Matthew Deane (actor)

Matthew Paul Deane (แมทธิว พอล ดีน; born 29 August 1978) is a Thai-Australian singer, model, actor and television presenter.

Early life and education
Deane was born on 29 August 1978, to an Australian father, Christopher Deane, and a Thai Chinese mother, Songsri Chanthavanij. He graduated from Cairns State High School and Rangsit University.

Career
Deane started an entertainment career in 1996 as a singer under GMM Grammy, debuted an album "Code Love", and switched to RS Public Company Limited in 2000 with a successful recorded album "Matthew Mania." He was a VJ in MTV Thailand and began acting in 2009. He hosted a Thai boxing reality show Thai Fight from 2010 to 2015.

Personal life
Deane and Lydia Sarunrat, a Thai R&B singer, got married in 2015. The couple have three children together.

On March 13, 2020, Deane announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19. He and his wife were admitted to Bumrungrad International Hospital for treatment and was discharged on April 18, 2020.

Series
In 2021, Deane appeared in the Netflix series Sleepless Society: Nyctophobia playing 'Pete', the estranged husband of a grief-stricken woman who struggles to find peace until a mysterious boy appears, claiming to be her reincarnated son.