Left acting in the early 1990's to become a licensed marriage and family therapist in Austin, Texas.
Austin, Texas: Ran for the Republican office but lost. (May 2012)
His five children are Ethan, Hannah, Caleb, Abigail, and Caris.
Early in his acting career, a major agency was interested in signing him, until they realized that he bore a striking resemblance to an actor they were already representing, Nicholas Walker. The agency declined to represent Matthews.