Matt Wells

Known for playing a twisted detective in the award winning art-horror film "Scars", and TV roles in "Rogue", "Bitten" and "Beauty & the Beast", Matt Wells is a Canadian actor, writer, and musician born in St. John's, Newfoundland. As a Gemini nominated music and film journalist/interviewer Matt spent 10 years cultivating the people-reading skills that he continues to obsess over in his life as an actor, but it all began with music....Matt's path began writing songs and fronting the notorious Newfoundland punk/metal band Bucket Truck; releasing 4 albums, 10 self-produced music videos, and traveling the world sharing the stage with bands like Slayer, Damage Plan, and D.O.A. This journey directly led to him embarking on a career as an acclaimed music/film journalist for Much Music, M3, Bravo and MTV where Matt has interviewed everyone from The Police, Quentin Tarantino and John Lydon to Lou Reed, Ben Kingsley and Lady Gaga. After hosting 2 new projects produced by Mark Burnett and MGM Television and touring Canada as a solo artist, Matt shifted focus in 2016 to making movies when he co-wrote and starred in the bravoFACT supported short-film "Poison in the Water" and the feature film "Crown and Anchor" - both set for a 2017 release. Show less «