- In a relationship with Keri Russell since 2013.
- Credits Sally Field as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
- He played Justin Price in Columbo: Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003) and is therefore the final actor to play a murderer who was investigated by Peter Falk's Lt. Columbo.
- First language is Welsh.
- Shared a flat in London with good friends and fellow Welsh actors Ioan Gruffudd and Michael Sheen.
- Lived with fellow Welsh actor and friend Michael Sheen for some time in Los Angeles. They had previously shared a flat when living in London.
- First met partner Keri Russell at a kickball party hosted by actress Jennifer Grey in the early 2000s.
- His acting mentor was Sally Field.
- Became a father for the first time at the age of 41, when he had a son named Sam in May 2016. Child's mother is Keri Russell.
- He was educated in the Welsh language at Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd, Whitchurch, Cardiff.
- Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
- Best friends with Ioan Gruffudd.
- Matthew played Mr. Darcy in Death Comes to Pemberley (2013) and his wife, Keri Russell, played a Darcy fanatic in Austenland (2013).
- First recipient of the Lady Rothermere Award.
- Childhood celebrity crush was Audrey Hepburn.
- Best known by the public for his role as Kevin Walker on Brothers & Sisters (2006).
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