Writer/Actor/Model

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Matthew Nichols spent most of his childhood and teenage years pursuing professional baseball. After a successful athletic and academic career at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, Matthew went on to graduate with a Bachelors of Science Degree – Elementary Education. He went on to teach elementary education in the Milwaukee, Waukesha, and Oconomowoc, Wisconsin communities for 18 years.

Within Matthew’s teaching career, was a love for acting, modeling, writing and painting. In 1994 he began his film career as an actor and model in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas during his summers. Matthew is now a published author, dividing his time between teaching, acting, writing, independent film and painting.

He has appeared in a variety of industrial videos and commercials as a spokesperson and host, as well as doing local and regional ads for Fleet Farm, Kohls, and national ad campaigns including Miller/Coors for Major League Baseball and the National Football League.

Matthew has also been cast in Discovery Channel’s (Investigative Discovery) - Unusual Suspects, True Crimes - With Aphrodite Jones, and the feature film Serial Daters Anonymous.

Matthew continues to build a successful film resume appearing in a variety of independent films from a wide range of genres, including the Milwaukee Film Festival release of the romantic comedy Serial Daters Anonymous, and a variety of local and regional independent films, for both independent filmmakers and university students working on senior, thesis films in the Milwaukee, Chicago and surrounding areas.

He is currently teaching elementary education in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and is also in development of an independent feature project. In addition Matthew is cast and filming in three college thesis films for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which will be released in the Spring of 2015.