Maddie Taylor

Maddie Taylor (born December 31, 1966),^[1] formerly Matthew W. Taylor, is an American voice actress and storyboard artist, known for voicing Verminious Snaptrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy and Sparky in The Fairly OddParents.

Career

While starting as a storyboard artist at Sony Pictures Animation,^[2] Taylor lent her voice to Deni, the crazed duck, and Buddy, the blue porcupine, in the studio's first full feature Open Season, as well as voicing Elliot in the video game adaptation, replacing Ashton Kutcher. In the film's two sequels, she replaced Patrick Warburton as the strong mule deer Ian in Open Season 2, and replaced Joel McHale as the voice of Elliot in Open Season 3, before being replaced by Will Townsend in Open Season: Scared Silly.^{[citation needed]}

Within 2006, she provided ADR voices for George W. Bush for the South Park episode "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", but was not included in the credits.^{[citation needed]}

Taylor was cast in T.U.F.F. Puppy as Verminious Snaptrap and in The Fairly OddParents as Sparky in 2013, both of which are developed by Nickelodeon and created by Butch Hartman.

In late 2016, Taylor provided the voice for the interactive character, Gary the Gull, for the PlayStation VR.^{[citation needed]} Since her transition, Taylor has been voicing more female characters. Her character in The Loud House, Dana Dufresne, transitioned to reflect her own transition.

In December 2020, Taylor provided the voice for the character of Claire Russell, a transgender bartender of the Afterlife bar in the video game Cyberpunk 2077.

In 2023, Taylor voiced Torga, a recurring character in My Dad the Bounty Hunter.^[3]

Personal life

In 2016, Taylor publicly came out as a bisexual trans woman.^[4][5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2006	The Very First Noel	Short Shepherd, Caesar, Tax Man, Townsperson
	Open Season	Deni, Buddy	Also story artist
2007	Surf's Up	Glen's Buddy, Ivan
	The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas	Elf, Snowman, Witness, Fly
2008	Open Season 2	Ian, Deni, Buddy
2010	Open Season 3	Elliot, Ian, Reilly, Buddy, Deni, additional voices
2011	The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle	Brainy Ape, Tango
2012	Hotel Transylvania	Additional Voices	Uncredited story artist
2013	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2015	Open Season: Scared Silly		Uncredited
2016	Gary the Gull	Gary, Frank
	The Angry Birds Movie	Hamilton Pig, Acrobat Pig
2017	Rock Dog	Additional Voices
2019	Wonder Park		Uncredited story artist
	Playmobil: The Movie	Glinara	story artist

Television

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2006	South Park	George W. Bush	Uncredited Episode: "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce"
2010–15	T.U.F.F. Puppy	Verminious Snaptrap, others	Credited as Matt Taylor[6]
2013–17	The Fairly OddParents	Sparky, others	Credited as Matthew W. Taylor[6]
2014	Mixels	Glomp, Hoogi	Episode: "Mixed Up Special"
2014	The Tom and Jerry Show	Winston
2015	Breadwinners	Pizza Lord	Episode: "Wrath of the Pizza Lord"
2016–present	The Loud House	Dana/Donnie Dufresne	Recurring role
2023	My Dad the Bounty Hunter	Torga	Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2006	Open Season	Elliot, Beaver #3, Porcupine
2007	Surf's Up	Reggie Belafonte, Elliot
2013	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional Voices
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Claire

Commercials

• Kraft Mac & Cheese as Cheesasaurus Rex