MATT YOUNG - ACTOR

Matt Young is a LGBTQIA+ actor/writer/storyteller living in regional Queensland.
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SAG/AFTRA, AEA, MEAA

Represented by Ego Management:
www.egomanagement.com.au/

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LATEST NEWS

Now Showing:  Stream HEART OF THE MAN in the USA from April 28 - May 4 as part of Miami's OUTshine Film Festival "Watch on Your TV" program.  I play the supporting lead role of Joey.

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Coming Soon:  Gayby Baby Daddy at QTOPIA Sydney as part of PrideFest 2025 from Saturday, 21 June to Monday, 23 June.  A new one-person storytelling show about my adventures of becoming a parent to our two beautiful (now grown up) children.

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About Matt Young:

After an early career touring the world in musicals (A CHORUS LINE, ON THE TOWN, THE PRODUCERS) , MATT YOUNG made his Australian/Canadian/NZ television debut playing James Cook in CAPTAIN COOK: OBSESSION AND DISCOVERY.

US television audiences will recognise him from Hallmark's A SUMMER TO REMEMBER and PEARL IN PARADISE, TBS's WRECKED,  and HBO"s THE PACIFIC.

Queer film audiences will recongnise him from HEART OF THE MAN, GAYBY BABY, and LUMBER (short film).

He has been the occasional co-host of the podcast THRASH N TREASURE, where heavy metal meets musicals, and the host of the storytelling podcast THE STORY CHUNDER.


He is an acting and US dialect coach under the banner of TUKUNA ACTING CLUB, which he started in FIji in 2015, and has served as a film choreogrpaher (THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN 2), location casting director (#BLACKAF), and national acting trainer for FILM FIJI.  

He has served as Associate Lecturer in theatre/drama at Central Queensland Unversity's CQCM in Mackay, QLD, where he also directed/choreographed two musicals. 

Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery
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  • Home
  • Heart of the Man
  • Gayby Baby Daddy
  • Queering the Script
  • The Sky Is Falling
  • You Moved Where? Podcast
  • Hallmark
  • Bio
  • Photos
  • Interviews/Podcast Appearances
  • Trailers/Ads/Shorts
  • Director/Choreographer
  • Contact