Matt Meese: Mormon Actor

Matthew R. Meese is an actor, sketch comedian, writer, cast member, and producer of BYUtv’s Studio C.

Meese was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He started acting when he was a senior in high school. He recalls liking the idea of laughing at the unfortunate things that happen to everyone. He served as a full-time missionary in Chicago for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints], of which he is a member. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. While at BYU, he was a member of the sketch comedy troupe "Divine Comedy." Meese and others envisioned a sketch comedy show on television, which took flight after Meese invited BYUtv content director Jared Shores to attend a Divine Comedy show. The vision for the show was to create something the family could watch together. The first episode of Studio C launched in the fall of 2012.

A Studio C skit that features Meese, “Top Soccer Shootout Ever With Scott Sterling,” went viral and as of December 2014 has over 16 million views on its YouTube channel as well as more than 40 million views across all media platforms. As of December 2014, the channel had more than 200,000 subscribers and 100 million views (as posted on Studio C’s Facebook page, December 10, 2014).

Meese broke from his familiar spot in comedy with a more serious role in the 2014 movie Saints and Soldiers: The Void. Writer director Ryan Little said that Meese “nailed” the role.[1]