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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-02-09 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Exeter, New Hampshire, USA

Matthew Cardarople

Biography:

Matthew Richard Cardarople (born February 9, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in the ABC television series Selfie, the 2015 film Jurassic World, the 2016 TV series Stranger Things, and as the "Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender" in the TV series Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. In 2021, he played Keith in the film Free Guy. His supporting roles include appearances in Michael Showalter's 2017 romantic comedy The Big Sick, and Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi's TV series Reservation Dogs, set in an Indigenous community in Oklahoma.

Cardarople was born in Exeter, New Hampshire. His parents divorced when he was young. He is a graduate of New York Film Academy, after which he worked as a personal assistant for Luke Wilson.

Cardarople studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. He studied with Lesly Kahn. His career began with features in the films Blonde Ambition and Drillbit Taylor. He was discovered by Luke and Owen Wilson.

He starred as a recurring guest on ABC’s Selfie. He appeared regularly in Netflix's adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, which premiered in 2017.

He has also appeared in the movies Jurassic World and Dumb and Dumber To. His credits include roles in the indie comedy The 4th, The Big Sick, the Steven Soderbergh-directed film Logan Lucky and other films such as Itsy Bitsy and I am Woman.

On Television, Cardarople has appeared on shows such as NCIS: LA, New Girl, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Angie Tribeca, Scrubs, Ray Donovan, You're The Worst, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Selfie and Chasing Life.

Cardarople played Count Olaf's "Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender” in A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix.

Known For

Acting

2024

2023

American Cherry as Clay Elliot
We Lost Our Human as Hairball / Game V.O. / Lamb Zombie (voice)

2022

Crushed as Bus Driver

2021

The Cleaner as Donny
Night Night as Lucas Willard
Free Guy as Keith, the 22-Year-Old Gamer
American Auto as Dustin
Ghosts as Jamie

2020

I Am Woman as Roy Meyer
Lazy Susan as Roger
Monsterland as Frank White

2019

Itsy Bitsy as Donny

2018

Please Stand By as Trivia Guy #1
Dead Sound as Harry (as Matty Cardarople)
The Rookie as Slim Jim

2017

The Big Sick as Fast Food Cashier
Logan Lucky as CMS Police Officer #2
A Series of Unfortunate Events as Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
A Series of Unfortunate Events as Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender (Nurse Lucafont)
Crashing as Zach

2016

20th Century Women as Bartender
The 4th as Mikey

2015

Conventional as Stu Mac 1
Jurassic World as Gyrosphere Operator
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two as Stu Mac 1 (segment 'Conventional')
Martha as Scott

2014

Dumb and Dumber To as Inventor No. 1
Life Partners as Clerk
You're the Worst as Engineer
Chasing Life as Teen Clerk
Selfie as Charlie

2013

Ray Donovan as Philosophy Boy #1

2012

The Three Stooges as Camera Guy (uncredited)
Gayle as Marty

2011

0s & 1s as Donny
New Girl as Carl

2009

Absolute Evil as Photographer

2008

Drillbit Taylor as 7-11 Clerk

2007

Blonde Ambition as Mailroom Worker

2003

NCIS as Clerk

2001

Scrubs as Frank

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Rustic Casual as Scared Driver
Quarter as Kyle
Campfire as Chris

Production

2007

Blades of Glory as Production Assistant
Vacancy as Production Assistant
You Kill Me as Production Assistant
3:10 to Yuma as Production Assistant

2006

Hoot as Production Assistant
Think Tank as Production Assistant
My Super Ex-Girlfriend as Production Assistant

2005

Touched as Production Assistant