Matthew Wilkas Biography
Matthew Wilkas is an American New York based theatre and film actor, playwright and reality television personality. He is best known for his lead role as Matt in the 2012 feature film Gayby.
How old is Matthew Wilkas? – Age
He is 46 years old as of April, 20, 2024. The actor was born on April 20, 1978, in Camden, Maine, United States.
Matthew Wilkas Height
The actor stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Matthew Wilkas Early Life
According to sources, he grew up in Camden, with his two sisters. Matthew has not revealed his parents identity. Although data shows that his father died when he was 12 years old. For his education, he went to Boston University on the theater program because they gave him a student-aid package. He later moved to Hartford, Connecticut, before moving to New York.
Matthew Wilkas Career
Theatre
Matthew co-wrote with American actor and playwright Mark Setlock titles pageant Play, a satire about the world of child beauty pageants. The play was produced in July 2008 at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. And in 2012, he was in the stage production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark replacing main actor Matt Caplan. He has appeared on stage in a number of acts including Siene! The Musical, The Last Sunday in June, Far and Wide, The Pride etc. Wilkas has appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Huntington Theatre Company, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Sundance Theatre Institute.
Film and Television
His television career started in 2003 with a token role in the TV series Hope & Faith followed by brief appearance in The New Twenty and Ugly Betty. After many small roles on television, in 2012, he had a lead role in the feature film Gayby which debuted at the South by Southwest festival. in 2012, Wilkas and Harris co-won the Award for Best Acting Ensemble: Feature during the Ashland independent Film Festival for their roles in Gayby. In 2014, he appeared in Undateable, an American television sitcom that aired on NBC where he was cast as the character Brett, Justin Kearney’s friend. He also appeared in a number of shorts including This Bachelorette Party Sucks and Masc Only.
In 2017, he had a lead role in New York Is Dead, a series that he co-wrote and produced. Also in 2017, he appeared in a lead role as X in “Boy Culture: The Series”.
Matthew Wilkas Net Worth
He has a net worth of $100, 000.
Matthew Wilkas Movie
2008 – The New Twenty
2010 – Gayby
2011 – Boys on Film 7: Bad Romance
2012 – Gayby
2014 – Top Five
2015 – You’re Killing Me
2016 – Masc Only
2018 – Island Zero
2019 – Crystal Cliffside for Woke Vampires
Matthew Wilkas TV Shows
2003 – Hope & Faith
2014 – Looking
2014 – Saint Francis
2017 – Hiatus
2017 – New York Is Dead
2019 – Bonding
2019 – Modern Family
2020 – Aj and he Queen
2022 – And Just Like That
