---
name: "Jon Matthews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-matthews"
fi1m_id: "jon-matthews"
tmdb_id: 193390
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T08:31:59.926528+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."
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# Jon Matthews

## Identity

Jon Matthews

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-matthews
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-matthews
- **TMDB ID:** 193390
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/193390

Actor.

## Details

- **Also known as:** Jon Shear
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/193390

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Heathers*](https://film.one/film/heathers.md) (80)

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## Biography

Jon Shear is an actor, director, writer and producer who worked under the pseudonym Jon Matthews early in his career. He appeared as Rodney in the film *Heathers* (1989) and as Thomson in *Independence Day* (1996).

Shear directed, co-wrote and produced the feature *Urbania* (2000), which premiered at Sundance. His other acting credits include roles in *Where the Buffalo Roam* (1980), *And the Band Played On* (1993) and the television series *Tales from the Darkside* (1984).

He has an extensive theatre background, appearing in the original Broadway productions of *Angels in America*, *Six Degrees of Separation* and *Runaways*, and has worked as a script consultant and workshop leader.

*Sources: imdb.com, tisch.nyu.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Heathers* (1989), Fi1m 80, as Rodney — [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Urbania* (2000), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Independence Day* (1996), as Thomson — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md)
- *And the Band Played On* (1993), as Greg
- *Stephen King's Golden Tales* (1993), as Jonathan (segment "The Word Processor of the Gods")
- *Animal Behavior* (1989), as Tyler Forbes
- *Listen to Me* (1989), Actor
- *Heathers* (1989), as Rodney — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/heathers.md)
- *TV 101* (1988), series, as Wade Huxley
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Jonathan
- *Where the Buffalo Roam* (1980), as Billy Kramer
- *Nurse* (1980), as Chip Benjamin

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