: About Me

Matthew S. Harrison is an actor with 28 years worth of experience acting on stage, in film and television, and of course in commercials. He is also a producer with seven(7) features under his belt. During the last SAG strike, he attended two stunt schools and has done stunts and coordinated stunts in film and television. Currently he lives in a western state with his wife and kids and is in the final planning stages of building a very large "green" movie studio in Denver, CO. He heads a family foundation as well, which administers to people in need across the United States with an emphasis on Veterans, Children, and Battered Spouses. He is very active in his community and is a member of the PTA, sponsors a hockey team, coaches baseball, and avoids work as much as possible to fish with his kids. He has 5 feature films being released in 2008, three of which he produced, all of which he acted in, and one of which he costars opposite Erica Leerhsen.

My passion is ...

My family

I know too much about ...

filmmaking

My parents always told me ...

I was funny

My childhood ambition ...

To make a living acting

My favorite memory ...

The birth of my sons

Why I write ...

If I don't my head will explode

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading Jim Harrison, watching "How It's Made", listening to some of my father in law's old jazz records(he recorded)

My first job ...

mucking horse stalls when I was 10

My best moment ...

When I walked away from a car wreck that broke my back and my neck

My inspiration ...

My wife and sons, and my extended family(which includes my closest friends)-nothing else really matters

Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Economic stimulus options

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Stimulus, Porkulus, Spendulus.....Call it what you will. As a business man, and as a once proud American, I call it the death of democracy. This bill is simple. It is an attempt (and a very good one) by the Obama Administration and the Democrats in Congress to once and for all turn America into a once-was. This bill has no chance of stimulating any growth. With consumer confidence as low as it is-mostly due to Obama, Pelosi, and Reid talking down the economy, the paltry $12 a week each American will gain from the tax breaks means diddly. In fact, it will do the opposite, because it is so s...

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