Matthew Bailey
Encyclopedia
Matthew Bailey is a television presenter, model, actor, and former MTV Europe
presenter of French
and Filipino
descent.
to a French
-Asian
mother and a Filipino
father.
Matthew is a fluent speaker of French
, Filipino
, English
, and Spanish
. In 2011 He earned his black belt in Taekwondo
.
at age 12 and started of as a teen model for a successful French clothing company. He is admired for having a thin physique at a young age in the industry.
In 2008, he went to the United States
and attended at WWE's developmental territory FCW
during the summer with his friends.
In 2009, he begun his career as a VJ in MTV Europe
hosting the Euro Top 20 and doing interviews on breakout artists. He is currently inactive as a VJ in MTV Europe
due to his college studies in the Philippines
.
In 2010, he continued his modeling career working of as an eye wear model in the Philippines
.
In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of Awkward. portraying a character named Scott.
He is currently starring in a recurring role in Disney Channel's So Random, playing characters such as "Rufus" in the sketch "Rufus: Kid With Excuses"
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
presenter of French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
and Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
descent.
Biography
Matthew Bailye was born in the PhilippinesPhilippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
to a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
-Asian
Asian
Asian refers to an inhabitant of Asia, or someone of Asian descent.In the Americas, the term refers almost exclusively to those from the Asia pacific region, such as China, Japan, South Korea or Vietnam....
mother and a Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
father.
Matthew is a fluent speaker of French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Filipino
Filipino language
This move has drawn much criticism from other regional groups.In 1987, a new constitution introduced many provisions for the language.Article XIV, Section 6, omits any mention of Tagalog as the basis for Filipino, and states that:...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. In 2011 He earned his black belt in Taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
.
Career
He started his acting career on the French hit series Le BureauLe Bureau
Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office...
at age 12 and started of as a teen model for a successful French clothing company. He is admired for having a thin physique at a young age in the industry.
In 2008, he went to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and attended at WWE's developmental territory FCW
FCW
FCW is a three-letter abbreviation for:* FCW is the file extension used for FastCAD and Campaign Cartographer* FCW is the station code for City West railway station, Perth, Western Australia* Forward collision warning...
during the summer with his friends.
In 2009, he begun his career as a VJ in MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
hosting the Euro Top 20 and doing interviews on breakout artists. He is currently inactive as a VJ in MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
due to his college studies in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
In 2010, he continued his modeling career working of as an eye wear model in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of Awkward. portraying a character named Scott.
He is currently starring in a recurring role in Disney Channel's So Random, playing characters such as "Rufus" in the sketch "Rufus: Kid With Excuses"
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Le Bureau Le Bureau Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office... |
Jean |
| 2009 | ICarly ICarly iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan... |
Brennan |
| 2011 | Awkward. | Scott |
| 2011 | So Random | Various |
Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Chatterbox | student |
| 2011 | Quarantine 2: Terminal Quarantine 2: Terminal Quarantine 2: Terminal is a 2011 American horror film directed by John Pogue and produced by Marc Brienstock. It stars Mercedes Masohn, Josh Cooke and Mattie Liptak and is a sequel to the 2008 film, Quarantine... |
Jake |