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Matthew Amendt has appeared on screens and stages across the U.S. and internationally. Film/TV: Humphry Davy in the Emmy award winning PBS mini-series, The Mystery of Matter, lead roles in the independent features Stimulus and The Midnight Chronicles. Selected stage credits: Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet. Off-Broadway: Coriolanus, 'Tis Pity She's A Whore (Red Bull), Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine Parts 1 and 2, Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre for a New Audience) Henry V in the title role (The Acting Company at the New Victory Theater); The Subject Was Roses, The Misanthrope (Pearl). Matthew appeared at the Guthrie in 12 productions from 2003-13, including the world premiere of The Great Gatsby as Nick Carraway to open the new Guthrie, Henry V in the title role, and Peer Gynt with Mark Rylance. His work has been seen regionally at Shakespeare Theatre Co. as Prince Hal alongside Stacy Keach, at the Pittsburgh Public as Hamlet, at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Westport Country Playhouse, and others. A Presidential Scholar in the Arts, he has a BFA in Acting from the Guthrie/U of M, is an Ivey Award winner for writing/performing The Comedian’s Tragedy, and received the Emery Battis Award for Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre Company.