Eddie Matos (actor)
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Eddie Matos a Puerto Rican-American actor
best known for his role as Ricky Garza on the ABC
daytime soap Port Charles.
Matos was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
. He graduated from North Hunterdon High School
in New Jersey
in June 1990, and lived in Miami before relocating to Los Angeles
to pursue a career in acting.
. Matos recurred on General Hospital from September 2006 until early 2007, when he won a role on Cane (2007 TV series). He also guest starred on the Fox hit show, House M.D.
Eddie Matos joined the cast of All My Children
in 2010, playing the role of Reverend Ricky Torres.
Eddie Matos was the spokesman of State Farm Insurance
commercials both in English and Spanish.
Eddie Matos is currently a member of the "Fantasy Fools" which is a Fantasy Football League set up with 9 of his closest friends in Los Angeles. Eddie, a diehard NFL fan has one the League's Trophy one time in the 14 years the league has been in existence. He is a huge Miami Hurricane Fan.
Matos currently can be seen in a commercial for Purina's Beneful Healthy Fiesta.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
best known for his role as Ricky Garza on the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
daytime soap Port Charles.
Matos was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
. He graduated from North Hunterdon High School
North Hunterdon High School
North Hunterdon High School is a four-year public high school located in Clinton Township, New Jersey, serving students from six municipalities in northern Hunterdon County as one of two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in June 1990, and lived in Miami before relocating to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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to pursue a career in acting.
Career
After a few guest appearances in various prime-time shows, Matos originated the role of Ricky Garza on ABC's daytime soap Port Charles. After the show was canceled in 2003, Matos continued to do guest appearances, before landing the role of Professor Pete Marquez on ABC's General HospitalGeneral Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
. Matos recurred on General Hospital from September 2006 until early 2007, when he won a role on Cane (2007 TV series). He also guest starred on the Fox hit show, House M.D.
Eddie Matos joined the cast of All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
in 2010, playing the role of Reverend Ricky Torres.
Eddie Matos was the spokesman of State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance is a group of insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The company also has operations in Canada....
commercials both in English and Spanish.
Eddie Matos is currently a member of the "Fantasy Fools" which is a Fantasy Football League set up with 9 of his closest friends in Los Angeles. Eddie, a diehard NFL fan has one the League's Trophy one time in the 14 years the league has been in existence. He is a huge Miami Hurricane Fan.
Matos currently can be seen in a commercial for Purina's Beneful Healthy Fiesta.
Roles
- Clueless (TV series)Clueless (TV series)Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name . The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season...
(Tyler – 1999) credited as Thomas Caron - The Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
(Charlie Espinada – 2001) - Wanderlust (Drowned Sailor – 2001)
- All About Us (TV series)All About Us (TV series)All About Us is an American teen comedy-drama series that aired on NBC during the station's TNBC lineup from August 4, 2001 to November 10, 2001. It was produced by Peter Engel Productions.-Synopsis:...
(Steven Castelli – 2001) - Port CharlesPort CharlesPort Charles was a daytime soap opera which aired on ABC from June 2, 1997 to October 3, 2003. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York...
(Ricky Garza – 2001–2003) - Tru CallingTru CallingTru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
(Charlie – 2004) - CharmedCharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
(Paramedic Garcia – 2004) - Women in Law (James – 2006)
- In JusticeIn JusticeIn Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 9 p.m. EST. It was cancelled after its...
(Cruz Salgado – 2006) - Pepper DennisPepper DennisPepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series that aired on The WB from April to July 4, 2006. It was quickly announced on May 17, 2006 that Pepper Dennis would not be one of the WB shows transferred to The CW Television Network....
(Marcus – 2006) - General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
(Pete Marquez – 2006–2007) - CaneCane (TV series)Cane is an American television drama created by Cynthia Cidre, who also served as executive producer alongside Jonathan Prince, Jimmy Iovine and Polly Anthony. The pilot was directed by Christian Duguay...
(Henry Duque – 2007–2008) - HouseHouse (TV series)House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
(Felipe – 2010) - All My ChildrenAll My ChildrenAll My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
(Rev. Ricky Torres - 2010-2011)