"I love music and I love singing, but I... it just wasn't what I wanted to do. I really love the story. So I kind of got into musical theatre, and then from there, I just got into film and TV acting."
— Porretta, in an interview with Remedy Games fansite The Sudden Stop.
Matthew Charles Porretta (born May 29, 1965, in Darien, Connecticut) is an American actor best known for being the voice of Alan Wake.
Born into a family of singers, he spent much of his early career following in their footsteps studying music and becoming a singer on Broadway. Porretta would later choose to make a career in acting instead, having roles on both the big and small screen.
He would first become associated with Remedy Entertainment in 2010 when he played the voice of Alan Wake. He would go on to play the character, as well as several others, in most of Remedy's future projects.
Film and Television Roles:
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993): Will Scarlet O'Hara
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993): Dan Rubin
- Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995): Lieutenant at Ball
- Wings (1996): David Barnes (1 episode)
- The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1996-98): Robin Hood
- Code Name: Eternity (2000): Leethan (1 episode)
- Without a Trace (2004): Oscar (1 episode)
- CSI: NY (2005): Ron Bogda (1 episode)
- Imagination Movers (2010): Stanley Spillburger (1 episode)
- Deadbeat (2014) (2015): Crosby / Matthew Biscotti (5 episodes)
- The Blacklist (2019): Schmock (1 episode)
Video Game Roles:
- Alan Wake (2010): Alan Wake (Voice)
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare (2012): Alan Wake, Mr. Scratch (Voice)
- Quantum Break (2016): Alan Wake
- Grand Theft Auto V (2013): The local population
- The Bureau X Com Declassified (2013): Assorted voices
- Red Dead Online (2016): The local pedestrian population
- Control (2019): Dr. Casper Darling, The Missing Parautilitarian
- Control: AWE: Alan Wake (Voice)
- Starfield (2023): Marco Graziani
- Alan Wake II (2023): Alan Wake, Mr. Scratch (Voice) and Dr. Casper Darling
- Dead by Daylight (2024): Alan Wake, Mr. Scratch (Voice)
