Matthew Robert Patrick (born November 15, 1986), better known as MatPat, is an American former YouTuber and internet personality.

[6]: 01:50–03:20  He was the valedictorian of his high school and received an academic scholarship to Duke University,[8] graduating in 2009 with a double major in theater and psychology with a concentration in neuroscience.

[9] To fulfill his dream of becoming an actor, MatPat moved to New York after graduating and performing in theater productions to little success, spending two years unemployed.

In 2011, he decided to revamp his channel as a "portfolio" which could demonstrate to potential employers his ability to write, research, and edit videos online.

[9] The channel slowly gained subscribers and his videos were posted on the front pages of sites such as ScrewAttack and GameTrailers.

[11] In 2012, MatPat introduced two new segments hosted by fellow YouTubers Gaijin Goombah and Ronnie Edwards, and Austin Hourigan's "The SCIENCE!".

[13] He occasionally uploaded videos commenting on the gaming market and gamers, as well as on other matters that he deemed noteworthy.

[14] MatPat started a Let's Play series called GTLive on August 26, 2015,[15] where he posts gameplay and video reactions with his wife Stephanie.

[21][22] In 2019, The Game Theorists held a 9-hour charity livestream that generated $1.3 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

[24][25] The third Theory channel, and fourth overall; The Food Theorists, began releasing videos in July 2020.

[34] While he joked that his decision was inspired by Tom Scott, who had recently ended his decade-long run of posting weekly videos, MatPat said that he and his wife had been working towards the change for years.

[34] One such project includes a lo-fi mystery series entitled LoreFi;[37] its channel was launched in summer 2024.

[38][39] MatPat, alongside Cordato, Sundman, Hourigan, and Edwards, also contributed their likeness and voices for self-parodied opponents in the video game adaptation.

[40] In 2017, MatPat and his wife Stephanie participated in Nintendo's Pokkén Tournament DX Invitational, an event held during E3 2017.

[51] Their son was born in 2018,[52] and the family currently divides their time between living in California and North Carolina.