Ed Boon
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| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Game programmer, creative director, philanthropist, voice actor and producer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
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Edward Boon (born February 22, 1964)[1] is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director. Boon is best known for co-creating the fighting game series Mortal Kombat along with John Tobias, and directing the Injustice series. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time for his involvement in the Mortal Kombat series.[2]
Boon was employed for over 15 years at Midway Games. Since 2011, he has worked for NetherRealm Studios.
Life and career
Boon graduated from high school at Loyola Academy in Wilmette. Boon is of Hispanic descent, and his mother came from the Dominican Republic while his father is Dutch-American.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[3][4]
After graduation, he was employed by Williams Entertainment in their pinball department, working on approximately 20 pinball games over the next two years. During this time, he was called the Mortal Master, an early indicator towards a future creation.[5]
He is the co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series, along with John Tobias,[6] and served as the series' lead programmer, with Tobias as the lead designer, until their partnership dissolved with Tobias' departure from Midway in 2000. Boon named series characters Sonya and Tanya after his sisters Sonia and Tania,[7] while another character, Noob Saibot, was named after Boon and Tobias' reversed surnames.[8] Programmer Mike Boon is Ed's younger brother and has been a part of his team since Mortal Kombat 4.[4]
Boon continues to be directly involved with the Mortal Kombat franchise and its multimedia side projects and has also provided voice acting and motion capture work for the games, most notably providing the voice for the "Come here!" and "Get over here!" catchphrases by Scorpion in several games of the series as well as the first two feature films Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat Annihilation. The 2008 edition of Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition consequently awarded him a world record for the "longest-serving video game voice actor."[9]
He was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in 2022.[10]
Works
Video games
| Year | Title | Role(s) |
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| 1990 | High Impact Football | Template:Screen reader-only |
| 1991 | Super High Impact | Template:Screen reader-only |
| 1992 | Total Carnage | Voice of General Akhboob |
| 1992 | Mortal Kombat | Designer, programmer, voice of Scorpion, Reptile, Shang Tsung (announcer) |
| 1993 | Mortal Kombat II | Designer, programmer, voice of Scorpion, Smoke, Noob Saibot, Liu Kang, and Jax |
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat 3 | Designer, programmer, voice of Smoke, Liu Kang and Jax |
| 1995 | Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 | Executive producer, designer, programmer, voice of Scorpion |
| 1996 | Mortal Kombat Trilogy | Designer, programmer |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat 4 | Designer, programmer, voice of Johnny Cage, Raiden, Kai, Scorpion and Jax |
| 1999 | Mortal Kombat Gold | Project lead, voice of Cyrax |
| 2001 | The Grid | Template:Screen reader-only |
| 2002 | Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance | Team lead, game design, programming, voice of Scorpion |
| 2004 | Mortal Kombat: Deception | Project lead, game design, programming, voice of Scorpion, Reiko, Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot |
| 2005 | Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks | Executive producer, voice of Scorpion |
| 2006 | Mortal Kombat: Armageddon | Creative director |
| 2008 | Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | Creative director, team leader |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat | Team leader, creative director, additional voices |
| 2011 | Batman: Arkham City Lockdown | Creative director |
| 2013 | Injustice: Gods Among Us | Creative director, team leader |
| 2013 | Batman: Arkham Origins | Creative director, team leader |
| 2015 | Mortal Kombat X | Creative director, team leader |
| 2017 | Injustice 2 | Creative director, team leader |
| 2019 | Mortal Kombat 11 | Creative director, team leader |
| 2023 | Mortal Kombat 1 | Creative director, team leader |
Pinball
| Year | Title | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | F-14 Tomcat | effects |
| 1987 | Space Station | software and effects |
| 1988 | Banzai Run | effects |
| 1988 | Taxi | software and effects |
| 1989 | Black Knight 2000 | software and effects |
| 1990 | FunHouse | voice of Rudy[11] |
Film & Television
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mortal Kombat | Scorpion (voice) | [11] |
| 1997 | Mortal Kombat Annihilation | ||
| 2006 | Drawn Together | Episode: "The One Wherein There Is a Big Twist: Part 2" | |
| 2008 | Code Monkeys | Himself (voice) | Episode: "The Great Recession" |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat: Legacy | Ed Goodman | cameo appearance in first-season episode "Johnny Cage" |
| 2026 | Mortal Kombat II | Ed, Scorpion (voice) | cameo |
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shirley Gomez (October 13, 2023). "Meet Ed Boon: The Dominican-American visionary behind Mortal Kombat". ¡Hola!. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IGN - 100. Ed Boon". IGN. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Universities of Missouri, Illinois hailed as tech's powerful colleges". St. Louis Business Journal. May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Borrelli, Christopher (May 1, 2013). "'Mortal Kombat' creator Ed Boon back with DC superhero game". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mortal's Master: Programmer Ed Boon". GamePro. No. 86. IDG. November 1995. pp. 38–40.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barton, Steve (June 10, 2010). "E3 2010: Mortal Kombat Returns! See the New Trailer!". Dread Central. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mortal Kombat X gets the Xenomorph, Leatherface, and a few old favourites". GamesRadar+. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Michael McWhertor (April 19, 2021). "The origin of Noob Saibot". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Glenday, Craig (2008). Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition. Guinness World Records. p. 79. ISBN 978-1904994206.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boon, Ed (February 24, 2022). "Ed Boon On His AIAS Hall Of Fame Induction And Career In Video Games And Pinball" (Interview). Interviewed by Andrew Reiner. Game Informer.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ed Boon | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors (Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources). Archived from the original on July 27, 2019. Retrieved July 27, 2019.
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