Matt Jones

Kick Buttowski

**Matthew Lee Jones** (born November 1, 1981) is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on the AMC crime drama series *Breaking Bad* and Baxter on the CBS sitcom *Mom*, and as “Ned Dornaget” in “NCIS”. He currently stars as Douglas Wheeler on the CBS sitcom *Bob Hearts Abishola* and also known as Gunther Magnsum in *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil* (2010-2012), and Nuber in *F Is for Family* (2018-2020).

## Early life

Jones was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in Pomona, California, one of ten children between his mother and stepfather. He eventually moved to Claremont, and graduated from Claremont High School in 2000.[1]

During this time he started Ultimate Improv in Westwood, before auditioning for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, where he would go on to perform for three years.[1] Due to the rigorous touring schedule of Boom, he frequently lost his voice, which eventually became permanently raspy.[1]

## Career

Jones was the singer/main songwriter of the ska band Faculty Four. Before leaving for Boom Chicago, Jones appeared in 20 commercials in two years, including a spot for Midas.[1] After returning, his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series *Breaking Bad*.[1]

From 2008 to 2013, Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on *Breaking Bad*. He appeared as a pizza delivery boy on *How I Met Your Mother*, and has appeared on Comedy Central's *Reno 911!* and the NBC comedy series *Community*. He has appeared in over 40 commercials. He appeared in the pilot episode of the Comedy Central sketch series *Key & Peele*. He is also a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and I.O. West.[2]

In 2010, Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot *Uncle Nigel*, written and produced by Andy Breckman.[3] He has provided voices on the Cartoon Network series *Adventure Time*. In 2010, he was also cast as one of the lead roles in the Disney XD show Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, as title character Kick's best friend Gunther Magnuson. He appeared in the 2011 film *Red State*, and voiced minor characters in the 2011 video game *Rage*. Jones also appeared as Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget in the CBS show *NCIS*, between 2011 and 2015. In early 2012, Jones was cast in Steven Levitan's new pilot *Rebounding* for FOX,[4] but the show was not picked up.[5]

Jones appeared in four episodes of *The Office* ("Junior Salesman", "The Farm", and the two-part series finale). He was cast as a series regular in *The Farm*,[6] a failed spin-off of *The Office*.[7] While in the UK to direct *Borderline* in 2016,[8] Jones appeared in two episodes of character comedy podcast *Fact Up*.[9] He portrayed Baxter in the CBS sitcom *Mom*.[10] In 2018, he starred in the Pop television series *Let's Get Physical* as Joe Force.

In 2019, he became a cast member on the sitcom *Bob Hearts Abishola*.[11]

He is the voice of the Boov Kyle in DreamWorks Animation film *Home*[12] and its spinoff series *Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh*.[13] He is the voice of the character Wedge in *Final Fantasy VII Remake* (2020).

## Personal life

Jones married fellow actress Kelly Daly on May 5, 2012.[14] Together they have a son named Jasper. In 2017, they divorced. On December 21, 2020, Jones married actress Kristen Hager.