Personal Info

Birth date

1970-01-24 (55 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Also known as

Matthew Lyn Lillard

Matt Lillard

متیو لیلارد

Matthew Lillard

Biography

Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, director, and producer. His early film roles include the black comedy Serial Mom (1994) and the crime thriller Hackers (1995). He achieved a career breakthrough for his portrayal of Stu Macher in the slasher film Scream (1996), which bolstered Lillard into the mainstream as a scream king. Afterwards, he starred in prominent roles in SLC Punk! (1998), She's All That (1999), Thirteen Ghosts (2001), and Without a Paddle (2004).

He portrayed Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the live-action movies Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and then later voiced the character in several animated releases, serving as the voice of Shaggy since Casey Kasem retired from the role in 2009. Starting in the 2010s, Lillard was more frequently cast in dramatic roles, in films such as The Descendants (2011), Trouble with the Curve (2012), Match (2014), and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). He also starred in the NBC series Good Girls (2018–2021).

Lillard gained renewed recognition for playing William Afton in the horror film Five Nights at Freddy's (2023); that same year, The Hollywood Reporter praised his return to mainstream popular culture. He has since starred in the fantasy drama film The Life of Chuck (2025).

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Filmography

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

6.364

Overview:

One year since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town's first ever Fazfest. With the truth kept from her, Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, setting into motion a terrifying series of events that will reveal dark secrets about the real origin of Freddy's, and unleash a decades-hidden horror.

Supernatural

8.302

Overview:

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.9

Overview:

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

House

8.6

Overview:

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

Criminal Minds

8.303

Overview:

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

Five Nights at Freddy's

7.373

Overview:

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

American Dad!

6.997

Overview:

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

FBI

7.898

Overview:

The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.

The Good Wife

7.588

Overview:

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

Bosch

7.921

Overview:

Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.

Teen Titans Go!

6.483

Overview:

Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg return in all-new, comedic adventures. They may be super heroes who save the world every day ... but somebody still has to do the laundry!

Twin Peaks

8.345

Overview:

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Billions

7.751

Overview:

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.

Robot Chicken

7.7

Overview:

A series of pop-culture parodies using stop-motion animation of toys, action figures and dolls. The title character was an ordinary chicken until he was run down by a car and subsequently brought back to life in cyborg form by mad scientist Fritz Huhnmorder, who tortures Robot Chicken by forcing him to watch a random selection of TV shows, the sketches that make up the body of each episode.

Leverage

7.572

Overview:

A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5

Overview:

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

Good Girls

7.816

Overview:

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

Scream

6.689

Overview:

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Scream

7.425

Overview:

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

The Life of Chuck

7.3

Overview:

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

8.2

Overview:

This incarnation of the popular cartoon series finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all. But the longstanding Crystal Cove residents, who bank on the town's reputation to attract tourists, are prepared to do what it takes to protect their turf.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

7.6

Overview:

The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in his quest to uphold justice.

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

7.994

Overview:

The Mystery Inc. gang solve bigger mysteries while also encountering many memorable celebrities.

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms

7.603

Overview:

The Earthrealm heroes must journey to the Outworld and fight for the survival of their homeland, invaded by the forces of evil warlord Shao Kahn, in the tournament to end all tournaments: the final Mortal Kombat.

True Lies

6.1

Overview:

Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she's recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.

Halt and Catch Fire

7.914

Overview:

During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

8.034

Overview:

The gang decide to go traveling in the Mystery Machine, seeking fun and adventure during what could possibly be their last summer break together. However, havoc-wreaking monsters seem to be drawn to them, appearing almost every stop of the way.

The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special

5

Overview:

Hosted by modern day horror hosts and “queens of darkness” The Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special will be a mid-year variety show celebrating the “Halfway to Halloween” season for fans who just can’t wait until October 31 to get a good dose of the dark side.

MTV Movie & TV Awards

8.1

Overview:

The annual film & TV awards show presented by MTV. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV with winners decided online by the general public.

Thir13en Ghosts

6.294

Overview:

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

Acting

TBACarrie (1 Episode) as Principal Grayle

TBAScooby-Doo! and the Mystery Pups (1 Episode) as Shaggy Rogers (voice)

TBAFive Nights at Freddy's 3 as William Afton / Springtrap

TBAMomiaco: El rey del papel as Papa pensionao

TBABehemoth! as Unknown

2026Scream 7 as Unknown

2025The Alex Leyba Movie II as Self (archive footage)

2025Five Nights at Freddy's 2 as William Afton / Yellow Rabbit

2025The Life of Chuck as Gus

2024Killer Cakes (2 Episodes) as Self - Host

2024Scariest House in America (4 Episodes) as Self - 'Ghostface' (voice)

2024Grave Conversations (1 Episode) as Self

2023Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Vashon Dumiete, Simeon Freewalk, Self, Purple Worm, Self - DM, Ren "Stick" Casawary, The Portal, Wishing Well Fairy Godperson, Bixby Silver, William Smallwood, Unknown

2023Heroes' Feast (1 Episode) as Self

2023Five Nights at Freddy's as Steve Raglan

2023Tabletop News (1 Episode) as Self

2023Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! as Shaggy Rogers (voice)

2023The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special as Self

2023Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga as Self

2023True Lies (1 Episode) as Nathan

2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! as Chip (Slashtronaut) (voice)

2022Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! as Shaggy / Craggly / Captain Cutler (voice)

2022Scream as Flamethrower Ghostface / Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)

2021Scooby-Doo, Where Are You Now! as Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers / Self - Voice of "Shaggy"

2021Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog as Shaggy Rogers (voice)