Matt was born in Grinnell Iowa and attended school in Marshalltown Iowa before moving to Colorado to focus on getting his degree in radio broadcasting and production. In 2008 Matt started doing stand up comedy around Colorado before doing mini tours throughout the Midwest. He's been seen in numerous comedy clubs and on TV. He was cast as a religious protester in the award winning short "Adult shop mop". Shortly after he played a leading actor in both "Bros" and "Bros on the rocks". He has also worked on the writing staff on both Bros movies as well as a few short films.