Matthew Shear

Birthday: 1984-10-10
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Matthew Louis Shear is an American actor known for his work in independent film and frequent collaborations with director Noah Baumbach. He began his career with a small role in Taking Woodstock (2009) and appeared in Mistress America (2015), The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), and Marriage Story (2019), and played Lucius Isaacson on The Alienist (2018–2020). In 2025, he made his directorial debut with Fantasy Life, which he also wrote and starred in.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		Elijah	Louis
	2026-03-27	Fantasy Life	Sam
	2024-08-22	Between the Temples	Nat
	2021-07-21	Old	Sidney
	2019-11-01	Cubby	Lars
	2019-09-28	Marriage Story	Terry - Theater Actor
	2019-08-08	Treasure Trouble	Jake
	2018-02-16	The Boy Downstairs	Ben
	2017-10-13	The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)	Gabe
	2015-08-14	Mistress America	Tony
	2015-04-17	The Statistical Analysis of Your Failing Relationship
	2015-03-27	While We're Young	Benny
	2014-05-01	Don Peyote	Zebra Shaman
	2009-08-26	Taking Woodstock	Earthlight Player