Matthew Wilkas
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Matthew Wilkas (born April 20, 1978) is an American New York theatre and film actor, playwright, and reality television star.
Matt in the 2012 film Gayby is best known for his lead role.
Early life
He and his two sisters grew up in Camden, Maine. When he was 12, his father died. He later attended Boston University's theater program after being gifted with a student-aid scholarship. He migrated to Hartford, Connecticut, before heading to New York.
Personal life
Matthew Wilkas is openly gay. Wilkas was in a relationship with freestyle skiing champion and Olympic athlete Gus Kenworthy from November 2015 to July 2019. Wilkas kissed Kenworthy before his qualifying run in the men's slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea; the kiss was broadcast on live television and was lauded as being a major moment in LGBT+ athletes.
Career
Wilkas co-wrote Pageant Play, a playwright and actor who plays Jane Setlock, a satire on child beauty pageants. The play was first performed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival in July 2008. He appeared in the stage adaptation Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark in 2012, replacing lead actor Matt Caplan. Wilkas has appeared on stage in a variety of shows, including Silence! The Musical, Far and Wide, The Pride, etc. He has appeared in the Williamstown Theatre Company, the Berkshire Theatre Company, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Festival, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and The Sundance Theatre Institute, under Michael Greif's direction, Carolyn Cantor, Nicholas Martin, and Trip Cullman.
Orin Scrivello appeared in the Pasadena Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors in 2019.
His television career began in 2003 with a small role in Hope & Faith on TV, followed by brief appearances in The New Twenty and Ugly Betty. He appeared on television for a brief period of time, and in 2012, he appeared in the feature film Gayby, which premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival. Even though Jenn is straight and Matt is gay, Matt a comic book store worker (played by Wilkas) and Jenn, a yoga instructor (played by Jenn Harris), best friends from college, now single and in their thirties, decide to have a baby ("gayby") together, despite the fact that Jenn is single and Matt is gay. Wilkas and Harris co-won the award for "Best Acting Ensemble: Feature" at the Ashland Independent Film Festival in 2012 for their roles in Gayby. The film received a number of other prestigious awards, one of IndieWire's top ten independent films of 2012, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Wilkas was named one of Out magazine's "Out100" and one of the Los Angeles Outfest Film Festival's "Five in Focus" for his role in the film.
Wilkas appeared in Undateable, an American television sitcom that aired on NBC, where he was cast as Brett, Justin Kearney's gay companion (pilot only). He has appeared in several shorts, including This Bachelorette Party Sucks and Masc Only.
In 2017, he played a lead role in New York Is Dead, a series that he co-wrote and produced. As Felix, he co-stars with Gayby actor Jenn Harris. He is also starring in "Boy Culture: The Series," an episodic sequel to the original LGBT American drama film Boy Culture, released in 2006. The creation of the Kickstarter campaign was funded by a Kickstarter campaign. Darryl Stephens (as Andrew), Matthew Crawford (as Chayce), Stephen Guarino, and singer Steve Grand will be included in the series.