Dakin Matthews

Dakin Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor with a long history of work in film, television and theater. He is also a playwright, director, and theatrical scholar. --- Matthews was born in Oakland, California. He initially aspired to become a Roman Catholic priest, studying in San Francisco and then at Gregorian University in Rome in the 1960s. However, his is growing interest in drama led him to the Juilliard School, where he taught, among others, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. He acted and taught at the American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T.) in San Francisco where Annette Bening was one of his students. He is also an Emeritus Professor of English at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California. In the 1980s, settling permanently in Los Angeles, Matthews began guest-starring in television series and appearing in films. He starred in series such as Down Home, Soul Man and, most successfully,The Jeff Foxworthy Show. Matthews has appeared in more than twenty feature films, including Nuts, Like Father Like Son,Clean and Sober, Thirteen Days, Child's Play 3, and Funny Farm and a number of television movies. --- He currently resides with his wife, director Anne McNaughton and had four children in Los Angeles.