Matthew Hoyt (October 13, 1975 – August 14, 2021) was an American music video and film director, voice actor, writer, and musician best known for music videos of the bands Pinback, The Blackheart Procession, Goblin Cock and co-owning the San Diego restaurant and bar Starlite.

[4] Hoyt booked and promoted live music for the all-ages concert venue The Soul Kitchen in El Cajon, California from 1994 to 1996.

[5] Hoyt's voice acting career began unexpectedly, when he pretended to be a Japanese game show host to accompany sound design his friends had composed for a national advertising campaign.

His client list included Sony PlayStation, Toshiba, Wahoo's Fish Taco, Honey Baked Ham, as well as others.

[citation needed] Hoyt appeared as fictional British naturalist Alister Cranberry with the band Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects as an opening act for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks in Solana Beach, CA in the summer of 2005.