User:Hameltion/Trey Parker and Matt Stone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) and Matthew Richard Stone[1] (born May 26, 1971)[2] are American actors, animators, writers, producers, directors, and musicians. They are best known for co-creating South Park (since 1997) and The Book of Mormon (2011). They were interested in film and music as children and at high school and attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where they met. The two collaborated on various short films and co-starred in the feature-length musical Cannibal! The Musical (1993).
Trey Parker and Matt Stone | |
---|---|
Born | Randolph Severn Parker III (1969-10-19) October 19, 1969 (age 54) Conifer, Colorado, U.S. Matthew Richard Stone (1971-05-26) May 26, 1971 (age 52) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | Parker: Berklee College of Music University of Colorado Boulder (BA) Stone: University of Colorado Boulder (BA) |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 1989–present |
Works | Parker: Filmography and awards Stone: Filmography and awards |
Spouses | Parker: Emma Sugiyama
(m. 2006; div. 2008)Boogie Tillmon
(m. 2014; div. 2019)Stone: Angela Howard (m. 2008) |
Children | Parker: 1 Stone: 2 |
Parker and Stone moved to Los Angeles and made their second feature-length film, Orgazmo (1997). Before the premiere of the film, South Park premiered on Comedy Central in August 1997. The duo possess full creative control of the show, and have produced music and video games based on it. A film based on the series, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), received good reviews from both critics and fans. They went on to write, produce, direct, and star in the satirical action film Team America: World Police (2004), and, after several years of development, The Book of Mormon premiered on Broadway to good reviews.
Parker and Stone have received various awards over the course of his career, including five Primetime Emmy Awards for their work on South Park, four Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for The Book of Mormon, and an Academy Award nomination for Stone for the song "Blame Canada" from the South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut movie, co-written with Marc Shaiman.