Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, movie director and businessman. His early film work includes Chip Sutphin in ''Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in ''Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in ''Scream'' (1996), Stevo in ''SLC Punk!'' (1998), Brock Hudson in ''She's All That'' (1999), Dennis Rafkin in ''Thirteen Ghosts'' (2001), and Jerry Conlaine in ''Without a Paddle'' (2004). He is best known for his role as Shaggy Rogers in ''Scooby-Doo'' (2002), ''Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' (2004), and in animation, where he has been the voice of Shaggy since Casey Kasem retired from the role in 2009.

In 2023, he gained renewed recognition for his role as William Afton, a manipulative serial killer, in ''Five Nights at Freddy's''. U.S. entertainment publication ''The Hollywood Reporter'' stated that he had entered "his Renaissance era" in popular culture, noting that the movie had the third highest ever domestic box office return during its opening weekend for a horror film. Lillard has been labeled as a "scream king" due to his influence in the genre.

While much of his work is comedic in nature, Lillard has also given dramatic performances in projects such as ''The Descendants'' (2011), ''Trouble with the Curve'' (2012), ''Match'' (2014), and ''Twin Peaks: The Return'' (2017). Lillard also starred as Dean Boland in the television series ''Good Girls'' (2018–2021). He made his directorial debut with the coming-of-age drama ''Fat Kid Rules the World'' (2012). Provided by Wikipedia