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{{Short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| other_names        = Matthew S. Rhodes
| birth_place        = [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = {{hlist|[[Bridgewater-Raritan High School]]|[[Pennsylvania State University]]}}
| occupation         = Actor
| credits            = {{Plainlist|
*''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]''
*''[[What Daphne Saw]]''
}}
}}
'''Matthew S. Rhodes''' is an American actor who appeared in the films ''[[With Joyful Ring]]'' (2022), ''[[What Daphne Saw]]'' (2019), ''[[Rubaru]]'' (2021), ''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]'' (2023). Rhodes has multiple acting nominations at [[International Christian Film & Music Festival]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Jason |date=2022-10-29 |title=With Joyful Ring Review {{!}} Film Reviews |url=https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/with-joyful-ring |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105130114/https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/reviews/with-joyful-ring |archive-date=2022-11-05 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=UK Film Review |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Daunis |first=Joy |date=2018-01-23 |title=Arthur Miller's 'The Price' Produced by Theatre Palisades |url=https://palisadesnews.com/arthur-millers-the-price-produced-by-theatre-palisades/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227073439/https://palisadesnews.com/arthur-millers-the-price-produced-by-theatre-palisades/ |archive-date=2023-12-27 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Palisades News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Barrett |first=Shari |date=2018-02-02 |title=Review: What is THE PRICE You Are Willing to Pay No Matter the Personal Cost to Your Own Life? |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-What-is-THE-PRICE-You-Are-Willing-to-Pay-No-Matter-the-Personal-Cost-to-Your-Own-Life-20180202 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227073533/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-What-is-THE-PRICE-You-Are-Willing-to-Pay-No-Matter-the-Personal-Cost-to-Your-Own-Life-20180202 |archive-date=2023-12-27 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=[[BroadwayWorld]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gladstone |first=Jeremy |date=2022-10-01 |title=With Joyful Ring Review. |url=https://www.indyred.com/withjoyfulringreview.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205104951/https://www.indyred.com/withjoyfulringreview.html |archive-date=2022-12-05 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=IndyRed |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-24 |title=Short film "With Joyful Ring" to premiere at Studio City International Film Festival |url=https://filmindustry.network/short-film-with-joyful-ring-to-premiere-at-studio-city-international-film-festival/39693 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Film Industry Network |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Nate |date=2021-05-20 |title=Cinema and Media Arts Alumnus Debuts Feature Film at Christian Film Festival |url=https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-news/2021/cinema-and-media-arts-alumnus-debuts-feature-film |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803020335/https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-news/2021/cinema-and-media-arts-alumnus-debuts-feature-film |archive-date=2021-08-03 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=[[Biola University]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2025-01-07 |title=‘Skinamarink’ Studio’s $29,000 Horror Satire ‘Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea’ Debuts Clip Ahead of Tubi Release (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea-clip-tubi-release-1236263964/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Rhodes was born to Warren W. Rhodes of [[Raritan, New Jersey]], a [[Korean War]] veteran of the [[United States Army]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-11-21 |title=Warren W. Rhodes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/standard-speaker-warren-w-rhodes/149733799/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[Standard-Speaker]] |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He graduated from [[Bridgewater-Raritan High School]] in 1984<ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-06-22 |title=295 students at Bridgewater-Raritan West receive their diplomas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-295-students-at-bridgew/149733990/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[Courier News]] |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and attended [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1991-03-06 |title=Dean's List |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asbury-park-press-deans-list/149734041/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[Asbury Park Press]] |language=en-US |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1990, he was the recipient of the Liberal Arts John W. White Scholarship in Spanish.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1990-11-22 |title=Campus News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/centre-daily-times-campus-news/149733852/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[Centre Daily Times]] |language=en-US |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2018, Rhodes was cast as Victor in a production of [[Arthur Miller]]'s [[The Price (play)|''The Price'']] at Theatre Palisades in [[Pacific Palisades, California]].<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bock |first=Gabriella |date=2018-01-18 |title=Theatre Palisades Delivers ‘The Price’ |url=https://www.palipost.com/theatre-palisades-delivers-price/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207234156/https://www.palipost.com/theatre-palisades-delivers-price/ |archive-date=2025-02-07 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=[[Palisadian-Post]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In their review of ''[[With Joyful Ring]]'', film critic Jason Knight said Rhodes' "performance is vital for the film to work and he succeeds at that tremendously, portraying a lonely and grieving individual."<ref name=":0" /> Nate Bell at [[Biola University|Biola News]] said he "fills the role of the possessive father with aplomb" in ''[[Rubaru]]''.<ref name=":6" /> Critics said his role of Gary, a tenant in ''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]'',<ref name=":11" /> has "nice little bit of sincerity" and "just a hint of emotional resonance."<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10" /> 

