Calahan Wade Skogman (born May 12, 1993) is an American actor, writer and former collegiate basketball and football player. He played Matthias Helvar in the

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series ''

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'' (2021–2023).

Life and career

Skogman was born in

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to parents Wade and Stefani, and moved to

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as a child. He is of Swedish, English, and German descent on his father's side and Italian and Hungarian on his mother's. He has a younger brother, Clayton. His great uncle is the Budapest-born artist Steven Kemenyffy. Having played basketball "since I could walk", Skogman earned four titles in basketball and football and one in track & field and baseball at Seymour Community High School and was recruited to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-State team as a junior and senior. He had ambitions to join the

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. In his final year of high school, Skogman was accepted early to the

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. He studied history and played

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basketball and football, earning a

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in both sports. After sophomore year, Skogman transferred to the

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where he earned an All-WIAC First Team Honor. He began his studies in Theatre and Broadcast media and hosted a sports radio show ''CWSports: The Handle'' on the campus station RAQ Radio. However, he landed the main role in a production of ''The Metal Heart'', took up acting, and decided to major in Theatre Performance, graduating in 2015. He moved to

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in 2016 and went on to obtain a

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in Acting from the

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in 2019. In December 2019, it was announced that Skogman would play Matthias Helvar in the 2021

series ''

'', an adaptation of the fantasy book series ''

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'' and the ''

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'' duology by

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. A recurring character in season 1, Skogman was promoted to series regular for season 2. The series was cancelled by Netflix after its second season, with a petition having reached more than 200,000 signatures asking Netflix to save it. In August 2024, Calahan published his debut novel ''Blue Graffiti''.

Bibliography

* ''Blue Graffiti'' (2024)

Filmography

References

External links

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