Ashvin Matthew is an Indian film and stage actor, stand-up comedian and film director.
Personal life
Matthew is a
Malayali who grew up in
Bangalore and is currently settled in
Cyprus with his wife who is from there. His father is a doctor and his mother is an agricultural scientist. His first play was
Restless: The Spirit of Youth, by Gautam Raja and Meenakshi Menon. He then studied theatre at
Sydney before leaving it to study Radio Journalism in Cyprus. He returned to Bangalore and became a stand-up comedian before leaving to become a theatre teacher in
Dubai. He subsequently returned to India to become a full-fledged actor.
Career
He began his film career by working with Kukku Surendran to tweak the script of
Veeralipattu. He was selected to portray the role of Father Vincent in
English Vinglish. Actress Padmapriya suggested his name for
Vedivazhipadu, which became his first Malayalam movie. He subsequently went on to act in multiple Malayalam movies. Mathew has also written the script for two unreleased Tamil movies,
Uthukuli Amigos and
Gymkhana Vasu, both of which were in the planning stages of production.
Filmography
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Note: all films are in Malayalam, except otherwise noted.
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| Father Vincent | |
| PP | |
| Malayalam | |
| Malayalam | |
| Rohit Jee | |
| John Katuparamban | |
| Ramesh Menon | |
| Malayalam | |
| Malayalam | |
| Adv. Abel Alex | Malayalam | |
| 2022 | Bheemante Vazhi | Malayalam | |
Kannada film
also director and producer | |
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