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Matt Schulze Born Matthew Steven Schulze
3 July 1972
St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesMatthew Steven "Matt" Schulze (born July 3, 1972) is an American actor and musician.
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Early life
Schulze was born and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where he studied guitar at the Atlanta Institute of Music. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up doing both acting and modeling. He appeared in a Levi's commercial, after living in Europe for two years.
Career
Schulze made his big screen debut in 1998's action film Blade, as the character Crease. He was also in an episode of Charmed, titled "Dream Sorcerer", in which he went into the dreams of women and killed them. In 1999, Schulze was cast in a leading role in Woody Keith's film Dementia. His next film was the teen comedy Boys and Girls, where he had a small role as Paul. In 2001, he starred in Downward Angel. The same year he also appeared in The Fast and the Furious. Schulze returned in Blade II playing Bloodpack vampire assassin Chupa, and in the same year Schulze was cast as another villain in The Transporter. In 2004, he appeared in Torque.
Since then he has appeared in films including The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Seven Mummies, and Final Move. He has also appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He appeared in two films in 2007: The Flock and Mr. Brooks. In 2008, Schulze wrote, directed, and starred in the web series film The Acquirer (Episode 1). The film was shot on location in Paris, France, and was filmed entirely in high definition. Schulze stars opposite Tom Sizemore as Lucien, an international jewelery thief. He returned for the fifth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, Fast Five, reprising his role as Vince.[1]
Filmography
Year Title Role 1998 Blade Crease 1999 Dementia Sonny 2000 Boys and Girls Paul 2001 Downward Angel John Hunter 2001 The Fast and the Furious Vince 2002 The Transporter Darren "Wall Street" Bettencourt 2002 Blade II Chupa 2002 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Kenny 2004 Out of Reach Faisal 2004 Torque Henry 2005 Bounty Hunters Geronimo 2006 Seven Mummies Rock 2006 Final Move Dan Marlowe 2007 The Flock Custis 2007 Mr. Brooks Meeks 2008 The Acquirer Lucien 2009 Extract Willie 2011 Fast Five Vince References
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Categories:- 1972 births
- Actors from Missouri
- American film actors
- American guitarists
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from St. Louis, Missouri
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