Matthew Ziff (born March 24, 1991) is an American actor and producer.
Early life Ziff was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the son of philanthropist and insurance broker, Laurence F. Ziff and actress and real estate investor, Lorraine Ziff. He attended the Blair Academy.
Acting and producing career Ziff's professional career began a few months after his birth, signing with Wilhelmina Modeling Agency at 2 months old. His first TV appearance was on The David Letterman Show. As a child model, he featured in numerous print ads, campaigns, and TV commercials. At the age of eight, Ziff was a guest star on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in a skit called "Late Night with Matthew Ziff." He appeared in Mansion of Blood alongside Robert Picardo and Gary Busey. Ziff is also the executive producer of "Six Gun Savior" and a co-producer of "Mansion of Blood". In the 2016, Ziff appeared in the Kickboxer reboot.
Riff has no credited roles since 2017.
Personal life He played quidditch in the 2012 International Quidditch Association Global Games for Team USA where they won gold. He played and coached quidditch at the University of Miami for five years as a "beater" while attending.
Ziff graduated in May 2014 with a bachelor's and master's in industrial engineering. His thesis research on the lumbar spine, A Novel Approach for Predicting In-Vivo Lumbar Spine Loads and Kinematics Based on Motion Analysis, was presented at the 7th World Biomechanics Congress in Boston in July 2014. Because of his engineering background, he was featured in Exxon Mobil's TV Spot "Be An Engineer".
In 2020, Ziff received a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from City College of New York. As of 2025, Ziff is the Director of Makerspace at Belmont Hill School.
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1991 Late Show with David LettermanHimself TV series 2000 Late Show with Conan O'BrienHimself TV series 2002 Four Deadly Reasons Little Billy Movie 2003 Little Kings Young Gino Movie 2005Searching for Bobby D Neighborhood Kid No. 1 Movie 2009 Lynch Mob Tony Movie 2011–2014 Actors Entertainment Himself TV series 2012 Hardflip Jerry Movie 2013 Daytime Himself – Episode dated 30 April 2013 TV series 2013 Among Friends Actor Adam Movie 2013 The Apex Project Bryce (executive producer) Movie 2013 Treachery Nathan Movie 2013 Actors Day in LA Himself – set of "Six Gun Savior" Movie 2014 Safelight Kyle Movie 2014 Altered Perception (post-production) Justin Movie 2014 Six Gun Savior Kyle "Hawk" Hawkins (executive producer) / (producer)/ (stunt performer) / (stunts) Movie 2014 Mansion of Blood Martin Corbett (co-producer) Movie 2014 The Martial Arts Kid Bo Whitlaw Movie 2014 Never a Neverland Co-producer Movie 2015 Union Bound William Owens Movie 2015Teens Wanna Know Himself-Guest TV series 2015 Paid in Full Carter Movie 2015Online Abduction Jeremy Movie 2016 Kickboxer: Vengeance Bronco Movie 2016 Trafficked (post-production) Jake Movie 2016 The Dark Return of Time (pre-production) Flavian Bennett Movie 2016 Heartbeat Drew Movie 2016 My Thai Life Bryan Clarke (1 episode) TV series2017Taken HeartDrewMovie2017TMI HollywoodHimself (host) (1 episode) 2017Altered PerceptionJustinMovie2017Real RobBox Office Fred (1 episode)TV series2017TraffickedJakeTV series2017The Jade PendantOfficer MattMovie2017Another CastleCalebTV series
Awards
Sunscreen Film Festival – Best Up & Coming Actor for Treachery (2013) Hoboken International Film Festival – Best Actor for Treachery (2014) Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors 2015 – Rising Star Award (2015) Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors 2015 – Outstanding Achievements in the Martial Arts (2015) Sunscreen Film Festival – Best Supporting Actor for The Martial Arts Kid (2015)
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