Matt Frewer
Actor
Matt Frewer is an American Canadian singer, comedian, film and television actor, best known for creating television icon Max Headroom. He is a graduate in Acting from the Bristol Old Vic Drama School, Bristol, England, UK.
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Residue (2017)
As: Mr. Fairweather
A private investigator reads a book of sinister origins and unknowingly puts his daughter and himself in a fight for their lives...and their eternal souls.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Rusty Nixon
Stars: Costas Mandylor | Matt Frewer | Elysia Rotaru | Taylor Hickson | James Clayton
Rampage: President Down (2016)
As: Bills Father
Bill Williamson is back, alive and well and doing a recon mission around D.C. This time he wants to cause a major population disruption within the USA which result in devastating consequences reverberating throughout the world. His new mission this time to bring down The President of the United States and his Secret Service detail. Bill brings with him all the freak-in havoc and acidity of the previous 2 ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Uwe Boll
Stars: Matt Frewer | Brendan Fletcher | Bruce Blain | Ryan McDonell | Steve Baran
The BFG (2016)
As: General #2
The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, or any of the other giants—rather than the BFG—she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are flush-bunking off to England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she must stop ...
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Rebecca Hall | Jemaine Clement | Bill Hader | Mark Rylance | Ruby Barnhill
Love in Paradise (2016)
As: Dr. Frank
When a Western movie star is forced to spend a PR weekend at a dude ranch, his fans are horrified to learn he's actually a city slicker who's afraid of horses and has never been west of the Hudson River.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Sean McNamara
Stars: Ona Grauer | Luke Perry | Tom Butler | Emmanuelle Vaugier | Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Pixels (2015)
As: Max Headroom (voice)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Josh Gad | Peter Dinklage | Michelle Monaghan | Adam Sandler | Kevin James
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
As: Archibald Stanley
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Shawn Levy
Stars: Owen Wilson | Ben Stiller | Robin Williams | Rami Malek | Rebel Wilson
Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)
As: Mr. Williamson (voice)
A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Uwe Boll
Stars: Mike Dopud | Lochlyn Munro | Michaela Mann | Brendan Fletcher | Bruce Blain
Delete (2012)
As: Arthur Bowden (National Security Advisor)
When reporter Jessica Taylor (Karpluk) and her hacker friend Daniel (Gilchrist) discover a viral threat to be the source of a nearly triggered nuclear reactor meltdown, they soon realize there is more to the story than just a computer malfunction. As chaos begins to reign across the globe, it becomes apparent that artificial intelligence has turned into a conscious entity with the sole purpose of ...
Directed by: Steve Barron
Stars: Gil Bellows | Ryan Robbins | Seth Green | Keir Gilchrist | Erin Karpluk
50/50 (2011)
As: Mitch
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Levine
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Anna Kendrick | Bryce Dallas Howard | Anjelica Huston | Seth Rogen
Frankie & Alice (2010)
As: Dr. Strassfield
A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Stars: Stellan Skarsgård | Adrian Holmes | Halle Berry | Chandra Wilson | Phylicia Rashād
Wushu Warrior (2010)
As: Lord Edward Lindsey
China, 1862: Lord Lindsey rules the opium trade and enslaves the innocent. The only hope for the oppressed nation, is a covert group of trained Wushu Warriors - The Red Lotus Society – who will fight to restore justice to its people.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Alain Desrochers
Stars: Matt Frewer | Tod Fennell | Gang Zhao | Amber Mullin
Battle of the Bulbs (2010)
As: Stu Jones
Let the Games Begin!
