Ed Boon Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Ed "Noob" Boon (born as Edward J. Boon on February 22, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American video game programmer and director who had been employed for over 15 years at Midway Games and currently works for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in its subsidiary company NetherRealm Studios. He is best known for the Mortal Kombat series, which Boon created with John Tobias.
Full Name
Ed Boon
Net Worth
$15 Million
Date Of Birth
March 30, 1964
Place Of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height
6' (1.83 m)
Occupation
Game programmer, director and producer
Profession
Video game programmer, Video Game Producer
Education
Loyola Academy, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Nationality
American
Siblings
Mike Boon
Nicknames
Ed Boon, Boon, Ed, SUKA PIDOR, Edward Boon, Edward Suka
His name is seen in the Subway stage of Mortal Kombat 3. Also, John Tobias's name is seen too.
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Has stated in the past that his all-time favorite fighting game series is Tekken, and that he likes playing it in his spare time.
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Boon is a longtime fan of singer/songwriter Prince; this has long been attributed to the selection of ninja Rain's purple palette swap since the character's debut appearance in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1995).
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According to an E3 All Access interview with Ed Boon, his favorite video game company and its consoles are Nintendo.
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He named the character Tanya after his own sister, Tania. As well as naming the character Sonya Blade after his other sister, Sonya.
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One of the characters in Boon's Mortal Kombat video games is named Noob Saibot (Boon and John Tobias' last names spelled backwards).
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Boon has stated that he would like to see a Mortal Kombat vs. Street Fighter video game.
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Ed Boon currently holds the Guiness World Record for longest running voice actor in video games, having been the voice of Scorpion since the series began in 1992.
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Does the voice of Scorpion in the Mortal Kombat games.
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He is the game designer and creator of the popular fighting video games of the Mortal Kombat franchise.
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Graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign in 1986 with a degree in math/computer science
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2013
TV Series video games - 1 episode
Mortal Kombat
2011
Video Game story
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
2008
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat: Deception
2004
Video Game creator
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
2002
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat Advance
2001
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
2000
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat Gold
1999
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat 4
1997
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
video games
Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero
1997
Video Game creator
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
1996
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
1995
TV Series video games
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
1995
Video Game co-creator
Mortal Kombat
1995
video games
Mortal Kombat 3
1995
Video Game creator
Mortal Kombat II
1993
Video Game creator
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
2006
Video Game game designer
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
2005
Video Game creative director: Midway Games Inc. / game designer
$15 Million
