Matthew Lillard

Director

**Matthew Lyn Lillard** (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer. He is known for portraying Chip Sutphin in *Serial Mom* (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in *Hackers* (1995), Stu Macher in *Scream* (1996), Stevo in *SLC Punk!* (1998), Tim LaFlour in *Senseless* (1998), Billy Brubaker in *Summer Catch* (2001), Jerry Conlaine in *Without a Paddle* (2004), Dez Howard in *The Groomsmen* (2006), Joey in *Home Run Showdown* (2012), Jack Rusoe in *Return to Nim's Island* (2013) and Shaggy Rogers in both *Scooby-Doo* (2002) and *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004). In animation, he has been the voice of Shaggy since Casey Kasem retired from the role.[1] Lillard also stars as Dean Boland in the ongoing television series *Good Girls*.

While much of his work is comedic in nature, Lillard has given dramatic performances in *The Descendants* (2011), *Trouble with the Curve* (2012) and *Match* (2014). He made his directorial debut with the coming-of-age drama *Fat Kid Rules the World* (2012)

## Early life

Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, the son of Paula and Jeffrey Lillard,[3][4] and grew up in Tustin, California.[5] He has a younger sister, Amy, and attended Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California. He later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, with fellow actor Paul Rudd. He also attended Circle in the Square in New York City.

## Career

Lillard at the 84th Academy Awards

in 2012

After high school, Lillard was co-host of a short-lived TV show titled *SK8-TV*, and afterwards was hired as an extra in *Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College* (1991). In 1994, he was cast in the John Waters black comedy *Serial Mom*. The following year he was cast in five films, including 'Hackers,' a thriller about a group of high-school kids who thwart a multimillion-dollar corporate extortion conspiracy. In 1996, he was cast as Stu Macher in the horror film *Scream*. He also played Stevo in the independent film *SLC Punk!*, and supporting character Dennis Rafkin in *Thirteen Ghosts*.

Lillard was cast as Shaggy Rogers in the 2002 live-action *Scooby-Doo* film, a role he later reprised in the 2004 sequel *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed*. When Casey Kasem, who had voiced the character from the show's debut in 1969, retired due to declining health in 2009, Lillard was chosen as his replacement and voiced Shaggy in the two subsequent animated series, *Mystery Incorporated* and *Be Cool Scooby-Doo!*, as well as every direct-to-video film since 2010's *Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo*.[6][7][8] In 2011, Lillard guest starred on the Fox series *House*.[9] In 2011, he produced and directed his first feature film, *Fat Kid Rules the World*, based on the K. L. Going book of the same name.[10] Later that year, he appeared in the comedy-drama film *The Descendants*.[11] Lillard also reprised the voice role of Shaggy in the crossover episode in the television series *Supernatural* in 2018.[12]

In 2012, Lillard guest starred in the *Criminal Minds* episode "The Apprenticeship". The following year, he played the role of Daniel Frye on the American TV series *The Bridge*. In 2014, Lillard starred as Peter in the animated film *Under Wraps*, alongside Brooke Shields and Drake Bell.

In 2017, Lillard starred as William Hastings in the third season of *Twin Peaks*.