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Harvey Frost
Stars: Daniel Stern | Emily Tennant | Matt Frewer | Teryl Rothery | Allison Hossack
Attack on Darfur (2009)
As: Ted Duncan
American journalists in Sudan are confronted with the dilemma of whether to return home to report on the atrocities they have seen, or to stay behind and help some of the victims they have encountered.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Uwe Boll
Stars: David O'Hara | Billy Zane | Kristanna Loken | Noah Danby | Edward Furlong
Rampage (2009)
As: Bill's Father
The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His shockingly violent plan will shake the very foundations of society by painting the streets red with blood.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Uwe Boll
Stars: Lynda Boyd | Matt Frewer | Michael Paré | Shaun Sipos | Brendan Fletcher
Under the Hood (2009)
As: Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Stars from the Watchmen movie team up in the amazing live-action/CGI Under the Hood, based on Nite Owl's powerful firsthand account of how the hooded adventurers came into existence.
Runtime: 38 min.
Directed by: Eric Matthies
Stars: Stephen McHattie | Matt Frewer | Ted Friend | Jay Brazeau | Glenn Ennis
Watchmen (2009)
As: Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Runtime: 162 min.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Stars: Jackie Earle Haley | Patrick Wilson | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Matthew Goode | Billy Crudup
Weirdsville (2007)
As: Jason Taylor
A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Allan Moyle
Stars: Taryn Manning | Greg Bryk | Scott Speedman | Matt Frewer | Wes Bentley
Desperation (2006)
As: Ralph Carver
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Mick Garris
Stars: Tom Skerritt | Matt Frewer | Charles Durning | Annabeth Gish | Steven Weber
Intelligence (2005)
As: Ted Altman
A spy scandal erupts after a Vancouver drug smuggler (Tracey) acquires sensitive information about a local drug squad and tries to cut a deal for himself.
Runtime: 97 min.
Stars: John Cassini | Camille Sullivan | Matt Frewer | Ian Tracey | Klea Scott
Geraldine's Fortune (2004)
As: Cameron Geary
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: John N. Smith
Stars: Peter MacNeill | Matt Frewer | Jane Curtin | Patrick McKenna | Sheila McCarthy
Riding the Bullet (2004)
As: Mr. Clarkson
Set in 1969, Alan Parker (Jackson) is a young artist, studying at the University of Maine. He becomes obsessed with death, and believing he is losing his girlfriend, Jessica (Christensen), he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him, and he recovers. He receives news that his mother is dying and decides to hitchhike, in an attempt to reach his dying mom.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Mick Garris
Stars: Erika Christensen | Barbara Hershey | Jonathan Jackson | David Arquette | Cliff Robertson
Intern Academy (2004)
As: Dr. Anton Keller
Follows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing with the pressures of school and love.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Dave Thomas
Stars: Viv Leacock | Ingrid Kavelaars | Jane McLean | Christine Chatelain | Pat Kelly
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
As: Frank
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Stars: Ty Burrell | Ving Rhames | Sarah Polley | Mekhi Phifer | Jake Weber
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
As: Sherlock Holmes
The scene of the crime is Whitechapel, the same London district notorious for the recent attacks of Jack the Ripper. Three monks are found dead, the apparent victims of a vampire - now, someone else is out for blood. Or is it something else? As bizarre events unfold, the answer is left to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to find.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rodney Gibbons
Stars: Matt Frewer | Kenneth Welsh | Norris Domingue | Neville Edwards | Isabel Dos Santos
Mickey's House of Villains (2001)
As: Panic (voice)
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it get's.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Jamie Mitchell
Stars: Jeff Bennett | Susanne Blakeslee | Corey Burton | Tony Anselmo | Wayne Allwine
The Royal Scandal (2001)
As: Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Rodney Gibbons
Stars: Matt Frewer | Kenneth Welsh | Liliana Komorowska | R. H. Thomson
The Sign of Four (2001)
As: Sherlock Holmes
Greed, betrayal and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Mary Morstan, a young governess, has been receiving a rare and lustrous pearl annually from an anonymous benefactor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rodney Gibbons
Stars: Michel Perron | Matt Frewer | Kenneth Welsh | Sophie Lorain | Marcel Jeannin
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
As: Sherlock Holmes
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the latest heir to the Baskerville estate. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Rodney Gibbons
Stars: Jason London | Matt Frewer | Kenneth Welsh | Gordon Masten | Emma Campbell
CyberWorld (2000)
As: Frazzled
A collaboration of computer-animated films which features new characters and old friends from the award-winning Fox network television series, "The Simpsons" and Dreamworks' feature film "Antz" The saucy, synthetic hostess, Phig, takes the viewers through Cyberworld 3D, a futuristic gallery of wild adventure and spectacular images. Trouble arrives in the form of three unwelcomed ...
