---
name: "Matthew Cardarople"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matty-cardarople"
fi1m_id: "matty-cardarople"
imdb_id: "nm1781213"
tmdb_id: 979412
wikidata_id: "Q28534209"
roles: []
born: "9 February 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-13T21:53:37.534143+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 Cardarople

## Identity

Matthew Cardarople

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matty-cardarople
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matty-cardarople
- **IMDb ID:** nm1781213
- **TMDB ID:** 979412
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28534209
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Cardarople, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28534209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/979412

Actor. Born 9 February 1983 in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 9 February 1983, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Matty Cardarople, Waldo Cardarople, Matt Cardarople, Matthew 'Waldo' Cardarople, Matthew Benefiel, Matthew Richard Cardarople 
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 67 (3), 2020s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 70 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Action & Adventure 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,003m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matty_Cardarople, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28534209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1781213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/979412

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A Series of Unfortunate Events*](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Matthew Cardarople, also credited as Matty Cardarople, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for roles including the Gyrosphere Operator in *Jurassic World* (2015), Keith in *Stranger Things* (2016), and Keith in *Free Guy* (2021). He played the Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender in the Netflix series *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017–2019).

Cardarople was born on 9 February 1983 in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from the New York Film Academy and studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse with Lesly Kahn. His early film roles include appearances in *Blonde Ambition* (2007) and *Drillbit Taylor* (2008). He has also appeared in *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), *Logan Lucky* (2017), *The Big Sick* (2017) and the series *Selfie* (2014).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Stuart Fails to Save the Universe* (2026), Fi1m 57, as Keith — [page](https://film.one/tv/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe.md)
- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Huey — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, as Keith, the 22-Year-Old Gamer — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), Fi1m 86, as Ansel — [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, as Neil — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Jurassic World* (2015), Fi1m 60, as Gyrosphere Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *Stuart Fails to Save the Universe* (2026), series, as Keith — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe.md)
- *Demonetize* (2026), as Terrence
- *Carved* (2024), as Clint
- *It's Florida, Man.* (2024), series, as Creepy Steve
- *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024), as Kyle
- *Fallout* (2024), series, as Huey — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Chris Fleming: Hell* (2023), Actor
- *Working Stiffs* (2023), as Arty
- *We Lost Our Human* (2023), as Hairball / Game V.O. / Lamb Zombie (voice)
- *American Cherry* (2023), as Clay Elliot
- *Above the Clouds* (2023), Actor
- *Crushed* (2022), as Bus Driver
- *American Auto* (2021), series, as Dustin
- *Night Night* (2021), as Lucas Willard
- *The Cleaner* (2021), as Donny
- *Ghosts* (2021), series, as Jamie
- *Free Guy* (2021), as Keith, the 22-Year-Old Gamer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Reservation Dogs* (2021), series, as Ansel — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/reservation-dogs.md)
- *Made for Love* (2021), series, as Remy
- *Wheels of Fortune* (2020), as Noodle
- *Monsterland* (2020), series, as Frank White
- *I Am Woman* (2020), as Roy Meyer
- *Lazy Susan* (2020), as Roger
- *Itsy Bitsy* (2019), as Donny
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Slim Jim
- *Dead Sound* (2018), as Harry (as Matty Cardarople)
- *Please Stand By* (2018), as Trivia Guy #1
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), as CMS Police Officer #2 — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *The Big Sick* (2017), as Fast Food Cashier
- *Crashing* (2017), series, as Zach
- *A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2017), series, as Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender (Nurse Lucafont), Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.md)
- *20th Century Women* (2016), as Bartender
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, as Keith — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *The 4th* (2016), as Mikey
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as Neil — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse* (2015), as Jawless Zombie
- *Conventional* (2015), as Stu Mac 1
- *Fun Size Horror: Volume Two* (2015), as Stu Mac 1 (segment 'Conventional')
- *Jurassic World* (2015), as Gyrosphere Operator — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-world.md)
- *Bella and the Bulldogs* (2015), series, as Lavelle
- *Martha* (2015), as Scott
- *Life Partners* (2014), as Clerk
- *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014), as Inventor No. 1
- *Selfie* (2014), series, as Charlie
- *Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories* (2014), series, as Teenager
- *You're the Worst* (2014), series, as Engineer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/youre-the-worst.md)
- *Chasing Life* (2014), series, as Teen Clerk
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Philosophy Boy #1
- *The Three Stooges* (2012), as Camera Guy (uncredited)
- *Gayle* (2012), series, as Marty
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Carl — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *0s & 1s* (2011), as Donny
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Danny
- *Absolute Evil* (2009), as Photographer
- *Drillbit Taylor* (2008), as 7-11 Clerk
- *Blonde Ambition* (2007), as Mailroom Worker
- *3:10 to Yuma* (2007), Production Assistant
- *Vacancy* (2007), Production Assistant
- *Blades of Glory* (2007), Production Assistant
- *You Kill Me* (2007), Production Assistant
- *Hoot* (2006), Production Assistant
- *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), Production Assistant
- *Think Tank* (2006), Production Assistant
- *Touched* (2005), Production Assistant
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Clerk — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Frank
- *Trash Queen*, Actor
- *Generation Angst*, as Don Silver
- *Campfire*, as Chris
- *Rustic Casual*, as Scared Driver
- *Quarter*, as Kyle
- *A Farewell to Youth*, as Matty · Producer

## Gallery

- ![Matty Cardarople (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/375266/gallery-29288a6aa56f.jpg) Matty Cardarople (2018) — Birdie Thompson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Matthew_Cardarople_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Matty Cardarople with nature shirt (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/375266/gallery-ecbd6aabffd3.png) Matty Cardarople with nature shirt (2020) — Mcardara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Matty_Cardarople_with_nature_shirt.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Matthew Cardarople](https://film.one/media/person/375266/gallery-055c67e00c99.jpg) Matthew Cardarople — Image via TMDB
- ![Matthew Cardarople](https://film.one/media/person/375266/gallery-ca46f2a93220.jpg) Matthew Cardarople — Image via TMDB

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