Tom Matthews is an American actor best known for the films The Return of the Living Dead and Friday the 13th: Jason Lives
BIOGRAPHY
Tom Matthews was born on November 20, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. She is of Italian descent on her mother. In childhood, in order to confront his older brother, he began to practice martial arts. As a result, I became very interested in this sport, which received a purple belt.
CAREER
A bright and tall young man, 1.84 meters tall, Tom Matthews worked as a model. He began his professional acting career with Falcon Crest, Dynasty and Paper Dolls, and in 1984 he played the role of Eric in the romantic comedy The Woman in Red.
The famous actor gained his fame thanks to the cult film "Return of the Living Dead", where he played one of the main roles, Freddie's boyfriend. As a result of participation in this film, Tom Matthews' career quickly went up, after which he was immediately invited to the lead role in the film "Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives."
In 1988, he auditioned for the lead role in the horror film Prison, where he was considered the main contender for the role, but ultimately Danish-American actor Viggio Mortensen was approved as the main character.
In 1986, Matthews starred in the American slasher film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives by Tom McLaughlin, in which he portrayed Tommy Jarvis in a series of films and became the third actor to portray Tommy Jarvis, a fictional character in the series. In 1987, he played the role of Francis Kelly in the television film The Dirty Dozen: A Deadly Assignment. In the same year, Matthews starred in the movie "Downward Curve" and in the movie "Mr. President". In 1988, he starred as Joey in Return of the Living Dead 2 and Charman in the science fiction movie Alien from Los Angeles. In 1989, Tom Matthews took part as a guest in a small scene of the CBS Summer Stage.
In 1990, he starred in Rock Hudson, starring Tim Murphy. In 1991, Tom Matthews starred in the films Bloody Pact and the Born Racer, as well as on television in the TV series Letters from Moab. In 1992 he starred in the film Nemesis. In 1994, he starred in the American action movie Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor. In 1993, Matthews took part in the convention
the movie "Man vs. Cyborg". At the same time, he starred in a cameo role in the American television series Ambulance.
In 2017, Tom Matthews again, for the fourth time, returns to the image of Tommy Jarvis, but is no longer in a feature film, but plays a role in the computer game Friday the 13th.
WORK, CREATIVITY
Full list of films starring Tom Matthews:
1982 Falcon Crest - Paramedic
11984 The Woman in Red - Eric
1982 Paper Dolls (Lewis) - Crosby
1985 "The Return of the Living Dead" - Freddie
1986 Dangerously Close, Brian - Ridgetty 1986 Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives - Tommy Jarvis
1986 The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission Francis - Kelly
Down Twisted 1987 - Damala
1987 "Mr. President" (Mr. President) - Secret Agent
1988 "Return of the Living Dead Part II" - Joey
1988 "Alien from L. A." (Alien from L. A.) - Charmin
198 "CBS" (Summer Playhouse) - Cal
1990 Rock Hudson - Tim Murphy
1990 Midnight Cabaret - David
1991 "Bloodmatch" - Brick Bardot
1991 "Born to Ride" - Willis
1992 "Nemesis" (Nemesis) - Marion
1994 Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor - Bill
1995 "Man vs. Cyborg" (Heatseeker) - Bradford
1995 Ambulance (ERM) - Michael Mazovik
1996 If Looks Could Kill - Walter
1996 "Black Hawk" (Raven Hawk) - Styles
1997 Mean Guns - Crowe
1997 "Peacemaker" - Major Rich Numbers
1997 Crazy Six - Andrew
1998 Waiting for Woody - Man
Fail Safe 2000 - Billy Flynn
2001 The Vampire Hunters Club - Henry Pratt
2009 A Letter to Dad - Dan Donahue
2017 Friday the 13th: The Game - Tommy Jarvis (voice and visual)
PERSONAL LIFE, FAMILY
In 2007, the actor married Karina Poszar, a lawyer from Beverly Hills, but their union did not last long and the couple broke up in 2009. The second time Tom married Karla Jensen in 2014. The celebration took place in Mexico, in the city of Los Cabos, Tom Jason's wife was born on November 17, 1969 in Loss Angeles, California, she is an actress and journalist. In marriage, the couple brings up a son.
A close friend of Tom Matthews is the popular American actor George Clooney.
The actor is a co-owner of a private construction company Hammer and Trowel. The services of this company were once used by the famous British rock musician Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon, who entered into an agreement with this company to carry out work on the design and construction of the house, which was later shown on the MTV reality show The Osbourne Family.
