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Matthew Dillon Underwood (born April 23, 1990) is an American actor best known for his role as Logan Reese on the Nickelodeon TV show Zoey 101.

Career
Underwood's first film appearance was providing "additional voices" in My Neighbors the Yamadas in 1999. In 2009, he booked a lead in a new horror movie called Reality Horror Night, due for an October 31, 2009, release. He plays the character Matthew.

Underwood's started his career at the age of six months, where he won various talent competitions, such as AMTC. Soon after, he became involved in modeling and appeared in many print ads. Later, in 2005, he became part of the cast of Nickelodeon's series Zoey 101, where he played the role of Logan Reese.

On January 12, 2023, Jamie Lynn Spears announced that production had begun on a sequel film entitled, Zoey 102, set to premiere in 2023 on Paramount+, with original series cast members Spears, Underwood, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Erin Sanders, and Jack Salvatore Jr. reprising their roles from Zoey 101. Production began in January 2023 in North Carolina. Nancy Hower is currently attached to direct, with Spears attached as executive producer. The film was released on July 27, 2023 on Paramount+.

Personal life
In April 2017, Underwood saved a 4-month-old baby from a car crash in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Later, it was revealed that the baby’s parents were under the influence of drugs.

Legal Issues
In April 2012, Underwood was arrested on suspicion of cannabis and paraphernalia possession and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police entered his home to find marijuana, paraphernalia, and a 17-year-old girl. When questioned, Underwood claimed that he and the underage girl slept together in the master bedroom and that Underwood "gives her cannabis."

In November 2012, Underwood was arrested outside his hookah lounge for violating probation with possession of cannabis.