Full Name | Matt Frewer |
Net Worth | $10 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 4, 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
Height | 1.9 m |
Occupation | Stand-up comedian, actor, singer, voice artist, comedian |
Profession | Singer, Voice Actor, Stand-up comedian |
Education | Lakefield College School, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Nationality | Canadian American |
Spouse | Amanda Hillwood |
Nicknames | Matt Frewer, Frewer, Matt |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0001242 |
Awards | Satellite Award for Best Television Ensemble, Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series |
Nominations | Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series |
Movies | Watchmen, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The BFG, Dawn of the Dead, Hercules, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, 50/50, National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Far from Home, The Stand, Riding the Bullet, Quicksilver Highway, Rampage, Frankie & Alice, The Taking of Beverly Hills, Weirdsville, The Fourth Protoco... |
TV Shows | Max Headroom, Eureka, Psi Factor, The Knick, Alice, The Max Headroom Show, Taken, Toonsylvania, The Incredible Hulk, Hercules, Intelligence, Dumb and Dumber, The Pink Panther Show, Shaky Ground, Paw Paws, The Pink Panther, Mentors, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Doctor Doctor, Doctor, Doctor, Sherlock Holmes (C... |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | Reprised his role of Max Headroom in the 2015 movie Pixels (Voice only). |
2 | Has appeared in six films/mini-series based on the works of Stephen King (The Stand, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Quicksilver Highway, Riding the Bullet, Desperation and Bag of Bones) - more than any other actor. |
3 | He has played the same character (Max Headroom) in four different series: The Max Headroom Show (1985), Max Headroom (1987), The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (1987) and Sesame Street (1969). |
4 | Appeared as an "elderly" version of Max Headroom in a PSA about the changeover from analog to digital TV for British television. |
5 | Along with Amanda Pays and William Morgan Sheppard, he is one of only three actors to appear in both Max Headroom (1985) and Max Headroom (1987). |
6 | His father was a hockey player who also served in the Army for 36 years. |
7 | Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from the three-year acting course in 1980 |
8 | He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise. |
9 | Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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House in the Hamptons | 2017 | pre-production | |
Residue | 2016 | post-production | Mr. Fairweather |
The Art of More | 2016 | TV Series | Paul Rice |
Timeless | 2016 | TV Series | Anthony Bruhl |
12 Monkeys | 2016 | TV Series | Dr. Albert Kirschner |
The BFG | 2016 | | General #2 |
Orphan Black | 2013-2016 | TV Series | Dr. Aldous Leekie |
Love in Paradise | 2016 | TV Movie | Dr. Frank |
Pixels | 2015 | | Max Headroom (voice) |
Olympus | 2015 | TV Series | Daedalus Prometheus |
The Librarians | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Dulaque / The Son of Ban |
Hattie's Heist | 2014 | Short | |
Night at the Museum 3 | 2014 | | Archibald Stanley |
The Knick | 2014 | TV Series | Dr. J.M. Christiansen / Dr. Christiansen |
Rampage: Capital Punishment | 2014 | | Mr. Williamson (voice, uncredited) |
Witches of East End | 2013 | TV Series | Vidar |
Delete | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Arthur Bowden (National Security Advisor) |
Falling Skies | 2012-2013 | TV Series | General Bressler |
Eureka | 2006-2012 | TV Series | Jim Taggart |
Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom | 2012 | Video Game | Panic (voice) |
Bag of Bones | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Sid Noonan |
Foreverland | 2011 | | Mr. Steadman |
50/50 | 2011 | | Mitch |
Battle of the Bulbs | 2010 | TV Movie | Stu Jones |
Frankie & Alice | 2010 | | Dr. Strassfield |
Supernatural | 2010 | TV Series | Pestilence / Dr. Green |
How I Met Your Mother | 2010 | TV Series | Carriage Driver |
Wushu Warrior | 2010 | | Lord Edward Lindsey |
Alice | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | White Knight |
Attack on Darfur | 2009 | | Ted Duncan |
Rampage | 2009 | | Mr. Williamson |
Under the Hood | 2009 | Video short | Moloch |
Watchmen | 2009 | | Moloch |
Intelligence | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Ted Altman |
Weirdsville | 2007 | | Jason Taylor |
Eureka: Hide and Seek | 2006 | TV Series | Jim Taggart |
Desperation | 2006 | TV Movie | Ralph Carver |
Masters of Horror | 2005 | TV Series | Wally |
Riding the Bullet | 2004 | | Mr. Clarkson |
Geraldine's Fortune | 2004 | | Cameron Geary |
Intern Academy | 2004 | | Dr. Anton Keller |
Going the Distance | 2004 | | Farmer Joseph |
A Home at the End of the World | 2004 | | Ned Glover |
Bury the Lead | 2004 | TV Series | Dr. Lansing |
Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | | Frank |
Taken | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Dr. Chet Wakeman |
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire | 2002 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
House of Mouse | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Panic Toymaker |
Mickey's House of Villains | 2001 | Video | Panic (voice) |
The Royal Scandal | 2001 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
The Sign of Four | 2001 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | 2000 | TV Movie | Sherlock Holmes |
CyberWorld | 2000 | Short | Frazzled (voice) |
Jailbait | 2000 | TV Movie | Al Fisher |
Da Vinci's Inquest | 2000 | TV Series | Larry Williams |
