Matt Socia

Matt Socia

Birth : 1969-02-28, Bay City, Michigan, USA

History

Matt Socia is an American actor born in Bay City, Michigan. After many years of working in independent films he gained notice as Sean, the only surviving member of a failed space mission in Director Clay Liford's acclaimed Scifi film, Earthling. Earthling premiered at the SXSW film festival and has screened worldwide. Matt has continued working in many award winning films such as Message Sent, Amazin' Grace, The Inflicted and Knife with Producer/Director James M. Johnston as well as episodic television, and theatre. Another bright moment for Matt was playing opposite Teri Polo, Chazz Palmnteri, and Tia Carrere in the well received film, Taken for Ransom. He is also an accomplished filmmaker with credits as writer and producer.

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Matt Socia

Movies

A Neighbor's Vendetta
Officer Braxton
After her boss-turned-secret lover is found dead, architect Sonja vows to give her marriage another chance. She and her husband decide to make a fresh start and rent a remote cabin. But when an unexpected neighbor appears at their door, they soon discover that she’s linked to Sonja’s adulterous past and is intent on taking “an eye for an eye.”
Wake Up
Do you know what's happening in your neighborhood? Inspired by true stories, a community is shaken when children go missing, and a darkness is exposed hiding in plain sight.
Killer Rivalry
Officer Patrick
Anika and Charly are rivals from opposing volleyball teams. Each year, the teams pull pranks on one another. Things begin to get out of hand when the volleyball partner of Anika is found dead. Charly becomes the target of some extreme pranks, as the season progresses, with all the signs pointing in Anika's direction. Even Charly’s teammates seem suspicious as well. Charly now only trusts Becky, her new friend, and the team's intern. As Charly and Anika find themselves in a cabin together, tied up, they must figure out who has it in for them.
Breaking Them Up
Mr. Paulson
Tired of his parents’ constant bickering, 15 year old Damien is certain they’re all wrong for each other— he would know, he’s a relationship expert. Damien and his best friend Erin have a side hustle coupling-up classmates for the right price. So when Damien discovers his parents may have had a shotgunning wedding, he convinces Erin to turn their efforts toward finding his parents new partners— but the cost of doing business may come at the price of everyone involved.
Anabolic Life
Officer Cole
A young man obsessed with body image is thrust into a world of drugs, crime, and deception.
Butterfly Caught
Commercial Director
Three beautiful aspiring actresses embark on a mission to break into the competitive Los Angeles acting scene only to discover the road leading to stardom comes at a price.
Trafficked
Guard
In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.
My Stepdaughter
Robert
Jill strives to connect with her new teenage stepdaughter, Casey, who is struggling with a dark past that leads her down a path of destruction.
Final Recourse
Albert Fuentes
A wealthy high powered woman suffers a horrible tragedy after which she descends into substance abuse,turning her back on her family. She later discovers that someone close to her may be behind her subsequent abduction and kidnapping.
The Inflicted
Detective Andrews
David O'Hara is a troubled medical student who kidnaps, rapes and murders women. He impregnates one of his victims, Melissa Daniels, in an attempt to replace the family that he lost as a young boy. However, the police rescue Melissa from David's warehouse, and David goes on a murderous rampage to get his family back.
Knife
Brother
Set in rural Texas the story chronicles an unnamed man with a broken spirit. In the beginning we see him returning to his family. Where he’s been is unknown. Wherever it was – prison, maybe war – the years have not been kind to him. In spite of his family’s warm welcome the man can’t shake an anger that builds in him so he must leave them again. This time to return to the land that was once theirs, a land that had been in the family for generations, a land that has been stolen, plundered, and sewn with seeds of greed. There’s a force at work, a corruption that destroys homes, nature, families, and memories. The Man decides to lay his stakes down and pits himself against it all. He is on a ruinous mission to sate the hatred in his heart with the knife he carries in his hand.
Earthling
Sean
After a mysterious atmospheric event, a small group of people wake up to realize that their entire lives have been a lie. They are in fact aliens disguised as humans. Now they have to make a choice. Live amongst men, or try to find a way back home.