Matt Peters is an American actor, known for his role as Joel Luschek in the Netflix comedy-drama series, ''

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Life and career

Peters began performing as a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles and appeared in a number of short films and web-series, before was cast in a recurring role on the Showtime comedy series, ''

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in 2009. In 2013, Kohan cast Peters as Joel Luschek in her Netflix comedy-drama series, ''

''. He was a recurring cast member during the first five seasons, before being promoted to regular for seasons

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and seven. Along with the cast, he received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2015, Peters made his film debut appearing in the horror-anthology, '' Southbound''. He later appeared in the films ''

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'' (2016), '' Body at Brighton Rock'' (2019) and '' Bobcat Moretti'' (2022). In 2019, he had a recurring role in Kohan's comedy-drama series, '' American Princess'' for Lifetime. He guest-starred on '' Superstore'', '' The Goldbergs'' and '' NCIS: Los Angeles''.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Matt Living people American male film actors American male television actors 21st-century American male actors Year of birth missing (living people)