Inspiration for the White Minotaur Blarik from the upcoming novel White Wrath!! Matt is the kind of ball of insatiable energy that reminds us all why we love life. Born a month early on January 19th 1968 in British Columbia, Canada, he has since been running with a spirit for life and people unmatched by most. Matt’s acting career launched at age 15 with a role standing next to his childhood crush, Lindsey Wagner, TV’s Bionic Woman. After years of preparation on the basement stages of his youth, he got his shot. Twenty-five years later, he has an extensive resume that spans film, television and voice over work around the world. Some of his most memorable roles have been in films like: Shanghai Knights, playing Jackie Chan’s deputy, Titanic-the mini-series with pal Berry Pepper, A Monkey’s Tale with John Hurt. Speaking of hurt, Matt had his heart ripped out after kissing a beautiful Vampire named Angie Everhart in the movie, “Tales From the Crypt”. Using his love of athletics, Matt jumped into the role (and suit) as everyone’s favorite Turtle in the half shell, “Raphael”, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. As well as, Steven Spielberg produced mini series “Taken”, playing whacked out Vietnam Vet, “Willy”. In 1989, Matt’s career in voice over took off, winning the title role to play the voice of “Kevin” in Captain N the Game Master. That first magic studio experience blew the doors wide open to the world of cartoons. For 20 years he’s made millions of kids laugh around the Planet, being the voice behind characters like: “Ed” on Ed, Edd and Eddy, “Tender Heart” on Care Bears, “Metal Head” on GI-Joe Extreme, “Finn” on Storm Hawks, and “Korey” on Being Ian. He’s recorded with sir Ben Kingsley in Moses. He landed the title role of “Kom” with English screen legends Michael Gambon, Ryk Mayall, and Michael York in the animated feature A Monkey’s Tale. He also holds a first playing “Bertie”, the worlds only bird afraid to fly, on the animated series Zigby. Matt is currently recording Rekkitt the Rabbit due for a fall 2011 release. Stay tooned! Matt has also lent his voice to some of the world’s most popular Anime characters such as: “Kira” on Gundam Seed and Destiny, “Kero” on Cardcaptors, “Ironhide” and “Carlos” on Transformers, “Bankotsu” on Inuyasha, “Ryo” on Ronin Warriors, and “Kevin” on X-Men. For 25 years, Matt’s also been the versatile voice behind hundreds of radio and television commercial campaigns for organizations such as; Boston Pizza, California Pizza Kitchen, Gatorade, Coors Brewing, Nike, Honda, Telus, Ford, The Home Depot, Volkswagen, Sprint, The Bread Garden, Budweiser, McDonald’s, Molson Canadian, Chevrolet, Granville Island Brewing, Olive Garden and Whole Foods Market. Here’s his IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384503/ All of this time, Matt never stopped running and at last count has run close to 300 marathons. He has crossed the Ironman finish line seven times, contributing a book for the 25th Anniversary of Ironman Canada. In 2006, along with his friend and run partner, Steph Tait, Matt decided to inspire a continent and realize a dream in a way that had never been done before. Together, they founded Run for One Planet (http://www.runforoneplanet.com/), an organization designed to inspire environmental action, one step at a time. Starting on May 4th 2008, they ran 11,000 miles across Canada and around the perimeter of America, to inspire a continent of kids to make one small change for the health of the Planet.