Matthew Lillard

Overview

Born
January 24, 1970 · Lansing, Michigan, USA
Birth name
Matthew Lyn Lillard
Nickname
- Matt
Height
6′ 4″ (1.93 m)

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Trademarks

Towering height
Often plays comedic characters

Trivia

Was classmates with Paul Rudd at American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Lillard became the official voice of Shaggy Rogers after Casey Kasem retired from the role in 2009. He and Kasem collaborated for the first time on the series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010), wherein Lillard portrayed Shaggy and Kasem portrayed Shaggy's father, Colton.
As of 2004, Matthew has worked (co-starred) with actor Freddie Prinze Jr. five times: Wing Commander (1999), Summer Catch (2001), She's All That (1999), Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
Daughter Addison Grace was born June 13, 2002 in Los Angeles.
Third child: son Liam born in April 2008.

Quotes

I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am having farting contests with an imaginary dog!
[on directing versus acting and directing his first film] - I think that that's [directing] a way more exciting way to live your life... Being an actor, you have to memorize a page of dialogue, and you hit a mark and you say the line with honesty and energy and hopefully it works. Being a director is so much more fulfilling. You just have so much more input, you have more avenues to tell a story, and the experience overall to me was such a life-changing event. If it was up to me, I would never act again and direct for the rest of my life to be honest.
[2012, on SLC Punk! (1998)] It's the only time in my life that I've ever been given the opportunity to really carry a film. I mean, you could argue I carried Scooby-Doo (2002) to some extent, too, but... Oh, I guess I've done it on other movies, too, like _Spooner_. But for me, the proudest piece of acting I have is when I'm doing what I do in most of that film. I mean, that's one of those movies that I remember doing and being super-proud of it even as I was doing it. You mention that movie, and "pride" is definitely the first word that comes to mind.
[2012, on filming Wing Commander (1999)] We shot that in Luxembourg, and all I remember is that my hair was so bleached and short that I had open wounds on my scalp. Oh, the price you pay for fame.
[2012, on Ghoulies Go to College (1990)] I was a non-union extra for 19 days. And on the last day, I told them they were going to give me my Screen Actors Guild card or they were going to have to reshoot the scene without me, but I was going to get it. And the first assistant director told me I was never going to work again. But look at me now!