User:PeckLSDEM/Matt Peck (actor)



Matt Peck (Matthew McEwen Peck) (born March 17th, 1987) is a Chicago-based actor. He was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, lived his first few years in Houston, TX, and then returned to Glen Ellyn where he lived until finishing his education. He graduated from Glenbard West High School, where he was immersed in theater, including being the president of the Theater program in his senior year. He is also an alumnus of the Northwestern University Summer Intern Theater program, commonly termed a "Cherub."

Matt Peck graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he was a theater major. Among his many roles there, he played Martin Dysert in Equus by by Peter Shaffer, Lucky in Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Slim in Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, and Eddie in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love.

While in college, he attended the British American Drama Academy in 2008, in London, UK., where he played the role of Prospero in The Tempest at the Circle Theater in the east end.

Following graduation, Matt returned to the Chicago area and began his career in the dramatic arts.

His most recent role was as Bodhi in the New Rock Theater production of Point Break LIVE!, which completed an 8-month run in October 2010, and has reopened for a two-month run in early 2011. A small-stage parody of the famous 1991 action movie starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, the show and his performance were well received by the Chicago theater critics, including a rave opening review in Chicago Reader. The Chicago Tribune liked it less, but complimented his interpretation, while others clearly enjoyed the whole thing. The cast was interviewed for TV by WGN's Brittney Payton about the show :

Matt Peck has also starred as Franco in the indie film "A Year and a Day,", by Ben Samuels, and appears in Samuels' upcoming film "Asylum," currently in post-production. See more at imdb

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