ABOUT MATTHEW FRIAS
Film and television actor who skyrocketed to fame earning his first major role portraying Arturo in the popular 2014 sports drama When the Game Stands Tall. He has since gone on to appear in the 2015 drama Akron and the 2016 western By Way of Helena.
It was as a member of the creative arts organization Destination Imagination that he discovered his love of acting in elementary school. He continued to act in numerous stage productions into middle school before he began to realize his love of acting was more passion than hobby.
He made his television debut in an episode of MTV's Awkward. in 2014.
He was born and raised just outside of Dallas, Texas. He later settled in Los Angeles, California.
He was cast alongside Sean Astin in the 2016 comedy thriller Bad Kids of Crestview Academy.
