WHETHER it's a big-budget comic book adaptation, art-house independent or something new on your television screen, we find ourselves spending time with new faces in new places as actors from all around the world attempt to entertain us.
A rising star among that lot is Canadian-born thespian Matthew Kevin
Anderson. Recently appearing in two of the Syfy channels weekly creature/disaster features - also called "Monster-pieces" by one of the film's directors and Stargate veteran David Hewlett - Matthew has been climbing the theatrical ladder. A Vancouver Film School graduate, he got his professional start as Canada's version of Carson Daly hosting an MTV countdown show and interviewing many of the top musicians found in your iPod.
Possessing a long list of TV credits, Anderson has also worked alongside the likes of Anna Paquin, Cuba Gooding Jr. and sci-fi darling Jewel Staite - who just happens to be Matthew's wife. Working diligently to make a name for himself in the US market, we now find him headlining his first feature and second outing on the American cable network Syfy, titled Rage of the Yeti.
Matthew had a free moment - in what is a rapidly filling schedule - to talk about career moves, new opportunities and his favorite part about his job: the travel.
MP: Good morning. How are things on the west coast this morning?
Matthew: Things are good. The sun's shining as usual so today's a good day.
For those who might not know you, your start came working on Canada's MTV channel not only hosting, but doing interviews yourself.
Yeah, I've done hosting ever since that. Out of film school that was the first job I ended up booking and did that for a couple years and loved it. It was a lot of fun. I never had any formal training in journalism or an anything like that, so I was always learning as I go. But they really liked me and with the producers grooming I figured it out as I went along.
There was a live studio audience and we had really...
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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