Griffin Matthews
{{Short description|American actor}}
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |38|2020|11|25}}{{cite news |last1=Lambe |first1=Stacy |title=Griffin Matthews on 'Flight Attendant' and Life-Changing Experience on 'Dear White People' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.aol.com/griffin-matthews-flight-attendant-life-135446190.html |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=ET Online |publisher=AOL |date=November 25, 2020}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University{{cite news |last1=Axelrod |first1=Joshua |title=Carnegie Mellon graduates invade the MCU on Disney+ 'She-Hulk' series |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2022/09/22/she-hulk-marvel-disney-plus-carnegie-mellon-renee-elise-goldsberry-griffin-matthews-kat-coiro/stories/202209220031 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 22, 2022}}
| occupation = Actor, writer, director
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| spouse = Matt Gould (m. 2017){{cite news |last1=Stinson |first1=Katherine |title=Did You Know That 'She-Hulk' Star Griffin Matthews Co-Created a Musical With His Husband? |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/griffin-matthews-husband |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=Distractify |date=September 15, 2022}}
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Griffin Matthews (born 1981/82) is an American actor, writer, and director.{{cite news |last1=Fierberg |first1=Ruthie |title=Griffin Matthews Speaks Out on His Racism-Laden Experience During the Production of His Musical Invisible Thread |url=https://playbill.com/article/griffin-matthews-speaks-out-on-his-racism-laden-experience-during-the-production-of-his-musical-invisible-thread |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=Playbill |date=June 3, 2020}}
Early life and education
Career
With husband Matt Gould, Matthews co-wrote the musical Witness Uganda, later retitled Invisible Thread, based on his experience volunteering in Uganda. The musical won the Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theatre in 2012 and 2014.{{cite news |last1=Gioia |first1=Michael |title=Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews' Witness Uganda Wins 2012 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/matt-gould-and-griffin-matthews-witness-uganda-wins-2012-richard-rodgers-award-for-musical-theater-com-187367 |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=Playbill |date=February 10, 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |title='Witness Uganda' Wins Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/03/witness-uganda-wins-richard-rodgers-award-for-musical-theater/ |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=February 3, 2014}}
Matthews appears as fashion designer Luke Jacobson in the 2022 Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Rebecca |title=She-Hulk's Fashion Designer Luke Jacobson's Surprise Return from Marvel's Dakota North Series |url=https://movieweb.com/she-hulks-fashion-designer-luke-jacobsons-surprise-return/ |work=MovieWeb |access-date=September 22, 2022 |date=September 19, 2022}} His other television credits include Dear White People, The Flight Attendant,{{cite magazine |last1=Shea |first1=Ryan |title='The Flight Attendant's Griffin Matthews' Career Continues To Soar |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/the-flight-attendants-griffin-matthews-career-continues-to-soar/ |magazine=Instinct |access-date=September 22, 2022 |date=January 20, 2021}} The Mentalist, Weeds, Torchwood, and Law & Order: LA.
Matthews, who is Black, has criticized institutionalized racism in American theater.
Filmography
= Television =
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! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2019
| D'Unte | 7 episodes | |
| 2020–2022
| Shane Evans | Main role | |
| 2022
| Luke Jacobson | 2 episodes | |
| 2024
| Genius | 3 episodes (season 4) | |
| 2025
| You | Teddy Lockwood | Main role (season 5) | |
Personal life
In 2005, Matthews co-founded a volunteer organization called UgandaProject (formerly Be The Change Uganda). The organization supported the education of a group of teenagers living in Uganda.{{cite news |last1=Greenstein |first1=Colette |title=UgandaProject spreads word with award-winning musical |url=https://www.baystatebanner.com/2014/01/30/ugandaproject-spreads-word-with-award-winning-musical/ |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=The Bay State Banner |date=January 30, 2014}}
Matthews is openly gay. He married composer and writer Matt Gould in 2017. They were introduced in 2009 by mutual friends due to their shared experience working in various parts of Africa (Gould served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from 2001-2003, and Matthews began volunteering in Uganda in 2005). {{cite news |title=The Love Portfolio: Griffin Matthews & Matt Gould |url=https://www.out.com/love-issue/2016/1/13/love-portfolio-griffin-matthews-matt-gould |access-date=September 22, 2022 |work=Out |date=January 13, 2016}} The couple adopted two sons in August, 2022.{{cite web |last1=Matthews |first1=Griffin |title=Last Monday, August 1st, 2022, we finally adopted our boys! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/ChANBItrbBE/ |website=Instagram |access-date=September 22, 2022 |date=August 8, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|nm2125078}}
- {{instagram|griffinsthread}}
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Category:African-American dramatists and playwrights
Category:African-American male actors
Category:African-American directors
Category:Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni
Category:African-American LGBTQ people