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Matthew G Brown has been singing, dancing and acting most of his life. The Toronto-born Brown began his musical training at the age of five; studying piano, drums, voice, and musical theatre at the Dixon Hall Music School. By the time he was nine he was ready for his first public performance at a Dixon Hall recital. A few months later Matthew was performing in the Dixon Hall Benefit Concert at the Heart House Theatre and an entertainer was born. At Rosedale Heights Secondary School, he sang in the choir, played drums in the band and performed in group and solo shows across the city. As a teenager Matthew won a Bronze and a gold as a solo singer in the Kiwanis festival and won Silver and Gold in the Davenport music festival. He was and continues to be a popular performer at yearly fundraisers for the Dixon Hall Music School, The Regent Park School of Music and the Minstrel Foundation. Matthew attended the Randolph Academy for the performing arts and graduated in 2004. Since graduation Matthew worked on a number of projects. Most recently on Stage he reprised a role he originated: NEWTON in I Think I Can at Young Peoples Theatre and the renowned National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
You can also catch him playing the Role of JAMES MERIDETH on the hit series The Kennedys (Global, Reelz Channel). Matthew was recently selected as one of eight actors to participate in the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory. He has been studying with the best coaches the world has to offer from LA (Larry Moss) to Australia (Lindy Davies) and is finishing off the program in February of 2012.
Selected film, T.V and theatre credits include;BARRY BELSON in the first Canadian Cast of Jersey Boys (Dancap, Dodgers) Shay on the CTV/Much music television series, Instant Star, Frank in Dreamgirls (Theatre Aquarius/MTC), Snout in A Midsummer Nights Dream (CanStage 2007, 2008), Newton in I think I can (nominated for 5 Dora Mavor Moore Awards and winner of Best new musical.), A Wickersham Brother Seussical! A MUSICAL (YPT), Hud in Canstage's revival of Hair, a hijacker on Discovery channel Mayday, A guest appearance on Train 48, the role of Young Tom in Good Fences (starring Whoopie Goldberg and Danny Glover.) Nomax in 5 guys named MOE (Theatre Cambridge), Mike in a CHORUS LINE (Bathurst street theatre), Jack in the GRACE OF MARY TRAVERSE (Annex Theatre).