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4Christopher Vincent "Chris" Metzen (born November 22, 1973) is an American video game designer, {{fantasy art}}ist, voice actor and author.
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6He is one of the chief creative minds behind the universes and scripts of Creator/BlizzardEntertainment's major video game franchises, ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' and ''VideoGame/StarCraft'', and voiced several characters in them, including Orc Chieftain Thrall in ''[=WarCraft=]'' and ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', as well as High King Varian Wrynn, Ragnaros the Firelord and numerous others in the latter's expansions.
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8[[HeAlsoDid He also worked on]] ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueTaskForce'' in the 1990s, and provided the vocals for Bastion in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' and voiced the Marine unit in ''[=StarCraft=]'' and [[VideoGame/StarcraftII its sequel]].
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10Formerly the Senior Vice President of Story & Franchise Development at Blizzard, Metzen retired in September 2016, though he continued to perform as a voice actor for characters in his old company's games, as well as other works such as ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince''. However, he reintegrated the company's creative teams for ''World of Warcraft'' in 2022, and became its Executive Creative Director in September 2023.

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