Matt Brady(IX)
- Actor
Matthew Roch Brady was born in Greenfield Massachusetts. His Gallic middle name was in honor of Father Roch a priest
and family friend who had married his parents. His father was a civil
engineer who up and moved the family every 4 years or so from project
to project. His nomadic youth stayed in his blood and he continued to
wonder after college touring the eastern seaboard in hard rock band
based out of Atlanta. When the band wasn't touring Matt held down a
myriad of jobs working as a rancher, carpenter, miner and campaign
manager for a federal congressional seat. The band broke up in the late
nineties and Matt moved to NYC for a year where he met his future wife.
Together they decided to try Los Angeles. After a brief stint in
advertising Brady tired of office life and went back to work as a miner
helping to complete the new aqueduct into San Bernardino. While on this
job Brady met director Michael Byrne at a party, shortly after Byrne
cast Matt as the lead in his mocumentary No Sleep.