Matthew Mercer Net Worth

How much is Matthew Mercer worth?

About Matthew Mercer

Mathew Mercer began his career in 2004 and since then he has taken part in multiple cartoons, video games, and anime of companies such as Funimation, Studiopolis, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Viz Media, and NYAV Post. Among some of his most notable voice roles are in Attack on Titan, Fate/Zero, Resident Evil, Fallout, Fortnite, and Dungeons & Dragons. It is estimated that since 2019, Matthew Mercer has earned income equal to a salary of $800,000 per year.

Matthew became famous after he joined the cast of multiple Japanese manga series, notably Attack on Titan. He was born on June 29, 1982, in West Palm Beach, Florida but was raised in California. He attended the Agoura Hills School and became interested in working as a voice actor for both anime and video games. Shortly after his graduation from high school, he joined various studios and companies.

In 2004, he began voicing video games, radio commercials, and cartoons. He hosted events such as Anime Matsuri and Anime Expo. The first voice and dubbing performances of Mercer are in Scaler, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, and World of Warcraft. Throughout the rest of the decade, he continued to voice mainly video games such as Final Fantasy Fables, Rise of the Argonauts, Street Fighter IV, Star Ocean, and Eat Lead: Matt Hazard’s Return.

In the late 2000s, he became a consistent voice actor for anime, animations, and cartoons. His first anime role was in the manga series Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan. Around the same time, he joined the cast of the animated television series Thunder Cats.

He played the role of Tygra, one of the leading characters in the show. Thanks to his multiple roles, by the end of 2012, Mercer earned an estimated $100-250,000 from his work. Eight years later, from his work in both animations, video games, films, and television series, his net worth was estimated to be around $800 thousand dollars.

One of his most popular roles to this day is in Naruto: Shippuden, where he voiced the character “Yamato” among others. From the series, in which he spent five years, he was earning an estimated $70,000 per season. In 2013, he also worked in Pokemon Origins, Digimon Fusion, Beware the Batman, and DC Super Friends. Around the same time, he became a leading character in the likes of Attack on Titan, Avengers Assemble, Hunter x Hunter, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Dragon Ball Super.

At the peak of his career, Matthew also began voicing roles in feature films – Resident Evil: Vendetta, Primary, and One Piece: Stampede.

Since 2012, he has taken part in numerous direct-to-video and television films, with his first role being in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos. Among his most popular voice and dubbing performances are in Resident Evil: Damnation, Justice League, Batman Unlimited: The Animal Instinct, and Batman: The Bad Blood.

Matthew Mercer continued to find prosperity since the late 2010s. For the last decade, he has worked for multiple productions at the same time. However, he remains most passionate about video games.

He has voiced more than 50 video games such as Batman: Arkham Origins, Hearthstone, Destiny, Evolve, League of Legends, Fallout 4, Minecraft: Story Mode, Star Wars: Battlefront II, and Indivisible. Most recently, he began working for the widely-known battle royale video game Fortnite: Save the World.

Mercer’s Total Net Worth

Matthew Mercer has a lot of credits to his name, including over 420 acting credits, which includes his voice acting work and his voicing characters in video games. He has also earned from directing, producing and writing. As well as made many several notable appearances as himself over the years.

Overall, it is estimated that that Mercer has had career earnings of about $8 million dollars to date. That is, because while he has worked on many projects, most of them have been quite niche and/or low profile. He has had steady work over the years however, since his first projects that date back to the late 90s.

Of that amount, around $1 million is expected to have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $7 million, will have been taxed at around 44% as Mercer has been residing in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that his career earnings are at around $3.92 million dollars, having paid $3.08 million dollars in taxes.

Matthew Mercer married Marisha Ray ​in 2017 and they remain together. They live in Los Angeles with their dog, a corgi named Omar and seem to enjoy a quiet and peaceful life. He has stayed out of trouble, has not been previously divorced and so has not had to pay any alimony and has not been in any lawsuits that have been made public.

In his personal life he suffers from body dysmorphic disorder, he has said that he “always struggled with his physical appearance”. Mercer also does charitable work including working with various LGBTQ+ rights charities like OutRight Action International.

In his personal life Mercer has likely spent $1 million dollars of his career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $300,000, not including investment assets. In his investments, he may have earned investment returns of $800,000. Therefore, it is estimated that Matthew Mercer has a net worth of around $4 million dollars.

Summing-Up

Matthew Mercer is one of the most popular voices in anime, cartoons, and video games. He first began his career as a voice actor in 2004, however, it slowly transitioned into other roles. As of now, he has also been a director, producer, and writer to the likes of Muzzled the Musical, There Will be Blood, School of Thrones, and Critical Role.

In mid-March 2015, he was announced as one of the leading cast of the latter. Concurrently with using his voice for video games, cartoons, and anime, he has continuously starred in multiple films and television series. His most recent acting roles are in the series Blood of Zeus, and the video game World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, which is still in post-production.