Ignacyo Matynia

Ignacyo Matynia is a Polish born actor who was raised in the United States and is known for his role as Police Officer Jonathan Hickory in Break Every Chain (2021). Born in Busko-Zdroj, he grew up in Brooklyn after his family emigrated, and he took up acting while at college, leaving to pursue it. A mentor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, Sedly Bloomfield, took him on in 2014, and his training led to more than 40 short films, some of which won him festival awards and nominations. His first feature came that year, The Grievance Group, followed by guest spots on Forever, Luke Cage, Vida and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. He later appeared in Like Dogs (2021) and the Lifetime film My Nightmare Landlord (2020), and in 2020 he was cast in The Institute and Break Every Chain, which premiered in 2021.