Matt Jones (actor)

Matthew Lee Jones (born November 1, 1981) is an American actor, voice artist, comedian, rapper and singer known for his portrayals of Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad and Baxter on the CBS sitcom Mom. He currently stars as Douglas Wheeler on the CBS sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.

Matt Jones
Born
Matthew Lee Jones

(1981-11-01) November 1, 1981
Sacramento, California, U.S.
OccupationActor, voice artist, comedian, rapper and singer
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)
Kelly Daly
​
(m. 2012)​
divorced
Children1

Early life

Jones was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in Pomona, California, one of ten children between his mother and stepfather. He eventually moved to Claremont, and graduated from Claremont High School in 2000.[1]

During this time he started Ultimate Improv in Westwood, before auditioning for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, where he would go on to perform for three years.[1] Due to the rigorous touring schedule of Boom, he would continually lose his voice, when it eventually "stuck" that way leading to his signature raspy voice.[1]

Career

Jones was the singer/main songwriter of the ska band Faculty Four. Before leaving for Boom Chicago, Jones appeared in 20 commercials in two years, including a spot for Midas.[1] After returning, his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad.[1]

From 2008 to 2013, Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on Breaking Bad. He appeared as a pizza delivery boy on How I Met Your Mother, and has appeared on Comedy Central's Reno 911! and the NBC comedy series Community. He has appeared in over 40 commercials. He appeared in the pilot episode of the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele. He is also a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and I.O. West.[2]

In 2010, Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot Uncle Nigel, written and produced by Andy Breckman.[3] He has provided voices on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time. In 2010, he was also cast as one of the lead roles in the Disney XD show Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, as title character Kick's best friend Gunther Magnuson. He appeared in the 2011 film Red State, and voiced minor characters in the 2011 video game Rage. Jones also appeared as Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget in the CBS show NCIS, between 2011 and 2015. In early 2012, Jones was cast in Steven Levitan's new pilot Rebounding for FOX,[4] but the show was not picked up.[5]

Jones appeared in four episodes of The Office ("Junior Salesman", "The Farm", and the two-part series finale). He was cast as a series regular in The Farm,[6] a failed spin-off of The Office.[7] While in the UK to direct Borderline in 2016,[8] Jones appeared in two episodes of character comedy podcast Fact Up.[9] He portrays Baxter in the CBS sitcom Mom.[10] In 2018, he starred in the Pop television series Let's Get Physical as Joe Force.

In 2019, he became a cast member on the sitcom Bob Hearts Abishola.[11]

He is the voice of the Boov Kyle in DreamWorks Animation film Home[12] and its spinoff series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh.[13] He is the voice of the character Wedge in Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020).

Personal life

Jones is engaged to actress Kristen Hager.[14] Jones’ brother is actor Evan Jones, best known for playing the role of Cheddar Bob in 8 Mile.

Filmography

Film
Matt Jones film work
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Funeral Sex Matt Short film
Mattress Mike's Mistress
Halloween Romance
2010 Long Story Short Marshall
2011 High Road Richie
Red State Deputy Pete
Perfectly Prudence Nigel Television film
Worst. Prom. Ever Kyle
2012 Peter at the End Jake Short film
Dreamworld Ben
2013 Loveseat Joe Short film
Fireflies Elroy
Rolled Himself Documentary
2014 Cooties Sheriff Dave
Planes: Fire & Rescue Drip (voice)
2015 Home Officer Kyle (voice)
Mojave Louis
2017 The Layover Craig
Austin Found Matt
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong Marlon
2018 Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss Phil
2019 Brightburn Noah McNicol
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Badger Mayhew
2020 Wheels of Fortune Bo Jackson
2021 Snorks Dimmy

