Mathew Waters

Mathew Waters (born Mathew John Waters on 29 May 1989, in Kogaragh, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actor best known for his roles in Round the Twist, SNOBS, The Pacific, Peter Pan The Movie and of course the original world premier cast of the musical The Boy From Oz, where he played Young Peter Allen. Mathew's professional career began aged 8 when he was selected from more than 1000 boys to play the role of Young Peter Allen in the musical biopic The Boy From Oz about the 'Peter Allen'. Waters's career went from strength after landing starring roles in a number of Australian TV series with a worldwide cult following, namely Round The Twist (series 3 & 4) - Bronson Twist, The Escape of The Artful Dodger - Scratch and SNOBS - Spike. Waters went on to star in a number of musicals such as Mame and Oliver! The Musical - The Artful Dodger before turning his hand to film. In 2003 he was invited to play a role in Peter Pan the movie after PJ Hogan had seen him perform in Oliver!. Waters has subsequently appeared on TV in the United Kingdom and Germany, and he has gone on to appear in the Spielberg/Hanks HBO mini series "The Pacific" and also a Canadian production "Darwen"s Brave New World". An extract from an early interview with Mathew by ABC TV in Australia can be found here