarin, who alongside Spitfire is one of the most frequently re-occurring Wonderbolts, and still remains one of the most popular stallions to ship with Rainbow Dash and Applejack. He was also the voice of one of the male teenage dragons in "Dragon Quest".
Matt of course has had many voice acting roles before Soarin. Some of his most noticeable include Ed from Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy, Carlos from Transformers Armada, Ironhide from Transformers Energon, Bass in the Mega Man Battle Network cartoon series, and his first ever voice acting role: The titular Captain N from Captain N: The Game Master, a role he starred in when he was still a child.
Happy birthday, Matt. I hope you continue to be blessed with many great voice acting roles for years and years to come.
57 he is now, yet it's crazy his birthday is a day after Britt McKillip's, who is 23 years younger than him.
Also in the show itself Soarin has eye bag like lines under his eyes, but does that mean he is an older pony compared to the Mane 6 or so?
5826843 I never noticed that detail. It can't be an animation error if he had in every appearance, or else they would've caught it and corrected it. Maybe it's supposed to imply he's exhausted, perhaps to try to tie in with "Rainbow Falls" and "Newbie Dash" suggesting he might be a bit clumsy?
He also voiced Birdie in the TV series adaptation of the Zigby books.
Kira Yamato (Gundam), Tyler (Supernoobs), Bankotsu (Inuyasha)...
Man, he aged well to this day...
But regardless, Happy (Early) Birthday, Matt Hill!