Matt Jones

• Name — Matt Jones • Born — 1 November 1981 • Birthplace — Sacramento, California, U.S. • Other Names — Matt L. Jones • Occupation — * Actor • comedian • Years Active — 2002–present • Children — 2

Jones was born in Sacramento, California, and grew up in Pomona, one of ten children between his mother and stepfather. He eventually moved to Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School in 2000. During this time he started Ultimate Improv in Westwood, before auditioning for Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, where he performed for three years. Due to Boom's rigorous touring schedule, he frequently lost his voice, which eventually became permanently raspy.

Jones was the singer/main songwriter of the Christian ska band Faculty Four. Before leaving for Boom Chicago, Jones appeared in 20 commercials in two years, including a spot for Midas, and has appeared in more than 40 commercials overall. After returning, his first theatrical audition was for the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad. 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 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. In 2010, Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot Uncle Nigel, written and produced by Andy Breckman. 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 series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, as the title character'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 series NCIS, between 2011 and 2015. In early 2012, Jones was cast in Steven Levitan's new pilot Rebounding for Fox, but the series was not picked up. 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, a failed spin-off of The Office. While in the UK to direct Borderline in 2016, Jones appeared in two episodes of character comedy podcast Fact Up. He portrayed Baxter in the CBS sitcom Mom alongside Anna Faris and Allison Janney. 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. He is the voice of the Boov Kyle in the DreamWorks Animation film Home and its spinoff series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh. He is the voice of the character Wedge in Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020).

Jones married actress Kelly Daly in 2012. The couple had a son, Jasper (b. 2015) and divorced in 2017. He later married actress Kristen Hager on December 21, 2020. and they have a daughter, Jolene (b. 2022).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2002 — Gilmore Girls — Morgan — Episode: "A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving" • 2008 — Greek — Football Giant — Episode: "Gays, Ghosts, and Gamma Rays" • 2008–2013 — Breaking Bad — Brandon "Badger" Mayhew — 12 episodes • 2009 — Reno 911! — Cop fan — Episode: "Dangle's Murder Mystery: Part 2" • 2009–2010 — How I Met Your Mother — Arthur / Pizza Guy — 2 episodes • Community — Coffee delivery guy / Vaughn's friend — 3 episodes • 2010 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Cop — Episode: "Deliverance" • Uncle Nigel — Ronnie Wells — Pilot • 2010–2012 — Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil — Gunther Magnuson — Main voice role • 2010, 2015 — Adventure Time — Mountain Man / Marauder #5 / Electroid / King Huge — Voice, 2 episodes • 2011 — Man Up! — Chris "Eggnog" Eggert — Episode: "Finessing the Bromance" • Perfectly Prudence — Nigel — Television film • Worst. Prom. Ever — Kyle • 2011–2015 — NCIS — Agent Ned Dorneget — 6 episodes • 2012 — Rebounding — Eli Kaplan — Pilot • Key & Peele — Weed Guy — Episode: "Pilot" • CSI: NY — Steve Blanton — 2 episodes • The Cleveland Show — Wheelchair kid — Voice, episode: "Menace II Secret Society" • Dirty Work — Hummy — 3 episodes • 2012–2013 — Tron: Uprising — Lenz — Voice, 3 episodes • 2013 — Hawaii Five-0 — Bullwinkle — Episode: "Kapu" • The Office — Zeke Schrute — 3 episodes • NTSF:SD:SUV: — Tavis Cose — Episode: "Comic Con-Air" • Mega Mega Whoosh — Rand Futt — Voice, failed pilot • DC Nation Shorts — Deadman — Voice, 3 episodes • Broad City — Creepy DJ #1 — Episode: "Fattest Asses" • 2013–2014 — Beware the Batman — Humphrey Dumpler / Humpty Dumpty — Voice, 2 episodes • 2013–2016 — Sanjay and Craig — Hector Flanagan — Main voice role • 2013–2019 — Mom — Baxter — 54 episodes • 2014 — Drunk History — Himself — Episode: "Sports Heroes" • 2015 — Comedy Bang! Bang! — Shiloh Huffington — Episode: "Simon Helberg Wears a Sky Blue Button Down Jeans" • Wallykazam — Zack the Garden Gnome — Episode: "Dawn of the Zucchini" • 2015–2017 — Pig Goat Banana Cricket — Pig, various voices — Main voice role • 2016–2018 — Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh — Kyle — Main voice role • 2018 — Let's Get Physical — Joe Force — 8 episodes • Danger Mouse — Zeus — Episode: "Clash of the Odd-esy" • 2018–2020 — F is For Family — Nuber — Voice, 6 episodes • 2019–2021 — Amphibia — Percy — Voice, 4 episodes • 2019–2024 — Bob Hearts Abishola — Douglas Wheeler — Main (seasons 1–4); recurring role (season 5) • 2019 — Talking Dead — Himself — 1 episode • 2022–2025 — Hamster & Gretel — Dave Grant-Gomez — Main voice role • 2023 — Teenage Euthanasia — Keith — Episode: "Mother's Day" • 2025 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Lucas Boone — Episode: "Clickbait" • 2026 — Shrinking — Nick — 1 episode

• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes • 2011 — Rage — Gabe • 2014 — Planes: Fire & Rescue: The Video Game — Drip • 2020 — Final Fantasy VII Remake — Wedge • 2021 — Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier • 2024 — Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

Matt Jones is recorded as actor, film director, television director and film screenwriter.