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Ed Boon

Programmer / Video Game Programmer / Video Game Developer / Screenwriter | * 02/22/1964 (60) | Chicago, Illinois (CHI) (United States of America (USA))
Ed Boon (born February 22, 1964) is an American video game programmer, voice actor, and director. Boon was employed for over 15 years at Midway Games. Since 2011, he has worked for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for one of its Subsidiaries, NetherRealm Studios. Boon is best known for the widely popular Mortal Kombat series, which he created with John Tobias, and the Injustice series. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Animation | Fantasy

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Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand agai ...

Mortal Kombat

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2021 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Action, Fantasy, Adventure
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A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever enco ...

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

PG-13

1997 | 2.2/5 | 1h 35min
Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiv ...

Mortal Kombat

PG-13

1995 | 2.9/5 | 1h 41min
Action, Fantasy
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Movies with Ed Boon as Actor(3)

as Scorpion (voice)1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Scorpion (voice)1995 Mortal Kombat
as himself1995 Behind Mortal Kombat 3: Into the Outworld

TV Shows/Series with Ed Boon as Actor(3)

as Ed Goodman2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as himself2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Scorpion (voice)2004 Drawn Together

Movies with Ed Boon as Crew(13)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
Crew/Video Game2023 Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
Crew/Video Game2022 Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
Production/Executive Producer2022 Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
Crew/Creative Consultant2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Crew/Video Game2021 Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
Crew/Video Game2021 Injustice
Crew/Creator2010 Mortal Kombat: Rebirth
Crew/Creator1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Crew/Creator1995 Mortal Kombat
Writing/Screenplay1995 Mortal Kombat
Crew/Creator1995 Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins
Directing/Director1995 Behind Mortal Kombat 3: Into the Outworld

TV Shows/Series with Ed Boon as Crew(2)

Creator/Creator2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Creator/Creator1996 Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

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Full Name: Ed Boon
Born: Saturday, 02/22 1964 (February) in Chicago, Illinois (CHI) (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 60 years + 64 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Loyola Academy
Other names for Ed Boon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Edward John Boon"
Ed Boon frequently works together with these people:
Cree Summer (12x, Actress)
John Tobias (10x, Crew)
Chris Edgerly (8x, Actor)
Jess Harnell (7x, Actor)
Tara Strong (6x, Actress)
Rick Morales (5x, Crew)
Wes Gleason (5x, Crew)
Lawrence Kasanoff (5x, Crew)
James Krieg (4x, Crew)
Patrick J. Foley (4x, Crew)
Alison Savitch (4x, Crew)
Alyessa Ornelas (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:116801, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024