Matthew lives in Otterburn Park, Quebec (approximately 35 minutes from downtown Montreal) with his pets, older brother James and his mother.

Matthew's father died when Matthew was nine months old and his mother never remarried. "I know what it is like to miss a parent. Missing a parent leaves you wishing for a part of you that is not there", admits Matthew.

Matthew's father was an only child as was his mother, so Matthew does not have any aunts, uncles or cousins.

Matthew has always been quite shy and accident-prone and acting has helped him gain self-confidence. Matthew says that "Acting has put me in touch with my feelings and it lets me express them without being self conscious about it".

Matthew is very solitary by nature and he has only one or two good friends, with whom his favorite activity is playing video games. Matthew and his friends are the self-proclaimed "kings of video games".

Matthew's other passions in life are karate (he is a brown belt in the sport), break-dancing, skate boarding, snow boarding, and basically anything that involves high speed.

Matthew's first exposure to acting came when he accompanied his older brother James during James' first professional job as an extra in a film. James was one of twelve children acting in a birthday party scene for the film. Each child in the scene received copious amounts of candy and chips, and there was clown on set who was entertaining them. In addition to all this, James was being paid. From that point on, Matthew could not wait to get into the business. So, Matthew and his brother joined a talent agency and started landing acting jobs the very next week.

Matthew started his acting career with voice work and commercials, and then a casting agent who believed in Matthew persuaded director Jimmy Kaufmann to give Matthew a chance for an upcoming film project. Without any previous on-screen film experience Matthew landed the lead role in Kaufmann's feature film "Time at The Top" (Showtime Entertainment). Matthew then went on to appear as a lead or principle character in several feature films including: "Witness Files" (Krasko Productions), "WWIII", with Vanessa Williams (World War III Productions), "The Growing Pains Reunion Movie", with Joanna Kerns, Tracy Gold, Alan Thicke, and Kirk Cameron (Balzac Films & Green Epstein Productions), "The Forgotten Attic", Directed by Michael Landon Jr. (Cinar Films), and "Librium", starring Taye Diggs and Christian Bale (Miramax Films). Matthew also has television acting experience in various projects including: "Kids Discover the World" (Seeker Productions).

Matthew admits that being an actor is not all fun and games and he maintains a very calm and mature attitude towards the business. "Being an actor entails having to face constant self doubt and rejection. You go to tons of auditions only to get the occasional role. You have to believe in yourself and never give up, which happens to be our family motto", says Matthew.