Matt Schulze Movies and Career Information

Matthew Steven "Matt" Schulze (born July 3, 1972) is an American actor and musician. Schulze was born and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and spent a good deal of time in the rough neighborhoods of East Saint Louis, Illinois. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where he studied guitar at the prestigious Atlanta Institute of Music. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up doing both acting and modeling. He appeared in a Levi's commercial, after living in Europe for two years. Schulze made his big screen debut in 1998's action thriller Blade, as the character Crease. He was also in an episode of Charmed, titled "Dream Sorcerer", in which he went into the dreams of women and killed them. In 1999, Schulze was cast in a leading role in Woody Keith's thriller Dementia. His next film was the teen comedy Boys and Girls, where he had a small role as Paul. In 2001, he starred in Downward Angel. The same year also saw him get noticed in the blockbuster The Fast and the Furious. He bulked up, grew a beard, and dyed his hair a different color for the film. Schulze returned in Blade II playing fierce Bloodpack vampire assassin Chupa, and in the same year Schulze was cast