
Matt Skollar
Acting
Biography
Matt Skollar was born in New York City to mom, Haydee, born and raised in Panama, and Stan, New York native of Russian/Jewish ancestry. Matt began acting, dancing and singing at a young age, which led him to his first professional job (age 10) playing a young prince in an 8-week run of "The King and I." Matt's passion for performing arts further grew as he aged, leading him to put higher education on hold to pursue his childhood dream. This move would take Matt back to New York, where he was admitted to the prestigious New Actors Workshop. Matt studied for two years, full time, with master teachers such as George Morrison, Paul Sills and the late Mike Nichols. The emphasis of his training, steeped in Stanislavski and improvisation, allowed him to quickly showcase his talents in several off-Broadway plays, eventually leading to a contract with the esteemed Abrams Artists Agency. During his career, Matt has guest starred on numerous prime time shows such as Sex and the City (HBO), Law and Order SVU (NBC), Game of Silence (NBC) and most recently MacGyver (CBS). Matt also had a recurring role on the daytime drama, One Life to Live (ABC). He has appeared in various indie films, including the Oscar winning Best Picture, "The Artist" and "Beast Beast" which made it's screen debut during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. His stage work includes a two-man show in the NYC Fringe Festival, as well as, performances at the prestigious Williamstown Theater Festival. Matt would eventually relocate from Los Angeles to Atlanta to take advantage of Georgia's fast growing film industry. To continue his studies, Matt enrolled in Nick Conti's Professional Actors Studio as an advanced student. Matt's passion and experience in performing arts subsequently led him to teach and mentor fellow performers at the Professional Actors Studio. Since moving to Atlanta, Matt has co-written and co-starred in an indie original and award-winning TV production, "Outside the Perimeter" with fellow actors and colleagues, Franco Castan and Scott Oakley.
Known For

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
NCIS: New Orleans

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Sex and the City

20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
MacGyver

Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.
Will Trent

Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Creepshow

An anthology series that tells astonishing and thought-provoking stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a surprising journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes.
Just Beyond

A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House's women is no longer hidden from view.
The First Lady

The Romans, America’s first family of country music, are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of their success is a lie. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the heir to the crown, already battling an industry stacked against her, will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy.
Monarch

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
The Artist

A successful Atlanta attorney's long-lost childhood friends unexpectedly reappear after 25 years. When a dark secret they thought they'd buried resurfaces, the brotherhood bands together to right the wrongs of their shared past - a journey that will push the limits of their loyalty and quench their thirst for revenge.
Game of Silence

U.S. Army sniper Charlie Snow finds himself at the other end of the crosshairs when the brother of an Eastern European arms dealer whom he killed decides to take vengeance on Charlie and his family in Los Angeles.
Target

A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.
Beast Beast

Melissa, an Atlanta property stager, teams with her old high school crush David to renovate and sell her mom's house, and as Christmas approaches and the tensions grow, so does a romantic relationship between them.
A Christmas Open House

The Energy Specialist is about what you do after college, when you have spent most of your college days partying.
The Energy Specialist

Making an indie film is murder under the best of circumstances, but first-time director Eddie Vassick's scenario is chaotic. Halfway through filming his main investor croaks. He has to tangle with the investor's widow who not only demands a plum role in the film when she's never acted a day in her life, but sells the film's rights to none other than Eddie's domineering older brother Warren. Warren is a B-movie mogul, king of commercial flicks, who has cast a shadow over Eddie his entire life. Eddie is forced to bend to Warren's will, and Warren immediately issues an impossible ultimatum, true to form. Eddie must re-shoot the entire film in costly 35mm format in four weeks time, or control of the entire project will revert to Warren. Meanwhile, Warren, who has always been secretly jealous of his little brother's inherent talents, has gotten his hands on a copy of Eddie's script and views this project as his one shot to catapult himself from the "B" leagues into the majors.
Re-Directing Eddie

Set in rural Georgia, Fortune is a Southern Gothic tale of greed, where a blue-collared timber yard worker miraculously wins a massive lottery jackpot, but then loses the ticket before he can cash it in.