PERSON: Matthew Marsden

Actor

Matthew David Marsden (born 3 March 1973) is an English-American actor, producer, singer and former model. He has appeared in films such as Helen of Troy, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, Tamara, Resident Evil: Extinction, Rambo, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Atlas Shrugged.

Marsden was born on 3 March 1973 at Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. He grew up on the Yew Tree Estate in Walsall. His father abandoned the family when Marsden was a child, and his mother Ann then brought him up and his sister alone. He attended Manor High School in Wednesbury, before leaving to go to Dartmouth High School in Great Barr, Birmingham.

Marsden found work as a model in London, Paris and Milan. He was featured in commercials for products such as Jacobs Coffee, Punica, Vimto and Impulse. He has since commented, “I was at college in London and when you’re a struggling student it doesn’t take a genius to work out that it’s easier to model for a few hours each week and earn thousands of pounds than work in a bar for a pittance. But I hated doing it really.” After nearly two years of modelling, he decided to get an agent and find work as an actor.

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