Mateus Ward

Mateus' television debut came in 2010, where he won the role of Lyle DeLilly on Criminal Minds. Ward caught the eye of director Larry Charles, and he was cast as a series regular, the son of Ana Ortiz, in the 20th Century Fox sitcom pilot Outnumbered with Cheech Marin.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch/outnumbered-2010/|title=Outnumbered - 2010 Version (FOX)|publisher=The Futon Critic}}

In 2011, Ward was asked to guest star on the sports comedy series Sports Show with Norm Macdonald on Comedy Central, for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and won an OMNI Youth Music and Actor Award, Outstanding Actor, in the 12- to 18-year-old category. Ward went on to land the role of Carl in the comedy-drama Parenthood.

In April 2012, Mateus landed a recurring guest star role as Marcus Davenport on the teen sitcom Lab Rats on Disney XD. Then he was offered the role of young Franky in his first feature film Lonely Boy, where he portrays a teenager with schizophrenia. In September of that year, he was cast in the two-part series finale of the comedy-drama Weeds, which aired on Showtime.{{cite web |url=http://nowhitenoise.com/2012/09/weeds-series-finale-its-time-recap-and-review/ |title=Weeds Series Finale 'It's Time' Recap and Review |website=Nowhitenoise.com |date=September 17, 2012}} Ward won a Young Artist Award for his portrayal of Stevie Botwin.

In 2013, Ward appeared in the police procedural drama television series NCIS on CBS. In the eleventh episode, titled "Shabbot Shalom", Ward played the role of Austin, a young teen who discovers a dead body. Mateus was also a series regular in the Jerry Bruckheimer television series Hostages produced by Warner Bros. Television for CBS, portraying Jake Sanders, the son of Dr. Ellen Sanders, portrayed by Toni Collette, and Brian Sanders, portrayed by Tate Donovan. In 2015, Ward was a series regular playing Dustin Maker on the Steven Bochco and Eric Lodal television series Murder in the First with Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson on TNT.{{cite news |first=Lesley|last=Goldberg |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/murder-first-adds-hostages-alum-765675 |title='Murder in the First' Adds 'Hostages' Alum as Series Regular (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 21, 2015 |accessdate=January 21, 2015}}

In 2016, Ward signed on to play the leading role of Clyde Thompson in the film The Meanest Man in Texas, a feature film adaptation of the book by the same name which was released theatrically. He is a producer and plays Levi in the feature film Relish

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