Matt is an actor, acting coach, author, Backstage contributor, film director, as well as the founder of the acclaimed MN Acting Studio in New York City and Connecticut. Matt's coaching clients include Tony winners, Emmy award winners, Gold Globe nominees, well known comedians, late night hosts, and well-known actors from film and TV. Matt was recently the youth on set coach for Ava Duvernay’s Emmy winning Netflix series “When They See Us,” and has also coached on CBS “Blue Bloods,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Jessica Jones,” “The Affair,” as well as “Master of None” with Aziz Ansari. As a film director, Matt has directed four short films, is a recipient of a Best Director award, and has a TV series currently in development. Matt is also the author of the successful book "10 Steps to Breaking Into Acting" (available on Amazon, with a foreword by his sister Becki Newton, star of “Ugly Betty” and “How I Met Your Mother”), and writes a weekly advice column for Backstage Magazine. Matt has been a professional actor in New York and Los Angeles for the past 14 years, and has appeared in dozens of television shows, films, commercials, and voiceovers. Matt's first TV role was playing a blind football player on Comedy Central's cult hit Strangers with Candy. Since then, Matt has guest starred many shows, including Criminal Minds, Ugly Betty, Drake and Josh Go Hollywood, Gilmore Girls, All My Children, Dragnet, and most recently the FX TV series The Americans and USA's Royal Pains. He has appeared in a half dozen national network commercials (McDonald’s, Volkswagon, Bud Light), as well as national voiceover ads for Sprint, Subway, McDonald's, Volkswagon, and many others. On the film side, Matt has appeared in Van Wilder (starring Ryan Reynolds), Men Who Stare at Goats (starring Jeff Bridges), Dahmer (starring Jeremy Renner, and nominated for three Independent Spirit Awards), and the lead role in Poster Boy (starring Karen Allen and Oscar nominee Michael Lerner), for which he received rave reviews. He also won Best Actor at the Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival for his role in Nathan Crooker's Peace of Mind. Matt earned a degree in Drama from Vassar College, where he studied acting under Erin Mee (daughter of Charles Mee) and Dennis Reid. He also studied at the highly regarded National Theatre Institute in Waterford, CT. After college, he trained with acclaimed teacher Arthur Mendoza at the Actor’s Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. For more information on his classes and coaching, visit www.mnactingstudio.com. Follow @mnactingstudio on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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