Matthew Lillard Signs With Verve

Matthew Lillard has signed With Verve for representation.

Lillard can currently be seen in the Universal/Blumhouse box office and streaming hit, Five Nights At Freddys’, which opened to an astounding $80 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend — even with a day-and-date release on Peacock.

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His breakthrough came in Wes Craven’s horror classic, Scream along with memorable turns in Hacker’s, She’s All That and Summer Catch. In 2002 he portrayed Shaggy Rogers in the live-action adaptation of Scooby -Doo and reprised the role in the 2004 sequel, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Other notable feature credits include Alexander Payne’s The Descendants opposite George Clooney, Trouble With The Curve with Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams and Stephen Belber’s Match opposite Carla Gugino.

In 2012, he directed his first feature film, Fat Kid Rules The World, a coming-of-age drama that received critical acclaim for its authentic portrayal of adolescence and earned Lillard recognition as a directorial talent.

On the unscripted side, Matthew executive produced and starred in the recently released Dungeons & Dragons comedy improv Amazon Freevee series Faster, Purple Worm. Kill. Kill. Kill!

He is also repped by Silver Lining Entertainment and Viewpoint.

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