Matt Skollar

Matt Skollar was born in New York City to mom Haydee born and raised in Panama and Stan New York native of RussianJewish 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 8week run of The King and I Matts 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 offBroadway 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 its screen debut during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival His stage work includes a twoman 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 Georgias fast growing film industry To continue his studies Matt enrolled in Nick Contis Professional Actors Studio as an advanced student Matts 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 cowritten and costarred in an indie original and awardwinning TV production Outside the Perimeter with fellow actors and colleagues Franco Castan and Scott Oakley