Matthew Shear is a American actor portraying Lucius Isaacson in the TNTʼs original dramas The Alienist and Angel of Darkness.
TNT Cast Biography
Matthew Shear was a break-out star of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Noah Baumbach's Mistress America opposite Lola Kirke and Greta Gerwig. He first teamed up with Baumbach in the 2014 feature While We're Young and continued his collaboration with the director in 2017’s The Meyerowitz Stories and 2019’s Marriage Story.
Shear starred alongside Zosia Mamet in the romantic comedy The Boy Downstairs, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
He made his feature debut in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock and then went on to film Beware the Gonzo opposite Ezra Miller and Zoë Kravitz. He has been seen in guest star roles on CBS’s NYC 22, Hulu’s Deadbeat and the mini-series Horace and Pete, opposite Louis C.K. and Alan Alda.[1]
Credits
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The Alienist
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Angel of Darkness
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Trivia
- According to Matthew Shea, the Isaacson brothers are solely interested in employing scientific methods to crime scenes, which wasn't an accepted norm in the 19th century. [2]
- Matthew Shear and Douglas Smith became close friends while filming the TV series. They built their friendship by researching their characters, watching documentaries together, reading novels, and manuals of the time to better understand the mindset of the Isaacson brothers. [3]
Gallery
Premiere - New York
Paramount Picture Premiere - LA
EMMYS 2018
The Alienist
The Angel of Darkness
