Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer
Matt Frewer in April 2007.
Born	January 4, 1958 (1958-01-04) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Amanda Hillwood (1984–present)

Matthew "Matt" Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is a Canadian American stage, TV and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom and the retired villain Moloch in the film adaptation of Watchmen.

Life and career

Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gillian Anne (née German) and Frederick Charlesley Frewer, a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He was raised in Peterborough, Ontario, and trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating from its three-year acting course in 1980.

He is most popularly known for portraying the artificial intelligence character of Max Headroom in the 1980s, starring in a science fiction television series of the same name (1985) followed by The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (1987) and the more popular Max Headroom (1987–88).

Frewer is also well known for his starring role as Dr. Mike Stratford in the CBS situation comedy series Doctor Doctor (1989–91).

Frewer is also recognized for his roles in such films as The Fourth Protocol (1987, with Joanna Cassidy), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, with Amy O'Neill, Carl Steven and Mark L. Taylor), National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995, with Nicole de Boer), and the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.

Frewer was nominated for two Gemini Awards in 2000, one for a guest appearance on Da Vinci's Inquest (a series which starred Gwynyth Walsh) and another for his work on the series Mentors. He won the latter award.

Frewer was a regular on the Sci-Fi Channel original series Eureka during the show's first two seasons, playing eccentric animal expert Jim Taggart.

Frewer has also become distinguished as a voice-over actor on several animated projects. Notable among these are Batman: The Animated Series (1993) and The Incredible Hulk (1996–97). Frewer is the only person to lend his voice to the Pink Panther, in the short-lived 1990s Saturday morning cartoon. This is the only show in which the Panther has a full speaking role. Most notably, however, Frewer was the voice of "Panic" in Disney's 1997 version of Hercules and its subsequent spin-off TV series, which ran from 1998 through 1999.

Matt Frewer played Case Manager Matt Praeger in the Canadian Sci-Fi series PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal from 1997 - 2000. The series was created by and starred Dan Ackroyd.

In 2009, Frewer played the retired villain Moloch the Mystic in the film adaptation of the comic book series Watchmen, and appears as the White Knight in the December 2009 Syfy two-part miniseries Alice, based upon Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Frewer starred as Pestilence in two episodes of Season 5 of Supernatural.

Personal life

He holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States. When not on location, he, his wife, Amanda Hillwood and their daughter divide their time between Malibu, California, and the Gatineau Hills of Quebec.

Filmography

Television

• Roger de Carnac in the Robin of Sherwood episode The Betrayal (1986)
• Max Headroom and Edison Carter in the Max Headroom science fiction television series. (1987)
• Cliff King in the television series Miami Vice episodes Hostile Takeover and Redemption in Blood (1988)
• Doctor Mike Stratford in the television series Doctor Doctor (1989)
• Berlingoff Rasmussen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "A Matter of Time" (1991)
• Voice of Mac Duff (Elmyra's father) in Tiny Toon Adventures (1992)
• Bob Moody in the television series Shaky Ground (1992–1993)
• Howard Raymer in the television series Eerie, Indiana (1992)
• Voice of Sid the Squid in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Man Who Killed Batman" (1993)
• Voice of the Pink Panther of the revival series of the same name. (1993)
• Voice of Peter Blaine in Bonkers (1993)
• Voice of Chaos in Aladdin (1994)
• Trashcan Man in the television adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand (1994)
• Voice of Jackal on Gargoyles (1994–1996)
• Voice of the Exterminator on Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994–1996)
• Voice of Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber (1995)
• Russel Tresh in the Fox Network pilot Generation X (1996)
• Voice of the Leader in the UPN Incredible Hulk and Iron Man animated series (1996)
• Voice of Booby Vicious in Bruno the Kid (1996)
• Voice of Dr. Wally Pretorius in Mighty Ducks (1996)
• Voice of Jackal on Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996)
• Norman Glass in The Outer Limits episode First Anniversary (1996)
• Gene Kranz in Apollo 11 (1996)
• Voice of Inspector 47 in the children's television series The Magic School Bus (1996)
• Charlie/Dr. Charles George in Quicksilver Highway (1997)
• Matt Praeger in Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1997–1999)
• Voice of Panic in the Hercules animated series (1998)
• Voice of Dedgar Deadman in Toonsylvania (1998)
• Larry Williams in Da Vinci's Inquest "Fantasy" & "Reality" [episodes 11 and 12-season 2] (2000)
• Al Fisher in Jailbait (2000) (Russian article about the film: Малолетка (фильм, 2000))
• Sherlock Holmes in four Hallmark productions:
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000), based on the novel of the same name
  • The Sign of Four (2001) based on the novella of the same name
  • The Royal Scandal (2001), an adaptation of the short storys A Scandal in Bohemia and The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
  • The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002), an original story
• Dr. Chet Wakeman in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken (2002)
• Wally in the Masters of Horror episode Chocolate. Directed by Mick Garris (2005)
• Voice of Nigel Slothworth in Camp Lazlo (2005)
• Ralph Carver in the television adaptation of Stephen King's Desperation (2006)
• Jim Taggart in Eureka (2006–2011)
• Ted Altman in Intelligence (2006–2007)
• The White Knight in Alice (2009)
• Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, in the television series Supernatural (2010)

Film

• The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
• The Lords of Discipline (1983)
• Supergirl (1984) as Eddie
• Spies Like Us (1985)
• The Fourth Protocol (1987)
• Ishtar (1987)
• Speed Zone! (1989)
• Far From Home (1989)
• Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
• Short Time (1990)
• The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
• Twenty Bucks (1993)
• The Stand (1994)
• Driving Mr. Pink (1995) (voice)
• National Lampoon's Senior Trip (1995)
• Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
• Generation X (1996)
• Disney's Hercules (1997) (voice)
• Breast Men (1997)
• 6ix (1999)
• Cyberworld (2000) (voice)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004)
• A Home at the End of the World (2004)
• Intern Academy (2004)
• Going the Distance (2004)
• Geraldine's Fortune (2004)
• Riding the Bullet (2004)
• Desperation (2006)
• Weirdsville (2007)
• Wushu Warrior (2008)
• Watchmen (2009) - Edgar Jacobi/Moloch the Mystic
• Frankie and Alice (2009)
• Darfur (2009)
• Rampage (2009)
• Battle of the Bulbs (2010)
• 50/50 (2011)

Radio

• Tales from the Mausoleum Club: Episode 2, "Heart of Skegness"

External links

• Matt Frewer at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Matt Frewer at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Matt Frewer