Matthew Willig

Matthew Joseph Willig, known as Matthew Willig / Matt Willig, was born in La Mirada, California, on January 21, 1969. Willig is a former American football player in the N.F.L. (National Football League) and an actor from the United States. He finished high school in St. Paul, California, before enrolling at the University of Southern California. He began performing in high school and enjoys traveling. Os Esquenta-Banco was his first film. Willig was a member of the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Rams, New York Jets, and San Francisco 49ers. In Super Bowl XXXIV, he was a part of the winning St. Louis Rams team, and in Super Bowl XXXVIII, he played for the Carolina Panthers team.

He contributed to various films and television roles, including “The Employer” (2013); “Birds of Prey and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” (2020); “Charmed”; “Year One” (2009); Eruption: LA (2018); “Keep Watching” (2017); Chuck; The Bounce Back (2016);  “Term Life” (2016); Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television; “Agents of S.H. I.E.L.D.”; “The Legend of Korra” (voice); “Grimm”; C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; “The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange”; Kickin’ It; Sonny with a Chance, “The Young and the Restless”; N.C.I.S.; The Nine Lives of Chloe King (a mini-series).

Some more of his contributions are; Wild Card (2015), Stretch (2014); We’re the Millers (2013), Concussion (2015); The Horde (2016 Video); Bounty Killer (2013), “3 from Hell” (2019) “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018), Pair of Kings; The Benchwarmers (2006); and Full Contact (1993). The Suite Life on Deck (uncredited); My Name Is Earl; Abelar: Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010), Everybody Hates Chris; The Guest Book; Blunt Talk; and Malcolm in the Middle. Brooklyn Nine-Nine; Sex Tax: Based on a True Story (2010, uncredited); “A Resurrection” (2013); Christmas in Compton (2012); Happy Birthday (2016), The Reef 2: High Tide in 2012 (voice); “Guns, Girls and Gambling” (2012).

Some of the national commercials he was a part of include the Halls’ commercial, a Bud Light spot, and the Capital One spot with David Spade. Type A (2017), Playing with Guns (2010), and Hydra (2010) are some of his television movies. The Loud House (2018, where he did voice-over), Buds (2012), and A Girl and a Gun (2012) are some of his short films (2008). He was a part of a video game released in 2010: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.