Matthew J. Evans

Matthew J. Evans is an actor, musician, and filmmaker who was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He made his stage debut at four and began film and television work at nine. In 2011 he played Garrett Tiara opposite Cameron Diaz in the Columbia Pictures comedy Bad Teacher (2011), and in Los Angeles he received a 2012 Young Artist Award. He appeared in episodes of shows such as Drake & Josh, Zoey101, Scrubs, Cavemen, King of Queens, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In 2013 he took the part of Alistair, an Irish exchange student, on Disney XD's Lab Rats, a role that won him another Young Artist Award. In 2014 he played Ross, a high school band leader, in Disney's I Didn't Do It. He is also a musician who performs on acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and string bass, and he sings. He produced and edited four documentary shorts, work that won him many awards.