Matthew Beasant-McKeown
- Actor
Matthew James David Beasant-McKeown was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada on a Thursday at 1:40 in the afternoon on November 23, 1989 to
Stephanie McKeown, a music educator in the school system and Paul
Beasant, a financial advisor. "Jed" was Matthew's name for the first
week of his life until his parents decided it was not going over well
with friends and relatives. Thus, it was changed to Matthew the
following week. Matthew's talents were realized in junior high when he
was given a guitar for his Birthday and quickly learned Smoke on the
Water, Crazy Train and Blink 182 hits. Matthew also was an auditioned
member of the All-City Boy's Honour Choir through elementary school.
This led him to become a bass in the auditioned chamber choir
Soundtrax, through high school, and vocal soloist for the All-City
Senior Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dave Staples. His vocal
talents have led him to star as Sid Sorokin in The Pajama Game and Jean
Valjean in Les Miserables at Halifax West High School. As well as
singing, Matthew is an accomplished alto saxophone player, performing
in his school's jazz and concert bands, as well as teaching younger
students. In October 2005, Matthew founded the critically acclaimed
band October Game. This is a six piece band soaked in the genre of Dave
Matthews, John Mayer, Coldplay and Jack Johnson, a few of Matthew's
influences. Matthew is the songwriter, lead singer and guitarist for
this up-and-coming band. Stuck In Dreams, the band's first full-length
CD is being released in September 2006 and will be available on CD
Baby.
Matthew got his big break in May 2006, when he got a phone call to audition for Roland in Poor Boy's Game. In September 2006, he will be starting his graduating year from Halifax West and will be pursuing a career acting in theatre and film.
Matthew got his big break in May 2006, when he got a phone call to audition for Roland in Poor Boy's Game. In September 2006, he will be starting his graduating year from Halifax West and will be pursuing a career acting in theatre and film.