Matt Newton

Matt Newton is an American actor and filmmaker who also works as an acting coach, and he started out in television and film. Born in New Haven, he built up guest roles on shows such as Dragnet, JAG, Gilmore Girls, Ugly Betty and The Americans before taking bigger parts in features including Dahmer (2002), Poster Boy (2004) and Van Wilder. He appeared in Drake and Josh Go Hollywood (2006) and worked steadily in commercials. In 2010 he opened his own acting studio in New York, MN Acting Studio, and became an acting coach whose clients worked on series such as Orange is the New Black, Blue Bloods and When They See Us. He moved into directing in 2016, writing and producing short films including Hide/Seek and Vacation Rental, for which he won a best director award, and in 2020 he published The No B.S. Guide to the Acting Biz.