---
name: "Jody Matzer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jody-matzer"
fi1m_id: "jody-matzer"
imdb_id: "nm5069703"
tmdb_id: 2195481
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T22:24:35.239951+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jody Matzer

## Identity

Jody Matzer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jody-matzer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jody-matzer
- **IMDb ID:** nm5069703
- **TMDB ID:** 2195481
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5069703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2195481

Actor. Born 29 December 1964 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1964, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** J.E. Matzer
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5069703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2195481

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Lizzie*](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jody Matzer is an American actor, also credited as J.E. Matzer. Born on 29 December 1964 in Hackensack, New Jersey, he has appeared in film and television roles including Deputy Fleet in *Lizzie* (2018), the Oak Valley Pharmacist in the miniseries *Dopesick* (2021), and the Lead Trauma Surgeon in *Killing Kennedy* (2013).

Matzer has a background in theatre and improvisational comedy. He played Tom in a 2016 production of Lanford Wilson's *A Poster of the Cosmos* and has appeared in several short films, including *Ring Rust* (2016).

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dopesick* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Oak Valley Pharmacist — [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)
- *Lizzie* (2018), Fi1m 60, as Deputy Fleet — [page](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *WildMan* (2023), Actor
- *Wicked Games* (2021), as Sheriff 1
- *Dopesick* (2021), series, as Oak Valley Pharmacist — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dopesick.md)
- *Lizzie* (2018), as Deputy Fleet — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/lizzie.md)
- *Legends & Lies* (2015), series, as Frederick Benteen, Gen. James Longstreet, David McCanles
- *The American Revolution* (2014), series, as Sam Adams
- *The World Wars* (2014), series, as Hitler General
- *Killing Kennedy* (2013), as Lead Trauma Surgeon

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