---
name: "Matt Goldman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-goldman"
fi1m_id: "matt-goldman"
imdb_id: "nm0325850"
tmdb_id: 1236682
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:11.028345+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."
---

# Matt Goldman

## Identity

Matt Goldman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-goldman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-goldman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0325850
- **TMDB ID:** 1236682
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236682

Writer. Born in Rochester, Minnesota.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0325850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236682

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

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

## Biography

Matt Goldman is an American television writer and novelist. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Minneapolis and joined the writing staff of *Seinfeld* in 1989, serving as story editor and contributing scripts to the series in its first two seasons.

His other television credits include writing and producing roles on *Ellen*, *The New Adventures of Old Christine* (2006), *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (2016) and *Wizards of Waverly Place*, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on *Seinfeld*.

Since 2017 Goldman has published several novels, including the Nils Shapiro series beginning with *Gone to Dust*. He is a New York Times bestselling author and lives in Minneapolis.

*Sources: imdb.com, startribune.com, mattgoldman.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (2016), series, Writer
- *Just Add Magic* (2016), series, Consulting Producer
- *Level Up* (2012), series, Writer
- *Relative Chaos* (2006), Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *The New Adventures of Old Christine* (2006), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld: How It Began* (2004), Actor
- *The Louie Show* (1996), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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