Matt Bennett
Biography
Matt Bennett is an American actor and DJ best known for playing Robbie Shapiro on the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious from 2010 to 2013, a role that earned him a 2011 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award nomination in the UK. Raised in Massapequa Park, New York, he began in commercials and took his first acting job at 18 in the 2009 television movie Totally for Teens, later appearing in the Comedy Central sketch series Michael & Michael Have Issues. His first starring film role came in The Virginity Hit (2010), a documentary style comedy produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. He went on to appear in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) and The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), and he guest-starred on American Vandal, Dynasty and The Big Bang Theory. Since 2022 he has worked primarily as a DJ, touring shows of Disney and Nickelodeon songs.
34years old
Turns 35 on November 13in 31 days
- Born Massapequa
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Matthew Bennett
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years2010 to 2015
Every film, newest first
- 2015Me and Earl and the Dying GirlIMDb rating 7.7
- 2015The Stanford Prison ExperimentIMDb rating 6.8
- 2011The Death and Return of SupermanIMDb rating 7.5
- 2011iParty with VictoriousIMDb rating 7.4
- 2010The Virginity HitIMDb rating 4.5
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First role
Bennett began his acting career at 18 as Jamie in the 2009 TV movie Totally for Teens, after appearing in numerous commercials.
Getting ready for a role
Bennett's first starring film role came in The Virginity Hit, described as a documentary style comedy. He said the directors handed the cast cameras in their spare time, so most of the movie is what they filmed, with 20% scripted.
Beyond film
During a November 19 stop on Ariana Grande's Sweetener World Tour in Atlanta in 2019, Bennett and Elizabeth Gillies both turned up unexpectedly; Bennett and Grande sang "I Think You're Swell," while Gillies joined Grande for "Give It Up."
A change of course
Bennett has been touring as a DJ since 2022, performing Disney and Nickelodeon songs at venues such as House of Blues chains. His shows go by the names "iParty with DJ Matt Bennett" and, from 2023, "Party101 with Matt Bennett."
Matt Bennett movies on Netflix
Worked with
Matt Bennett shares two films with Thomas Mann, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Thomas Mann's page
Nick Offerman's page
Molly Shannon's page
Elijah Wood's page
Hugh Jackman's page
Kenan Thompson's page
Alfonso Gomez-RejonDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Kyle Patrick AlvarezDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Andrew GurlandDirector, 1 film, 2010
All films by Andrew Gurland
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.