Biography
Date of Birth
23 December 1990, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
Birth Name
Matthew Dillon Underwood
Nickname
Matt
Height
5' 7" (1.7 m)
Mini Biography
Matthew Underwood was born and raised in The Sunshine State of Florida. Having an instinctual calling for entertaining, Matthew started his career at the age of 8. Beginning with training for a competition in Orlando Florida, where he was able to show off his talents to thousands of spectators. After which, he began pursuing his career in Miami, Florida with his agents at The Green Agency. Showing off his talents in various commercials and Television Pilots, including "Kids Line", a news reporting program for the minds of today's youth, "E-Venture Kids", an educational program helping children learn about the cultures of societies abroad. In his early years, Matthew found a passion for extreme sports, pushing his limits through Barefoot Water skiing, Wake Boarding, Kite Surfing, Para-sailing, Skate Boarding, and Surfing, a lifestyle Matthew never seemed to shake and continues to pursue through Sky Diving, Wind Surfing, Rock Climbing, and B.A.S.E. Jumping. After locating to Los Angeles to grow as an entertainer, Matthew soon started to show the world his passion for acting in the worldwide kid's show, Zoey 101 (2005), where he portrayed the Egotistical, Sexist, Hot Guy "Logan Reese". Matthew continued to melt hearts through "Zoey 101" for 4 years in 90 countries all around the globe. Matthew enjoys the popularity, using it to his advantage to help educate the young minds of the world on subjects ranging from Art Programs in the Schools to helping save our wonderful planet. Always having a passion to help others around him, Matthew has traveled the world helping to build homes for those who have lost their own and help bring school and medical supplies to those who need them. Matthew continues to show his passion to entertain in films such as Casper's Scare School (2006), in which he was able to show off his Voice Talents by playing the Animated Vampire "Thatch", along with the hit television show on Nickelodeon, Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), in which he played the voice of "Hide", the thuggish Firebender. He recently fulfilled one of his childhood dreams by dying on film as "Matthew", the unknowing yet relentless contestant of a reality show in the new movie, Reality Horror Night (2008). He continues to share his passion with other younger performers as an acting teacher traveling around the world helping young entertainers open their minds and use their never-ending imagination.
Trivia
Loves extreme sports once having had a VERY close encounter with alligators while barefoot waterskiing with his top 100 in the world ranked uncle in a canal in South Florida.
He was originally considered for the role of "Troy Bolton" in the TV movie, High School Musical (2006).
Very close friends with his Zoey 101 (2005) co-stars, Victoria Justice and Erin Sanders.
Son of Patricia Underwood and Jerry Wayne Underwood.
Quotes
Life is full of confusion. Confusion of love, passion, and romance. Confusion of family and friends. Confusion with Life itself. What path we take, what turns we make. How we roll our dice. With a world so big, so vast, so many limitless opportunities, so many decisions that lead to endless possibilities of results. And every choice we make in our hearts, deep down we believe they are the right choice. The choice that will drive our souls forward and bring them to a direction of ultimate happiness. Whether we choose to hurt or to help, in our own soul, our beliefs, they are our own version of the right choice. Though some bring sadness and others bring joy, they always tend to set the path of our lives into a new direction. If we were to choose to believe in love, our own simple trend of true romance, and make choices and actions that lead us into a path of euphoric peace of mind, the thought of death by nature would be our only. The understanding of the human race would know No boundaries. Not all minds as one but all to it's equal representation of love and happiness. Religion, sex, race, orientation, language set aside, all greater or lesser thoughts of intellect and control would be toward a simple subject. The life of our own simple race. The human one. And the life we share with the other lives around us. With my life comes just as many choices as the next. And to some, they might not be the right ones. But in my mind, body, and soul, they drive my life as one of the human kind toward happiness and love. Though some choices may slow our journey, every path we take gives us more familiarity with how our actions affect the world around us. Giving us more opportunities to learn how to help ourselves and others. Some lessons take years to learn, with repeated exposure to the same path sometimes shadowed by the inner conscience of own souls. But eventually we learn, and our journey continues in another direction. Some lessons are harder to handle, the ones that don't break us down to the end of our journey, only allow us to climb higher mountains and break through stronger barriers.
