Matt Roe

Biography

A producer, actor, and screenwriter whose credits ranged from a bit role in The Naked Gun 33 1/3 to stage producer for Mel Brooks' production of The Producers, multi-faceted show business man Matt Roe had his irons in multiple fires -- and all to great effect. A Brooklyn native, he founded the Denver-based production house Clear Concepts, a company which eventually settled in Mexico, where Roe tried his hand at directing, as well. Though he eventually sold Clear Concepts and moved to Los Angeles to do commercial work, the company continued to flourish while its founder embarked on a series of supporting feature roles. From the late '80s to the early 2000s, Roe's work in such features as The Puppet Master (1989), Child's Play 2 (1990), Improper Conduct (1994), and Black Scorpion (1995) added an extra dimension to otherwise run-of-the-mill supporting roles. Behind the camera, he wrote the screenplays for Tainted Love (1996), Irresistible Impulse (1996), and The Minion (1998). Matt Roe died of multiple myeloma October 9, 2003, in Los Angeles. He was 51. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Known For

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Clayton

Child's Play 2

as Policeman in Car

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Latha

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Max Menken

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Edward Hanson

Murder, She Wrote

as Guard

Puppet Master

as Frank Forrester

My Blue Heaven

as FBI Man

Wings

as Man

Pacific Blue

as Jared Spiegel