Television
Matt Jones television work
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Gilmore Girls Morgan Episode: "A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving"
2008 Greek Football Giant Episode: "Gays, Ghosts, and Gamma Rays"
2008–2013 Breaking Bad Brandon "Badger" Mayhew 12 episodes
2009 Reno 911! Cop Fan Episode: "Dangle's Murder Mystery: Part 2"
2009–2010 How I Met Your Mother Arthur (Pizza delivery guy) 2 episodes
Community Coffee Delivery Guy / Vaughn's Friend 3 episodes
2010, 2015 Adventure Time Mountain Man / Marauder / Electroid (voices)
King Huge (voice)		 Episodes: "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain", "Walnuts and Rain"
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Cop Episode: "Deliverance"
Uncle Nigel Ronnie Wells Pilot
2010–2012 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Gunther Magnuson (voice) Main role
2011 Man Up! Chris "Eggnog" Eggert Episode: "Finessing the Bromance"
2011–2015 NCIS Agent Ned Dorneget 6 episodes
2012 Rebounding Eli Kaplan Pilot
Key & Peele Weed Guy Episode: "Pilot"
CSI: NY Steve Blanton 2 episodes
The Cleveland Show Wheelchair Kid (voice) Episode: "Menace II Secret Society"
Dirty Work Hummy 3 episodes
2012–2013 Tron: Uprising Lenz (voice) 3 episodes
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Bullwinkle Episode: "Kapu"
The Office Zeke Schrute 3 episodes
NTSF:SD:SUV:: Tavis Cose Episode: "Comic Con-Air"
2013–2014 Beware the Batman Humphrey Dumpler / Humpty Dumpty (voice) 2 episodes
2013 DC Nation Shorts Deadman (voice) 3 episodes
Broad City Creepy DJ #1 Episode: "Fattest Asses"
2013–2019 Mom Baxter 32 episodes
2013–2016 Sanjay and Craig Hector Flanagan (voice) Main role
2014 Drunk History Himself Episode: "Sports Heroes"
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Shiloh Huffington Episode: "Simon Helberg Wears a Sky Blue Button Down Jeans"
2015–2018 Pig Goat Banana Cricket Pig, He So Crazy Squirrel, Dog Truck, Mama Cart, Cart Pups (voice) Lead role
2015 Wallykazam Zack the Garden Gnome Episode: Dawn of the Zucchini
2016–2018 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Kyle (voice) Main role
2018 Let's Get Physical Joe Force 8 episodes
2018–2020 F is For Family Nuber (voice) 6 episodes
2019 Amphibia Percy (voice) 3 episodes
2019–present Bob Hearts Abishola Douglas Wheeler Main role
2019 Talking Dead Himself 1 episode

Video games
Matt Jones video game work
YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2011 Rage Gabe
2020 Final Fantasy VII Remake Wedge [15]

References
  1. "BA #092: Matt Jones (Live @ iO West)". the Box Angeles podcast. August 17, 2015.
  2. UCB Theater Profile Archived 2010-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Owen, Phil (10 February 2010). "Better Off Ted Star Joins Pilot".
  4. "'Breaking Bad' Matt Jones for Fox pilot". 28 February 2012.
  5. Andreeva, Nellie (10 May 2012). "Fox Passes On 'Rebounding': Will Steve Levitan Ever Again Sell A Show There?".
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (25 August 2012). "'The Office' Spinoff: Matt Jones Cast As Dwight's Cousin".
  7. Andreeva, Nellie (29 October 2012). "NBC Not Going Forward With Potential 'Office' Spinoff 'The Farm'".
  8. "Matt Jones". IMDb.
  9. "15 Theatre (with Matt Jones)".
  10. Andreeva, Nellie (12 February 2013). "Duo Cast In Chuck Lorre's CBS Pilot 'Mom'".
  11. "'Breaking Bad' Movie: Matt Jones Reprises Series Role (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  12. "Groove with Boov in 'Home'". Boston Herald. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  13. Lincoln, Ross A. (2016-03-31). "DreamWorks Animation's 'Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh' Bows On Netflix In July". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  14. Mayer, Larry (13 November 2019). "'Breaking Bad' actor a diehard Bears fan". Chicago Bears. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  15. Wade, Jessie (June 10, 2019). "Final Fantasy VII Remake: Breaking Bad, Supergirl Stars in Voice Cast - E3 2019". IGN. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
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