Matthew Langton

Matthew Langton (born April 7, 1988), also know as Matty, is a Canadian actor and baseball player.
Biography
Langton was born in Montreal, Canada, and has been living there ever since. He grew up in the Pointe-Claire area, graduating from St-Thomas High School in suburban West-Island Montreal in 2005.
In high school, he was a member of the hockey team, as well as the softball and rugby teams. Also, he played competitive hockey for the West-Island Hockey Association and led his team to numerous championships. When he was not lacing up the skates or studying for school, Langton played elite baseball throughout the province of Quebec.
From 2003-2005, Matthew was part of the Drama Club at his high school where he developed his passion for acting, in the play "And Then There Was One". In 2007, he joined the Montreal School of Performing Arts (MSOPA) where he participated in several other plays.
Career
Baseball
Langton is most famous in the Montreal region for his accomplishments in the baseball world. In 2006, as the starting pitcher for John Abbott College, Matthew was named the top pitcher of the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association (CIBA). Also, in 2008 as a member of the Lasalle Cardinals, he was named player of the year in the Ligue de Baseball Elite du Quebec (LBEQ). He maintained a perfect record of 15 wins and 0 defeats, which ensured that he would be named Most Valuable Player to his team. He was named Player of the week on 3 separate occasions as well as Player of the month twice. At the Canadian Championship for Junior Baseball in Prince-Edward-Island, Matty led Team Quebec to their first gold medal since 1995 .
Acting
The following is a list of Langton's various performances :
Theatre
* Constable Jones/ Mr. Dawes, Jr. in Mary Poppins for the MSOPA Holiday Production
* David Coggins in The Family Way at the MSOPA Express-O-Theatre
* Matthew Charisma in And Then There Was One for the St-Thomas High School Drama Department
* Louis in Wake at the MSOPA Express-O-Theatre
Film
* Mike Haller in A Casually Dressed Man for the Trebas Institute
Television
* Salesman in A Man's Car for the Trebas Institute
Hockey
Matthew started playing hockey at the age of 5. He played for the West-Island Royals, a team located in suburban Montreal. At the age of 18, he decided to stop playing ice hockey competitively in order to focus on acting and baseball. However, he still plays ball hockey competitively in the Beaconsfield Ball Hockey League. Currently, he is the leading scorer of his team (The Ducks) with 40 goals in 10 games.

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