Matthew Deane (Australian actor)

Matthew Deane (born 1984) is an Australian actor and was the winner of the Hollywood's Best New Talent Male Model of the Year Award in 2008.

Deane is a Latter-day Saint. He was called to serve 2 years as a Mormon missionary in the Australia Perth Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, however, he returned home after 5 months due to poor health. He later enrolled to study at Utah Valley University but deferred early in his first semester to pursue a career in acting.

Having been involved in several TV pilot productions and independent films, his biggest role to date is a supporting role in the soon to be released feature film The Neighbor, which is currently in pre-production.

Deane is an avid fantasy basketball player, notorious for his unconventional playstyle which relies heavily upon monitoring the Twitter updates of Adrian Wojnarowski and making unfavourable trades. Most notably, he once traded away 2014-15 powerhouses Jared Sullinger, Kyle Lowry and DeAndre Jordan for eventual MVP Stephen Curry. His team never recovered.

Inspired by his childhood hero, Royce Gracie, Deane began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu in early 2016. He hopes to one day follow in Gracie's footsteps and compete in the UFC.