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Matt Frewer
Matt Frewer in April of 2007.
Born	January 4, 1958 (1958-01-04) (age 52) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	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 probably best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom.

Biography

Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gillian Anne (née German) and Frederick Charlesley Frewer, a Canadian naval officer.^[1] 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. 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 stars as Pestilence in the Season 5 of Supernatural.^[2]

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)
• 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 Chaos in Aladdin (1994)
• Trashcan Man in the television adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand (1994)
• Voice of Jackal on Gargoyles (1994-1996)
• 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)
• 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)
• Sherlock Holmes in four Hallmark productions: The Hound of the Baskervilles, based on the novel of the same name, The Sign of Four based on the novella of the same name, The Royal Scandal, an adaptation of the short storys A Scandal in Bohemia and The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, and The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, an adaptation of the short story The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (2002)
• Dr. Chet Wakeman in the Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken (2002)
• Wally in the Masters of Horror episode Chocolate. Directed by Mick Garris (2005)
• Ralph Carver in the television adaptation of Stephen King's Desperation (2006)
• Jim Taggart in Eureka (2006 - 2009)
• Ted Altman in Intelligence (2007)
• The White Knight in Alice (2009)

Film

• The Lords of Discipline (1983)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (Segment The Crimson Permanent Assurance) (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)

Radio

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

References

External links

• Matt Frewer at the Internet Movie Database