---
name: "Matthew Murphy Karges"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-murphy-karges"
fi1m_id: "matthew-murphy-karges"
imdb_id: "nm0439227"
tmdb_id: 2213677
wikidata_id: "Q6938948"
roles: []
born: "20 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T02:45:35.580847+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."
---

# Matthew Murphy Karges

## Identity

Matthew Murphy Karges

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-murphy-karges
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-murphy-karges
- **IMDb ID:** nm0439227
- **TMDB ID:** 2213677
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6938948
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6938948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2213677

Actor. Born 20 June 1967 in Orange County.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 June 1967, Orange County
- **Also known as:** Sugar Ray, Murphy Karges
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6938948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439227/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2213677

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Scooby-Doo*](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md) (48)

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## Biography

Matthew Murphy Karges, also credited as Murphy Karges, is an American bassist and actor. Born on 20 June 1967 in Orange County, California, he is a founding member of the rock band Sugar Ray and performed on bass with the group from 1986 until 2012.

As a member of Sugar Ray, Karges appeared in the 1997 film *Fathers' Day* and played the band in the 2002 film *Scooby-Doo*. He has additional acting credits including an uncredited role on the television series *The Drew Carey Show* and an appearance on *Las Vegas* (2003). Karges has also contributed to soundtracks and music videos for the band.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Fi1m 48, as Sugar Ray — [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Matthew Murphy Karges
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), as Sugar Ray — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *Fathers' Day* (1997), as Sugar Ray Band

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