Matt Harrigan

Matt Harrigan
BornJuly 21, 1969
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Occupation(s)VP of Digital Content at
Adult Swim
Notable workPerfect Hair Forever
Assy McGee
Cheyenne Cinnamon
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
FishCenter Live

Matthew "Matt" Harrigan is an American television writer, producer, and voice actor who is best known for his work on shows like the Late Show with David Letterman and Celebrity Deathmatch. He was also the television host of FishCenter Live.

Career

Harrigan has worked as a producer on several shows for Williams Street and was the founder of the short lived studio Williams Street West. He was the Adult Swim creative director.[1] He also wrote numerous episodes of the series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast (including the entirety of the eighth season).[2]

Harrigan's animated television series Assy McGee premiered in November 2006.[3] In addition, he performed the voice of the regular character, Liquor, in 12 oz. Mouse,[4] the Major Shake Replicant in two episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the voice of Linda in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.[5] In 2009, he created another series with Dave Willis called Cheyenne Cinnamon that premiered in March 2010. After winning the online Burger King vote which was supposed to air around May 9, it was not picked up as a full series. He is also the creator of FishCenter Live and hosted it alongside Dave Bonawits, Andrew Choe, Christina Loranger, and Max Simonet from 2014 to 2020,[6][7][8] and, as the VP of Digital Content for the network, led the development of the Adult Swim Streams, a free live stream consisting of several online-exclusive originals, of which FishCenter Live was the flagship program. Harrigan was one of many Adult Swim employees to be laid off in November 2020, a move that led to the discontinuation of the Adult Swim Streams.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994–2004 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Writer, producer, voice actor, executive producer
1996–1997 Late Show with David Letterman Writer
1996–2000 KaBlam! Writer
1997-1998 Cartoon Sushi Writer & voice actor
1998–2002 Celebrity Deathmatch Head writer
2000–2007 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Executive producer
2002–2003 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Major Shake-replicant (voice) 2 episodes Voice actor
2004 Adult Swim Brain Trust Caller (voice) Voice actor
2004 Perfect Hair Forever Model Robot (voice) 4 episodes Creator, producer, director, writer & voice actor
2004–2006 Tom Goes to the Mayor Executive producer
2005 12 oz. Mouse Liquor (voice) 6 episodes Voice actor, & writer
2005 Squidbillies Additional story elements
2006–2008 Assy McGee Creator, writer & executive producer
2006–2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Executive producer, Actor in 1 episode
2010 Cheyenne Cinnamon Co-creator, writer, producer
2011 Family Guy 1 episode; New Kidney in Town Writer
2014–2020 FishCenter Live Creator & Host

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Voice Actor Linda

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Celebrity Deathmatch Writer

See also

References

  1. ^ Chris Kopcow (May 29, 2015). "Adult Swim's 'FishCenter': A Beginner's Guide". Vulture.
  2. ^ Roth Cornet (May 10, 2013). "Adult Swim's Future Includes Dan Harmon's Animated Series and Mike Tyson's Mysteries". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Annemarie Moody (March 11, 2008). "Adult Swim Presents 14 New Episodes Of Assy McGee". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  4. ^ Justin Norman. "12 oz. Mouse: An Interview with Matt Maiellaro". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD Review". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Argyle, Samuel (29 March 2019). "A fantasy getaway in a fish tank". The Outline. theoutline.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  7. ^ Thomas Wheatley (July 6, 2018). "Stream with the Fishes: The beautiful weirdness of Adult Swim's FishCenter Live". Atlanta.
  8. ^ John Jurgensen (March 12, 2015). "Shop Rules at Adult Swim". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved February 15, 2019.


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