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Matt Frewer
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American actor
Film & TV
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Matt Frewer is an American Canadian singer, comedian, film and television actor, best known for creating television icon Max Headroom. He is a graduate in Acting from the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, Bristol, England, UK.
Known for
- The Hunting Party — Dr. Henry Dulles2025
- AGFA's Special Christmas Special — Max Headroom2020
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — Max Headroom (archive footage)2020
- Perry Mason — Judge Fred Wright2020
- The Order — Peter Morton2019
- SDtoHDuprezMaxV2_009.mp4 — Max Headroom2018
- Altered Carbon — Carnage2018
- The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair — Reverend Kellergan2018
- Residue — Mr. Fairweather2017
- Castlevania — The Bishop (voice)2017
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Key facts
- Born
- Matthew George Frewer , ( 1958-01-04 ) January 4, 1958 (age 68) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Citizenship
- Canada United States
- Alma mater
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (1980)
- Occupations
- Actor comedian
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouse
- Amanda Hillwood ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- television producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Mattfrewer.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Ottawa
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- Matt Frewer
- date of birth
- 1958-01-04
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He portrayed the 1980s icon Max Headroom in the 1985 TV film and 1987 television series of the same name.
He became prominent when playing roles in films, like Russell Thompson Sr. in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Jobe Smith in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Sherlock Holmes in a 2001 film adaptation of The Sign of Four, Frank in Dawn of the Dead (2004), Moloch in Watchmen (2009), Mitch in 50/50 (2011), and Archibald Stanley in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014).
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