---
name: "Matt Pyken"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-pyken"
fi1m_id: "matt-pyken"
imdb_id: "nm0701487"
tmdb_id: 1224195
wikidata_id: "Q6789211"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:03:51.437392+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 Pyken

## Identity

Matt Pyken

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-pyken
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-pyken
- **IMDb ID:** nm0701487
- **TMDB ID:** 1224195
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6789211
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pyken, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6789211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224195

Producer. Born 1 January 1901 in Brooklyn, New York,  USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Brooklyn, New York,  USA
- **Active:** 2009–2015
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (1), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pyken, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6789211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701487/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224195

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Castle*](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Matt Pyken is an American television writer and producer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved with his family to Van Nuys, California, at the age of nine. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College with degrees in literature and political science, and previously worked as a political consultant, speechwriter and campaign manager in Washington, D.C.

Pyken has written for series including *The Invisible Man* (2000), *Queer as Folk* (2000), *John Doe* (2002), *Las Vegas* (2003), *Castle* (2009), *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), *Empire* (2015) and *Monarch* (2022). He has served as producer or executive producer on several of these, including co-executive producer on *Castle* and consulting producer on *Mr. Robot* (2015). He also co-created and produced the video games *Fox Hunt* (1996) and *National Lampoon's Blind Date*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, castle.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Castle* (2009), Fi1m 73, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Mr. Robot* (2015), Fi1m 84, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Ayo, Check Up!* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Monarch* (2022), series, Consulting Producer, Story, Teleplay, Writer
- *Leila* (2019), series, Consulting Producer
- *Blood & Oil* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Mr. Robot* (2015), series, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-robot.md)
- *Empire* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Rush* (2014), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *Wedding Band* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Castle* (2009), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Knight Rider* (2008), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Writer
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Producer, Writer
- *Queer as Folk* (2000), series, Story, Teleplay, Co-Producer
- *Deadline* (2000), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Writer
- *Fox Hunt* (1996), Producer, Writer

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/matt-pyken