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Matt Frewer

 
Actor: Matt Frewer
  • Born: Jan 04, 1958 in Washington, District Of Columbia
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction
  • Career Highlights: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, Breast Men
  • First Major Screen Credit: Max Headroom (1987)

Biography

It's likely that nothing American actor Matt Frewer ever did while training with Britain's Old Vic prepared him for the role that would boost him to stardom. In the early 1980s, Frewer began making appearances on a British music video show in the role of Max Headroom, an ostensibly computer-generated "talking head". Decked out in sunglasses and loud preppie clothes, Max Headroom would break into the middle of videos making nonsensical, obtrusive comments, his voice metallicized and distorted; Max' trademark was an electronic stutter, virtually indescribable on paper. In 1985 Max began conducting celebrity interviews, forever digressing from the conversation with self-involved harangues about his favorite subject, golf. So popular was Frewer as Headroom that Britain's Channel 4 devised a one-hour "documentary" titled Rebus: The Max Headroom Story, which alleged that Max had once been a flesh-and-blood TV newsman who was killed by an oppressive government to keep him from divulging secrets: his name, it was explained, was derived from the last words the "live" Max ever saw, a warning on a bridge reading "Maximum Headroom." This premise was modified a bit when Frewer starred on the 1986 American satirical talk show Max Headroom, which first appeared on the Cinemax cable service. Frewer continued the characterization into a local New York program, then played the dual role of Max and futuristic investigative reporter Edison Carter on ABC's brief Max Headroom comedy adventure series. In addition, Frewer essayed Max for a series of widely-imitated Coca Cola commercials. In 1989, Matt Frewer abandoned Max Headroom to seek out roles that didn't require computer enhancement; he subsequently starred in a few sitcoms, and in 1993 provided the voice of the title character in a new series of Pink Panther TV cartoons. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Matt Frewer

Matt Frewer in April of 2007.
Born January 4, 1958 (1958-01-04) (age 51)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s) Amanda Hillwood (1984–present)

Matthew "Matt" Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is a Canadian and American stage, TV, and film actor. Acting since 1983, he is probably best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom.

Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gillian Anne (née German) and Frederick Charlesley Frewer, a Canadian naval officer.[1] He was raised in Peterborough, Ontario, and trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating from its three-year acting course in 1980. In 2009 Frewer played the retired villain Moloch the Mystic in the film adaptation of the comic book series Watchmen, and appears as the White Knight in the December 2009 Syfy two-part miniseries Alice, based upon Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

He holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States. When not on location, he, his wife, Amanda Hillwood, and their daughter divide their time between Malibu, California, and the Gatineau Hills of Quebec.

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  • Tales from the Mausoleum Club: Episode 2, "Heart of Skegness"

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