Matthew Nichols

Born in (Brown Deer) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53-year-old, Matthew Nichols is the youngest of five boys and and is the proud father of daughter Laura and son Seth. He spent most of his childhood and teenage years pursuing professional baseball. Matthew was a three-year starter on the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Baseball team, setting several school records and was a part of the first team in the school’s history, to make it to a Division III World Series.

After a successful athletic and academic career at UW – Whitewater, Matthew went on to graduate with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education. He taught in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Mountain Village, Alaska communities for 23 years.

Within Matthew’s teaching career, was a love for acting, modeling, writing and painting. In 1994 he began his film career as an actor and model in the Milwaukee and Chicago areas during his summers. He has appeared in thirty-one short, feature, television and cable series productions as an actor. Matthew has also done a number of voice over projects in addition to appearing in multiple industrial videos and commercials as a spokesperson and host, such as local and regional ads for Fleet Farm, Kohls, and national ad campaigns including Miller/Coors for Major League Baseball and the National Football League. He has been cast in Discovery Channel’s (Investigative Discovery) - Unusual Suspects, True Crimes - With Aphrodite Jones, Disappeared and the feature film Serial Daters Anonymous. In 2016, he received the Milwaukee Short Film Festival’s, prestigious Best Actor Award.

He has published two books, written a variety of drama and suspense-thriller screenplays for film and is currently in development of several screenplays for independent feature projects, and an original, e-book series pilot for television and streaming outlets. Matthew resides in La Fortuna, Costa Rica and in addition to publishing and screenwriting, is a freelance writer for companies and individuals.