Matt Austin (born Matthew Sadowski; 20 April 1978) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Bridge Carson, the Green Ranger (later Blue Ranger then Red) from the children's television series ''

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''. He returned in 2007 as the Red Ranger in the ''

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'' "Once a Ranger" 15th anniversary team-up two-part episode. In addition to acting, he is also a writer, musician, and filmmaker.

Life and career

Austin communicates frequently with the Power Rangers fanbase, and was a guest a
Power Morphicon
in June 2007, where he interviewed guests and shot footage of the interviews with his own camera. Recently, he revealed plans to make a documentary on the Power Rangers fandom called ''MOR-FAN-ONIMAL''. However, according to his

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account, production has ceased due to the funding not being put together. Austin's "Power Rangers" character, Bridge, displays a particular fondness for buttered toast by wiggling the fingers on his right hand and uttering the word "buttery" as he does so. This reference stems from Austin's own fondness for Indian

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. His character also wears gloves on his hands due to his inability to control his powers, though in reality, the gloves are used to conceal the tattoo that Matt has on his hands Canada's Alliance Releasing has picked up worldwide rights to '' Don't You Forget About Me'', a 75-minute documentary centered on late filmmaker

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starring and directed by Austin. It chronicles Austin's recent road trip to the suburbs of Illinois, where he attempted to track down Hughes, who at that point had not written or directed a movie in more than a decade. The project features interviews with

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and

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. Austin was born in

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, Canada. He is

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.http://www.shalomlife.com/eng/article.php?id=500 Austin recently returned to acting after 13 years, starring in the comedy F'ED, by writer/director Tyler Boyco.

Filmography

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