- Has appeared in six films/mini-series based on the works of Stephen King (The Stand, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, Quicksilver Highway, Riding the Bullet, Desperation and Bag of Bones) - more than any other actor.
- Appeared as an "elderly" version of Max Headroom in a PSA about the changeover from analog to digital TV for British television.
- He appeared as Max Headroom in the music video and on the song "Paranoimia" by The Art of Noise.
- Reprised his role of Max Headroom in the 2015 movie Pixels (Voice only).
- Trained at the famous Bristol Old Vic Drama School and graduated from the three-year acting course in 1980
- His father was a hockey player who also served in the Army for 36 years.
- He has played the same character (Max Headroom) in four different series: The Max Headroom Show (1985), Max Headroom (1987), The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (1987) and Sesame Street (1969).
- Matt was the Quarterback on his high school football team in Canada.
- Along with Amanda Pays and William Morgan Sheppard, he is one of only three actors to appear in both Max Headroom (1985) and Max Headroom (1987).
- Born on exactly the same date as Julian Sands (of "Warlock" and "Leaving Las Vegas" fame).
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