Matthew Alan

Biography

Matthew Alan is an American TV & movie actor & producer. He is known for his roles- Seth in "13 Reasons Why(2017)", Mike Mulligan in "Murder in the First", Danny in "Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side".

Recently he has been appearing in "Lovecraft Country" as Deputy Eastchurch, in "Castle Rock" as Chris Merrill, in "Snowfall" as Havemeyer

Family

Parents

Matthew Gerbig was born in 1980 in Evansville, Indiana State, United States to Karen Gerbig (mother) and Larry Gerbig (father) [3] [4]

He grew up in Evansville, Indiana, lived there until he moved out seeking a career in acting.

His mother Karen had observed Matt's love for acting since childhood, In an interview to 14 News, she said- "Since he was in kindergarten he liked being in front of a microphone or acting a little bit, pretending & stuff like that" [4]

Siblings

Matthew has a brother in Chris Gerbig. Chris is a graduate from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. He has a masters (M.B.A) from Tennessee Technological University. Chris is the founder of 'The Pink Lily Boutique' [3] [5]

Education

• Reitz High School: Matthew graduated from Francis Joseph Reitz High School- a public high school on the west of Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from the high school in 1996. He was on the speech team while studying at the school.
• Western Kentucky University: Matthew attended the Western Kentucky University for his Bachelor's. He graduated with a degree in Forensics in 2000.

Girlfriend - Relationship

Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington

Mathew has been in relationship with the British actress Camilla Luddington (of "Grey's Anatomy" fame, she plays "Dr. Jo Wilson" on the show) for years now.

[ Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington ]

Engagement: Matthew proposed to Camilla on 31st December 2017. [Camilla posted a pic of her baby touching her ring]. As confessed by herself, Camilla was gladly yelling "YES YES" even before he had finished proposing. They announced their engagement to the public on 17th January 2018

[ Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington engagement ]

Wedding: 

Matthew Alan and Camilla Luddington married on 17th August 2019. They have a  private California coastline ceremony. About seventy of their friends and family attended the events.

Camilla had always loved the oceans. Matthew had planned it carefully on the coastline, making it a very romantic day for the love of his life. 

[ Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington wedding ] [credits: PEOPLE]

Karen Waldron of Ampersand Entertainment had planned their wedding meticulously. Mira Zwillinger had designed the couture gown wore by Camilla. "Sweet Disposition" by "The Temper Trap" was played as she walked down the aisle. The couple were especially happy that their daughter Hayden could attend the event.

Daughter

Matthew & Camilla made a public announcement in October 2016 that they were expecting a baby in 2017. Camilla had a baby girl Hayden Alan in the early 2017. News of the baby girl's birth was made public on 11th April 2017. Camilla said during an interview that she conceived on the very first try itself. 

[Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington announce birth of daughter Hayden]

Facts & Trivia

• Matthew Gerbig becomes Matthew Alan: Matthew has used his birth name "Matthew Gerbig" for his first two movies- "Charlie's War" & "Bell Witch Haunting", after that he has been using the stage name Matthew Alan.
• Matt buys Lucy for Camilla: Camilla used to have a ragdoll which she called Lucy, she lost it at the age of 12 and felt pretty bad about it. When Camilla was pregnant with Hayden, Matt bought her a Lucy look alike rag doll. (Awww)
• Loves Animals: He has couple of dogs for pets at home.
• Dan Gerbig: In the 2010 movie "Special Ops" Matt plays Dan Gerbig, "Gerbig" is the real surname of Matthew. Either a great coincidence or it was designed that way by the creators.

Career

• Video Game Voice over: He has voiced the character Walter Beckett in the Crime video game- L.A. Noire(2011)

Commercials

Folgers coffee commercial

Matthew Alan appeared in couple of "Folgers" commercials in 2009 with actress Catherine Combs, those are titled:

• 'Brother & Sister'
• "Peter Comes Home for Christmas"

These commercials had a confusing romantic undertone to the brother and sister relationship. There have been tons of spoofs and comic retakes of the ad on youtube. "Funny or Die", "Comedy Central", "Cracked", Daniel Tosh, Chelsea Handler have created funny content on the Folgers commercial theme.

The 2009 commercial was a remake of the 1986 commercial "Peter Comes Home for Christmas", it was well received at the time and the company chose to remake the same ad with new faces, unfortunately the new ad got trolled online, reflects how much society has changed over the years. 

[ Folgers coffee commercial- Matthew Alan & Catherine Combs as Brother and sister ]

Bud Light beer TV commercial

Matthew has appeared in the beer commercial titled "The Lucky Chair", the commercial was aired during the 2013 super bowl. Singer Stevie Wonder also appears in the ad.

His family and extended family watched the Ad on TV and was super excited, he got about 20 messages and emails within the first 5 minutes of the ad airing.

13 Reasons why

In the Netflix series "13 reasons why", Matthew plays Seth Massey, a drug dealer & Justin Foley's (Brandon Flynn) mother Amber Foley's (Jackie Geary) boyfriend, he is abusive towards the son of his girlfriend. Matthew plays the classic villain on the series.

[Matthew Alan- 13 Reasons why]

Filmography

Movies List

TV Series List

Short movies List

Quotes

• I love Folgers coffee, but I’m more of a French-press type of guy [6]

Sources

1. Matthew Alan wiki
2. Matthew Alan & Camilla Luddington wedding
3. Larence W Gerbig Obituary (Matthew's Grandfather)
4. 14 News coverage of superbowl ad
5. Chris Gerbig- Linkedin
6. Vanity Fair- Folgers coffee interview
7. Camilla Luddington Instagram
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