Runtime: 44 min.
Directed by: Elaine Despins | Colin Davies
Stars: Dave Foley | Matt Frewer | Jenna Elfman | Robert Smith
Jailbait! (2000)
As: Al Fisher
It's not easy being the most popular couple in high school. Adam and Amber are the golden pair of Gaitlin High and are very busy being cool. Yet somehow Adam finds time for extracurricular activities, like making-it with Gynger, a sophomore, in the bathroom of a local restaurant. Soon, Adam's tidy world starts to fall apart when he finds out Gynger is pregnant. An ambitious Assistant District ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Allan Moyle
Stars: Matt Frewer | Mary Gross | Reagan Pasternak | Alycia Purrott | Kevin Mundy
In the Doghouse (1998)
As: Scott Wagner
A family dog is pushed into show business and into taking on the role of breadwinner, as the man of the house loses his job and takes the dog to auditions secretly while his family is unaware of this unemployment.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: George T. Miller
Stars: Brian Markinson | Matt Frewer | Rhea Perlman | Britt McKillip | Trevor Morgan
Breast Men (1997)
As: Gerald Krzemien
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, they split up and follow different paths. One becomes the surgeon of the everyday woman while the other's career freefalls and has to settle with strippers and actresses. The film covers their history, and their invention's, from the sixties until today
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Lawrence O'Neil
Stars: Chris Cooper | David Schwimmer | Matt Frewer | Terry O'Quinn | Emily Procter
Dead Fire (1997)
As: Max Durbin
The year is 2062. The Earth is no longer inhabitable and has been left in ruins. On-board the space station USS Legacy in orbit around Earth, the Earth's population are in suspended animation whilst the space station is under military control and scientists are working on a project to make Earth inhabitable again. After disobeying orders, trying to apprehend a out-of-control soldier on a rampage, tough ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Robert Lee
Stars: C. Thomas Howell | Matt Frewer | Rachel Hayward | Monika Schnarre | Colin Cunningham
Hercules (1997)
As: Panic (voice)
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Ron Clements | John Musker
Stars: Danny DeVito | James Woods | Tate Donovan | Roger Bart | Josh Keaton
Quicksilver Highway (1997)
As: Charlie / Dr. Charles George
This film is actually two one hour stories, the first based on a Stephen King story called the "Chattering Teeth" about a man who picks up a hitchhiker and the second is based on a Clive Barker story called "The Body Politic" about hands that rebel against the body.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Mick Garris
Stars: Christopher Lloyd | Matt Frewer | Silas Weir Mitchell | Raphael Sbarge | Missy Crider
Generation X (1996)
As: Russel Tresh
A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number from a mad scientist who can enter others' dreams.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Jack Sholder
Stars: Finola Hughes | Matt Frewer | Heather McComb | Randall Slavin | Jeremy Ratchford
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
As: Jobe Smith
Jobe is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker. He wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which Walker would control and use. But what Walker doesn't realize is a group of teenage hackers are on to him and out to stop his plan.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Farhad Mann
Stars: Matt Frewer | Austin O'Brien | Ely Pouget | Patrick Bergin | Camille Cooper
Senior Trip (1995)
As: Principal Todd Moss
While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There is only one problem, the President loves it! Hence, the group must travel to Washington to meet the Main Man.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Kelly Makin
Stars: Valerie Mahaffey | Jeremy Renner | Matt Frewer | Tommy Chong | Lawrence Dane
In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
As: The Cat in the Hat
A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large snippets of his stories and songs interspersed.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Vincent Paterson
Stars: Christopher Lloyd | Kathy Najimy | Billy Crystal | Matt Frewer | Patrick Stewart