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2018
|''[[Paranoid (2018 film)|Paranoid]]''
|Dan
|Best Short Film at [[Burbank International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-10-14 |title=Short film PARANOID at 2018 Arpa IFF |url=https://www.arpafilmfestival.com/short-film-paranoid-at-2018-arpa-iff/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Arpa International Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2018–2020
|''[[Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks]]''
|Various
|10 epsiodes on [[TruTV]]
|-
|2019
|''[[What Daphne Saw]]''
|Steve
|Short film on ALTER<ref>{{Citation |title=Horror Short Film "What Daphne Saw" {{!}} ALTER {{!}} Online Premiere |work=Alter |date=22 March 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6K10AqVZ_U |access-date=2024-02-02 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''Caesura''
|Dr. C
|Short film screened at [[Newport Beach Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Damnotti |first=Cristian |date=2020-09-29 |title=NBFF 2020 |url=https://www.loscortos.com/nbff-2020/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Los Cortos - Short Films. Big Stories |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|''Psychosis''
|Doctor
|Short film on DUST<ref>{{Citation |title=Sci-Fi Short Film "Psychosis" {{!}} DUST |work=Dust |date=9 January 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol5sZU6OBQs |access-date=2024-02-02 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''[[Rubaru]]''
|Dane
|<ref name=":6" />
|-
|2022
|''[[With Joyful Ring]]''
|Thomas Mitchell
|Short film<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-16 |title=Short Film Review: With Joyful Ring: Depression in the Time of Christmas - Indie Shorts Mag |url=https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2022/11/with-joyful-ring-depression-in-the-time-of-christmas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120042208/https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2022/11/with-joyful-ring-depression-in-the-time-of-christmas/ |archive-date=2022-11-20 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Indie Shorts Mag |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />
|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
|''[[Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea]]''
|Gary
|<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Cherry |first=Rebecca |date=2024-11-17 |title=Review: Hemet, or the Landlady Don’t Drink Tea |url=https://filmcarnage.com/2024/11/17/review-hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Film Carnage |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Propes |first=Richard |date=2024-11-28 |title=Movie Review: Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea |url=https://theindependentcritic.com/hemet_or_the_landlady_don_t_drink_tea |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=The Independent Critic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parker |first=Sean |date=2024-12-02 |title=Hemet, or The Landlady Don’t Drink Tea is The Absurd Political Satire We Need Now |url=https://www.25yearslatersite.com/2024/12/02/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=25YL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bitel |first=Anton |date=2024-01-24 |title=Hemet, Or The Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023) |url=https://projectedfigures.com/2024/01/24/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124123617/https://projectedfigures.com/2024/01/24/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea-2023/ |archive-date=2024-01-24 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=Projected Figures |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Devir |first=Ryan |date=2024-03-27 |title=Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea Featured, Reviews Film Threat |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/hemet-or-the-landlady-dont-drink-tea/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=[[Film Threat]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|''Jimmy Boden''
|Scientist #1
|Short film screened at [[Slamdance Film Festival]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Announcing the Short Film Lineup for Slamdance 2023 |url=https://slamdance.com/announcing-the-short-film-lineup-for-slamdance-2023/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219065856/https://slamdance.com/announcing-the-short-film-lineup-for-slamdance-2023/ |archive-date=2022-12-19 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=[[Slamdance Film Festival]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|''Under Refurbishment''
|Gil Grimley
|Short film premiered at [[Dances with Films]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNDER REFURBISHMENT {{!}} Dances With Films |url=https://danceswithfilms.com/under-refurbishment/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=[[Dances with Films]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Nate |date=2023-09-20 |title=Student Film to Air on KCET, Finalist in Fine Cut Competition |url=https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-news/2023/student-film-to-air-on-kcet-finalist-in-fine-cut-competition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112090551/https://www.biola.edu/blogs/biola-news/2023/student-film-to-air-on-kcet-finalist-in-fine-cut-competition |archive-date=2024-01-12 |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=[[Biola University]] |language=en-us}}</ref>
|}

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Festival
!Year
!Award
!Title
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[International Christian Film & Music Festival]]
|2021
|Best Supporting Actor
|''Rubaru''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Feature Film Nominees |url=https://internationalcff.org/2021-feature-film-nominees/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=International Christian Film Festival |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|Best Lead Actor
|''With Joyful Ring''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=OFFICIAL NOMINATION 2023 |url=https://internationalcff.org/official-nomination-2023/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=[[International Christian Film & Music Festival]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb name|id=nm8282026}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|celebrity/matthew_rhodes_2}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_LyjyZzdaU Interview with Benjamin Schnau] on [[YouTube]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7vwEaCRBk8 Interview with Samantha Alvarado] on YouTube

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