# Matthew Ziff

Matthew Ziff (born March 24, 1991) is an American actor and producer.

## Early life

Ziff was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the son of philanthropist and insurance broker, Laurence F. Ziff and actress and real estate investor, Lorraine Ziff. He attended the Blair Academy.

## Acting and producing career

Ziff's professional career began a few months after his birth, signing with Wilhelmina Modeling Agency at 2 months old. His first TV appearance was on The David Letterman Show. As a child model, he featured in numerous print ads, campaigns, and TV commercials. At the age of eight, Ziff was a guest star on Late Night with Conan O’Brien in a skit called "Late Night with Matthew Ziff." He appeared in Mansion of Blood alongside Robert Picardo and Gary Busey. Ziff is also the executive producer of "Six Gun Savior" and a co-producer of "Mansion of Blood". In the 2016, Ziff appeared in the Kickboxer reboot.
Riff has no credited roles since 2017.

## Personal life

He played quidditch in the 2012 International Quidditch Association Global Games for Team USA where they won gold. He played and coached quidditch at the University of Miami for five years as a "beater" while attending.
Ziff graduated in May 2014 with a bachelor's and master's in industrial engineering. His thesis research on the lumbar spine, A Novel Approach for Predicting In-Vivo Lumbar Spine Loads and Kinematics Based on Motion Analysis, was presented at the 7th World Biomechanics Congress in Boston in July 2014. Because of his engineering background, he was featured in Exxon Mobil's TV Spot "Be An Engineer".
In 2020, Ziff received a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering from City College of New York. As of 2025, Ziff is the Director of Makerspace at Belmont Hill School.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Late Show with David Letterman | Himself | TV series |
| 2000 | Late Show with Conan O'Brien | Himself | TV series |
| 2002 | Four Deadly Reasons | Little Billy | Movie |
| 2003 | Little Kings | Young Gino | Movie |
| 2005 | Searching for Bobby D | Neighborhood Kid #1 | Movie |
| 2009 | Lynch Mob | Tony | Movie |
| 2011-2014 | Actors Entertainment | Himself | TV series |
| 2012 | Hardflip | Jerry | Movie |
| 2013 | Daytime | Himself - Episode dated 30 April 2013 | TV series |
| 2013 | Among Friends | Actor Adam | Movie |
| 2013 | The Apex Project | Bryce (executive producer) | Movie |
| 2013 | Treachery | Nathan | Movie |
| 2013 | Actors Day in LA | Himself - set of "Six Gun Savior" | Movie |
| 2014 | Safelight | Kyle | Movie |
| 2014 | Altered Perception (post-production) | Justin | Movie |
| 2014 | Six Gun Savior | Kyle "Hawk" Hawkins (executive producer) / (producer)/ (stunt performer) / (stunts) | Movie |
| 2014 | Mansion of Blood | Martin Corbett (co-producer) | Movie |
| 2014 | The Martial Arts Kid | Bo Whitlaw | Movie |
| 2014 | Never a Neverland | Co-producer | Movie |
| 2015 | Union Bound | William Owens | Movie |
| 2015 | Teens Wanna Know | Himself-Guest | TV series |
| 2015 | Paid in Full | Carter | Movie |
| 2015 | Online Abduction | Jeremy | Movie |
| 2016 | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Bronco | Movie |
| 2016 | Trafficked (post-production) | Jake | Movie |
| 2016 | The Dark Return of Time (pre-production) | Flavian Bennett | Movie |
| 2016 | Heartbeat | Drew | Movie |
| 2016 | My Thai Life | Bryan Clarke (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2017 | Taken Heart | Drew | Movie |
| 2017 | TMI Hollywood | Himself (host) (1 episode) | |
| 2017 | Altered Perception | Justin | Movie |
| 2017 | Real Rob | Box Office Fred (1 episode) | TV series |
| 2017 | Trafficked | Jake | TV series |
| 2017 | The Jade Pendant | Officer Matt | Movie |
| 2017 | Another Castle | Caleb | TV series |

## Awards

* Sunscreen Film Festival – Best Up & Coming Actor for Treachery (2013)
* Hoboken International Film Festival – Best Actor for Treachery (2014)
* Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors 2015 – Rising Star Award (2015)
* Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honors 2015 – Outstanding Achievements in the Martial Arts (2015)
* Sunscreen Film Festival – Best Supporting Actor for The Martial Arts Kid (2015)