The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993)
As: Bob Miller
An irresponsible teen examines his life after his fed-up parents leave him to fend for himself.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Martin Nicholson
Stars: Matt Frewer | Martin Mull | Robert Jayne | Blair Brown | Brigid Brannagh
Twenty Bucks (1993)
As: Receding Bingo Winner
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Keva Rosenfeld
Stars: Melora Walters | Elisabeth Shue | Brendan Fraser | Linda Hunt | Shohreh Aghdashloo
The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
As: Ed Kelvin
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Stars: Robert Davi | Matt Frewer | Harley Jane Kozak | Ken Wahl | Lee Ving
Short Time (1990)
As: Ernie Dills
Nearing retirement, Dabney Coleman finds that he has a disease that will kill him within days. He then finds that his life insurance only pays off if he is killed in the line of duty. In order to leave something to his wife and children, Coleman becomes supercop, ignoring danger and trying his best to get killed.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Gregg Champion
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Barry Corbin | Matt Frewer | Teri Garr | Dabney Coleman
Far from Home (1989)
As: Charlie Cox
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy and Pinky -- either of whom could be the serial ...
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Meiert Avis
Stars: Karen Austin | Matt Frewer | Drew Barrymore | Richard Masur | Susan Tyrrell
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
As: Russell Thompson Sr.
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Stars: Matt Frewer | Rick Moranis | Marcia Strassman | Amy O'Neill | Kristine Sutherland
Speed Zone (1989)
As: Alec Stewart
An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Jim Drake
Stars: Matt Frewer | Donna Dixon | John Candy | Lee Van Cleef | Joe Flaherty
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
As: Tom
Plan Aurora, led by Kim Philby is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent, placed under cover in a quiet English country town, begins to assemble a nuclear bomb, whilst MI5 agent John Preston attempts to prevent it's detonation.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Stars: Michael Caine | Pierce Brosnan | Ian Richardson | Julian Glover | Ray McAnally
Ishtar (1987)
As: CIA Agent
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Elaine May
Stars: Isabelle Adjani | Charles Grodin | Warren Beatty | Dustin Hoffman | Jack Weston
Spies Like Us (1985)
As: Soldier #2
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: John Landis
Stars: Dan Aykroyd | Bruce Davison | Donna Dixon | Chevy Chase | Steve Forrest
Max Headroom - 20 Minutes into the Future (1985)
As: Edison Carter
The film introduces Edison Carter (Matt Frewer), a television reporter trying to expose corruption and greed. In the movie, reporter Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.
Runtime: 57 min.
Directed by: Annabel Jankel | Rocky Morton
Stars: William Morgan Sheppard | Matt Frewer | Amanda Pays
Supergirl (1984)
As: Eddie, Truck Driver
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Stars: Faye Dunaway | Helen Slater | Brenda Vaccaro | Hart Bochner | Peter O'Toole
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1984)
As: Himself
A documentary filmed during production of the film "Supergirl" showing the world how and who made it. This interesting featurette includes interviews with the cast and crew along with footage from the film and excerpts from the musical score.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Peter Hollywood
Stars: Matt Frewer | Faye Dunaway | Mia Farrow | Peter Cook | Alf Joint
The Meaning of Life (1983)
As: Cornered Executive who Jumps (segment "The Crimson Permanent Assurance")
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
In the bleak days of 1983, the Crimson Permanent Assurance, an accountancy staffed by elderly workers much like a slave ship, has been taken over by efficiency-minded corporate types. When they sack an employee, there's an uprising.
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Stars: Andrew Bicknell | Guy Bertrand | Sydney Arnold | Ross Davidson | Myrtle Devenish