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Matt Prager |
6ix | 1999 | Short | Satan / Nathan / Lucy / ... |
Mickey Mouse Works | 1999 | TV Series | Toymaker |
Hercules | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Panic |
Mentors | 1999 | TV Series | Frederick Banting |
Hercules: Zero to Hero | 1999 | Video | Panic (voice) |
Heartwood | 1998 | | Frank Burris (voice, uncredited) |
Toonsylvania | 1998 | TV Series | Dedgar Deadman |
In the Doghouse | 1998 | TV Movie | Scott Wagner |
Disney's Hades Challenge | 1998 | Video Game | Panic (voice) |
Hercules | 1997 | Video Game | Panic (voice) |
Breast Men | 1997 | TV Movie | Gerald Krzemien |
The Incredible Hulk | 1996-1997 | TV Series | The Leader Fashion Show M.C. Samuel Sterns |
Dead Fire | 1997 | TV Movie | Max Durbin |
Desert's Edge | 1997 | TV Short | Greg |
Hercules | 1997 | | Panic (voice) |
Tracey Takes On... | 1997 | TV Series | Bob |
Dead Man's Gun | 1997 | TV Movie | Norbert Datry (segment "Fool's Gold") |
Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules | 1997 | Video Game | Panic (voice) |
Quicksilver Highway | 1997 | TV Movie | Charlie / Dr. Charles George |
The Magic School Bus | 1996 | TV Series | Inspector 47 |
Apollo 11 | 1996 | TV Movie | Gene Kranz |
Mighty Ducks | 1996 | TV Series | Dr. Wally Pretorius |
Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | 1996 | TV Series | Jackal |
Quack Pack | 1996 | TV Series | |
Bruno the Kid | 1996 | TV Series | Booby Vicious (voice) |
The Pink Panther | 1993-1996 | TV Series | Pink Panther |
Generation X | 1996 | TV Movie | Russel Tresh |
The Outer Limits | 1996 | TV Series | Norman Glass |
Gargoyles | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Jackal |
Iron Man | 1996 | TV Series | The Leader |
Dumb and Dumber | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Lloyd Christmas / Lioyd Christmas |
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | 1996 | | Jobe Smith |
Kissinger and Nixon | 1995 | TV Movie | Gen. Alexander Haig (Dep. Asst. to the President for National Security Affairs) |
Senior Trip | 1995 | | Principal Todd Moss |
Driving Mr. Pink | 1995 | Short | The Pink Panther (voice) |
Return to Two Moon Junction | 1995 | | Cleo / Leo (uncredited) |
The Itsy Bitsy Spider | 1994-1995 | TV Series | The Exterminator |
Aladdin | 1994 | TV Series | Lord Chaos |
In Search of Dr. Seuss | 1994 | TV Movie | The Cat in the Hat |
Picket Fences | 1994 | TV Series | Harold Sawyer |
Long Shadows | 1994 | TV Movie | Edwin O. Reischauer |
The Stand | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Trashcan Man |
The Day My Parents Ran Away | 1993 | TV Movie | Bob Miller |
Shaky Ground | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Bob Moody |
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | 1993 | TV Movie | Troy McKinney |
Bonkers | 1993 | TV Series | Peter Blaine |
Batman: The Animated Series | 1993 | TV Series | Sid the Squid Sidney Debris |
Twenty Bucks | 1993 | | Receding Bingo Winner |
Tiny Toon Adventures | 1992 | TV Series | Mac Duff |
Eerie, Indiana | 1992 | TV Series | Howard Raymer |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | 1991 | TV Series | Berlinghoff Rasmussen |
The Taking of Beverly Hills | 1991 | | Ed Kelvin |
Doctor Doctor | 1989-1991 | TV Series | Dr. Mike Stratford |
Short Time | 1990 | | Ernie Dills |
Far from Home | 1989 | | Charlie Cox |
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | 1989 | | Big Russ Thompson |
Speed Zone | 1989 | | Alec Stewart |
Sesame Street | 1988 | TV Series | Max Headroom |
Miami Vice | 1988 | TV Series | Cliff King |
Max Headroom | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Edison Carter Max Headroom |
The Original Max Talking Headroom Show | 1987 | TV Series | Max Headroom |
St. Elsewhere | 1987 | TV Series | Pee-Wee |
Ishtar | 1987 | | CIA Agent |
The Fourth Protocol | 1987 | | Tom McWhirter |
The Max Headroom Show | 1986 | TV Series | Max Headroom |
Robin Hood | 1986 | TV Series | Roger de Carnac |
Now That's What I Call Music 7 | 1986 | Video | Max Headroom (segment "Paranoimia") |
Spies Like Us | 1985 | | Soldier #2 |
Tender Is the Night | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | American in Bar |
American Playhouse | 1985 | TV Series | Soldier |
Max Headroom | 1985 | TV Movie | Edison Carter Max Headroom |
Supergirl | 1984 | | Eddie, Truck Driver |
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Francis Adonijah 'Addie' Lane |
The Crimson Permanent Assurance | 1983 | Short | |
The Meaning of Life | 1983 | | Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance") |
The Lords of Discipline | 1983 | | Senior |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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FedCon XXII | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
The 13th Annual Leo Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series |
The 12th Annual Leo Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter, Nominee: Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama |
Boogie | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
The 10th Annual Leo Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Working with a Master: Mick Garris | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Quicksilver Highway: An Interview with Matt Frewer | 2005 | Video documentary short | |
Inside Taken | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
The Anti Gravity Room | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
A Night of Comic Relief 2 | 1989 | TV Special | Max Headroom |
Late Night with David Letterman | 1986-1988 | TV Series | Himself |
Tina! | 1986 | TV Movie | Max Headroom |
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie | 1984 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
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