Matt was born in Waco, Texas, and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he found himself getting in trouble frequently throughout his early years. After dozens of fights, multiple arrests, one stint in state prison, a high speed chase that led to his friend being shot and the subsequent murder trial, Matt broke free of that lifestyle and found himself gravitating towards a career as an actor/filmmaker. This interest began when his older sister, an actress, introduced him to acting by getting him his first professional role on stage in Shakespeare's, "As you Like It" at age 17. Shortly after he turned 22, he drove from Maryland to Los Angeles to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with only a few hundred dollars in his pocket and no plans for where he would live. After 3 years on an inflatable bed in the living room of a Koreatown apartment, Matt received a degree in theater from AADA and spent a year as a member of their theater company . Matt supported his early years by working with developmental disabilities and later, children with autism, a position he still volunteers in. He got his SAG card in 2007 and has been working ever since.
365 days after Matt was released from prison, he and a friend were assaulted via road rage by a man brandishing a gun. Though they tried to get away, reaching speeds of over 100 mph, it ended with Matts friend being shot in the head and killed.
Worked as a high rise window washer and was known to free climb the buildings he had access to.
Ran Tough Mudder dressed as Abe Lincoln.
Matt rowed a boat from Monterey, CA to Oahu, HI over the summer of 2014 in 57 days 5 hours 45 minutes. Matt shares the world record with his 3 crew mates for the first ever mixed sex team of 4 to row across the Pacific ocean unsupported.
Has a mini Australian Shepherd named Olive which is short for "Olivia Stormborn Wylde".
Is a mix of German, Irish, Latvian, Cherokee and Choctaw ancestry.
Think three steps out.
Sharpen your knife. .
