Matt ThompsonMatt Thompson (born in Roseville, California

Roseville, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...

 on 19 May 1984, is an American

United States

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 film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He also directed some music videos and commercials and acted on stage productions.

Born to Tim and Cindy Thompson, he grew up in Sacramento, California

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

 and graduated from Granite Bay High School

Granite Bay High School

Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California. Granite Bay High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a California Distinguished School in 2007.-Newspaper:...

, starting his acting debut at 18 and has appeared in many movies since. In 2009 he made his feature directorial debut with the feature film Listen to Your Heart starring Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, as Betsy in Taxi Driver, as Madeleine Spencer in Psych, as Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, and as Phyllis Kroll on The L...

, Shirley Knight

Shirley Knight

Shirley Enola Knight is an American stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, in 1960 for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and in 1962 for Sweet Bird of Youth....

 and Ernie Sabella

Ernie Sabella

Ernest "Ernie" Sabella is an American actor, who is best known for his role as the official voice of Pumbaa from the The Lion King.-Life and career:...

. He also played lead role of Stanley Kowalski in the stage presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire (play)

A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The Broadway production was...

. He was named as one of 15 people to watch early in their careers by Sacramento Magazine in its March 2010 cover story.

Director

• 2005: Fallen Soldier (short film)
• 2010: Listen to Your Heart
• 2011: Two to Tango (as associate editor)
• 2011: Bloodline
  Bloodline (2011 film)
  Bloodline is an upcoming feature film written, produced and directed by Matt Thompson starring Thompson himself, in addition to Kimberly Alexander and Jesse Kristofferson...
  
  

Producer

• 2005: Fallen Soldier (short film)
• 2010: Phase Two (associate producer)
• 2011: Bloodline

Actor

• 2005: Fallen Soldier as Jeff Evans (short)
• 2007: 7eventy 5ive (aka Dead Tone) as Matthew
• 2007: Women on Death Row 2 as Steve (TV documentary)
• 2008: The Hustle as Paramedic
• 2009: Stamped! as Cody
• 2009: Sensored as Marcus
• 2010: Phase Two as Jim Fields
• 2010: Smosh (TV series) in episode "Ian Gets Lucky" as Jock
• 2011: Two to Tango as Neil (short)
• 2011: Bloodline (2011 film)
  Bloodline (2011 film)
  Bloodline is an upcoming feature film written, produced and directed by Matt Thompson starring Thompson himself, in addition to Kimberly Alexander and Jesse Kristofferson...
  
  as Brett Ethos

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