Matthew is an actor, screenwriter, and producer who lives in Los Angeles. He is out to festivals with his short film KA-PEW and in pre-production for his next film ANNIE ARE YOU OK with Sunnyside Films, directed by Michael Izquierdo.

Matthew workshopped his feature screenplay EL PERRO at the Sundance Collective Kitchen and his TV pilot THE BISLEY BOY won the SXSW Film Festival Episodic Pitch-a-thon. He wrote and produced the short films OVERNIGHT and THIS WILD ABYSS which have screened at 38 film festivals and won 10 awards. As a playwright, his plays HOME, SWEET and INSIDE THE HAND were a finalist and semifinalist, respectively, for the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill. As a stage actor he's worked with four directors whose work have won Tony Awards, at theaters that include The Public Theater and Shakespeare in the Park in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in DC. Carlson graduated with a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from New York University.