Matt McDonald Instructor, Acting for Film and TV

Matthew is a Hamilton based actor and voice actor who started his career in the theatre with credits including Kenickie in Grease (Westwing Players), Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose (Theatre Aquarius) and Hamlet in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Toronto Film School). After getting his degree in History and Political Science from Nipissing University, Matt wanted to follow his passion for acting and enrolled in the Toronto Film School’s Acting for Stage, TV and Film diploma program.

Upon graduation, he was awarded the President’s Award and was the Valedictorian for the graduating class of 2018. Since then, Matt has worked at Toronto Film School for the acting and videogame design and development departments and has garnered commercial acting credits for working with such companies as The Beer Store and Maple Leaf Foods. He has also lent his voice to numerous videogames and animation projects as well as had the opportunity to produce his first feature film working with Fullmoon Features. Matt has also written and directed numerous films of his own that have worked their way through the film festival circuits around the world.