Matt DuMont was born in Oklahoma but raised outside of Kent, Ohio. From a young age he loved performing, getting his start in the local church rock band as the male soprano. He played drums, piano, and even trumpet during middle school and high school. He also performed in the general and swing choirs in high school.
Then the theater bug bit and bit hard. He joined the Streetsboro Community Theater as a junior in high school for its production of Joseph and that started the ball rolling... Five shows (Joseph, Chicago, 42nd street, Godspell, and Honk!!) at SCT, State Fair at Aurora Community Theater, and his first professional shows in Peter Rabbit and Androcles and the Lion at Actors' Summit and Matt was set to begin the journey towards becoming a professional actor.
After a year as a BFA Musical Theater major at Kent State University, Matt transferred to the Big Apple and Marymount Manhattan College. He began what would be an intense four year degree in Acting, Directing, Singing, and Living in the big city. He helped form a sketch comedy group called Poptards that is still running strong today and a fantastic student theater company in U-Act. Graduating Magna Cum Laude and Omicron Delta Kappa, Matt started hitting the pavement in May of 2007.
Three days later Matt booked his first professional show in "The Hunt". Then came his first tour with Chamber Theatre Productions: Encore!! He has since had the good fortune to work across the country in theater, film, tv, and commercials, including performing at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center) in NYC, as well as two additional First National Tours with Two Beans Productions and Matt Murphy Productions .... He's been lucky enough to have performed across every state East of the Mississippi and a few to the West as well.
And who knows where he'll end up going next. :-)
Then the theater bug bit and bit hard. He joined the Streetsboro Community Theater as a junior in high school for its production of Joseph and that started the ball rolling... Five shows (Joseph, Chicago, 42nd street, Godspell, and Honk!!) at SCT, State Fair at Aurora Community Theater, and his first professional shows in Peter Rabbit and Androcles and the Lion at Actors' Summit and Matt was set to begin the journey towards becoming a professional actor.
After a year as a BFA Musical Theater major at Kent State University, Matt transferred to the Big Apple and Marymount Manhattan College. He began what would be an intense four year degree in Acting, Directing, Singing, and Living in the big city. He helped form a sketch comedy group called Poptards that is still running strong today and a fantastic student theater company in U-Act. Graduating Magna Cum Laude and Omicron Delta Kappa, Matt started hitting the pavement in May of 2007.
Three days later Matt booked his first professional show in "The Hunt". Then came his first tour with Chamber Theatre Productions: Encore!! He has since had the good fortune to work across the country in theater, film, tv, and commercials, including performing at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and at Avery Fisher Hall (Lincoln Center) in NYC, as well as two additional First National Tours with Two Beans Productions and Matt Murphy Productions .... He's been lucky enough to have performed across every state East of the Mississippi and a few to the West as well.
And who knows where he'll end up going next. :-)