Matthew Shear

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Acting

Matthew Louis Shear is an American actor known for his work in independent film and frequent collaborations with director Noah Baumbach. He began his career with a small role in Taking Woodstock (2009) and appeared in Mistress America (2015), The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017), and Marriage Story (2019), and played Lucius Isaacson on The Alienist (2018–2020). In 2025, he made his directorial debut with Fantasy Life, which he also wrote and starred in.

Filmography

• Fantasy Life (2026)
• Between the Temples (2024)
• Old (2021)
• Cubby (2019)
• Marriage Story (2019)
• Treasure Trouble (2019)
• The Boy Downstairs (2018)
• The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
• Mistress America (2015)
• The Statistical Analysis of Your Failing Relationship (2015)
• While We're Young (2015)
• Don Peyote (2014)
• Taking Woodstock (2009)
• Elijah