Dakin Matthews is best known as Herb Kelcher in My Two Dads, Hanlin Charleston in Gilmore Girls, Joe Heffernan in The King of Queens, and as Reverend Sikes in Desperate Housewives.
17 Facts About Dakin Matthews
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Dakin Matthews initially aspired to become a Roman Catholic priest, studying in San Francisco and then at Gregorian University in Rome in the 1960s.
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Dakin Matthews is an Emeritus Professor of English at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California.
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Dakin Matthews began his stage career in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area, appearing in both the Marin and California Shakespeare Festivals, eventually becoming a member of the acting ensemble of the American Conservatory Theater.
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Dakin Matthews starred in series such as Down Home, Soul Man and, most successfully, The Jeff Foxworthy Show.
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Dakin Matthews has appeared in more than 25 feature films, including Nuts, Like Father Like Son, Clean and Sober, Thirteen Days, Funny Farm, True Grit, Steven Spielberg's' Lincoln, Flubber, and Zero Charisma.
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In 2010, Dakin Matthews joined the cast of the ABC soap opera General Hospital as Judge Peter Carroll, the judge in Sonny Corinthos' trial.
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Dakin Matthews is a playwright, director, and theater scholar who has published books and articles on Shakespeare and translations of 17th-century Spanish theater.
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Dakin Matthews has been a dramaturg on numerous theatrical productions, including the 2005 Broadway revival of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington and the 2003 revival of Henry IV, winning a Drama Desk Award Special Award for his adaptation of the latter.
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Dakin Matthews was Artistic Director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, the California Actors Theatre, The Antaeus Theatre Company, and the Andak Stage Company; he is an Associate Artist of the Old Globe Theatre; and a founding member of the John Houseman's The Acting Company and Sam Mendes' Bridge Project.
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Dakin Matthews appeared in the 2009 world tour of The Bridge Project as "Pishchick" in The Cherry Orchard and "Antigonus" in The Winter's Tale.
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Dakin Matthews appeared twice as Santa Claus in The Big Bang Theory season 6 episode, "The Santa Simulation" and season 8 episode "The Clean Room Infiltration".
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Dakin Matthews was the dramaturg for the Lincoln Center production of Macbeth, directed by Jack O'Brien and starring Ethan Hawke.
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Dakin Matthews appeared as "Mickey Goldmill" in the Broadway musical Rocky the Musical in 2014, then in 2015, he went on to play Winston Churchill opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience on Broadway.
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Dakin Matthews portrayed Judge Byers in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies.
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Dakin Matthews originated the role "Joe" in the musical Waitress that opened on Broadway in April 2016.
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Dakin Matthews returned to the role for the 2021 restaging on Broadway.