Trivia
- Matt's favorite food is Peanut Butter and Jelly.
- One of Matt's favorite movies is "The Notebook."
- Matt's favorite cartoon is "Roger Rabbit" because he has a crush on Jessica Rabbit.
- Matt's most prized possession is a watch that his dad gave to him on his 21st bithday.
- Matt has a pit-bull named "Rome" and a cat named "Shoognizzle".
- Matt lost 10-15 pounds of muscle to play his character (Aiden) on "South of Nowhere".
- As of 2006, Matt drives a Ford Focus.
- He appears in the May 2006 issue of Teen People.
- Matthew confesses that he always carries a Men's Fitness magazine.
- Matt enjoys boxing, racing, skydiving and anything involving a board.
- Matthew and the cast of South of Nowhere love to go do karaoke. Some of his favorite songs are AC/DC "Back in Black," Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar On Me," and "Sweet Home Alabama."
- Matt's first major role is on the show South of Nowhere, and he plays Aiden.
- Matt decided to ditch business classes and plunged headlong into acting.
- After graduation, Matt headed to Florida State University to study business and ended up taking theater classes.
- Matthew excelled in both high school athletics and academics.
Quotes
- Matt Cohen: I'm the first person in my family to go to college, but the opportunity with [SON] is here for me now. I just have to run with it until the opportunity for me to go back to school comes.
- Matt Cohen: I hope to do work in film. I love television and I love to be on a show that can have an affect on people, but film is definitely where I want to go. I'm definitely heading that way. I'd love to work in film.
- Matt Cohen: My dad's my best friend and I love him a lot. [He] gave me the best advice. Never start something you don't finish. If I was serious about acting I needed to move L.A. I came out here by myself. I had that in my mind the whole time. I'm not gonna start this and in three months go home—as long as it takes, I'm going to be here.
- Matt: I like to play a lot of sports. I play basketball, although I'm not a great basketball player. I am not horrible, but I definitely excel at football more. It's kind hard though to go and get a football game going so I started playing basketball.
- Matt: I think that every moment is memorable for me. Me, being a new actor to Los Angeles (I've just been out here a year now), every day I wake up and I kind of don't want it to end. It's just like Christmas for me every day.
