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Matthew Jeffers never feels more powerful than when he’s acting. The Pikesville, Maryland, native first graced a stage when he played Schroeder in his middle school’s production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” He’s never looked back.

“I was bit by the bug,” says Jeffers, who now lives in Brooklyn, New York. “When I’m acting, it feels like there’s an equilibrium between me and the audience that has always made me feel both safe and limitless.”

Jeffers, who earned his bachelor’s degree in theatre at TU, says his undergraduate years were transformational for him, as a person and as an actor.

“It was the first time in my life that I was able to be out in the world and figure out what I was interested in.”

His first professional break came in 2018, when he read for a part in a Broadway show. He didn’t get it, but the casting director recommended that he audition for a role in the television show “New Amsterdam.” He landed that part, for which he had one line in one episode in the first season.

When I’m acting, it feels like there’s an equilibrium between me and the audience that has always made me feel both safe and limitless

Matthew Jeffers

But that led to more spots (and more lines) in future episodes and a recurring guest star role in seasons four and five.

Eventually, he snagged a role on the hit TV show “The Walking Dead” and shortly after made his Broadway debut in “An Enemy of the People,” alongside Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli. Later this year he’ll appear in his first studio film, Apple TV’s “Being Heumann” and a sci-fi show on the streaming network called “Neuromancer.” The future appears bright for the 34-year-old.

“It’s been a fulfilling journey so far,” he says.

In 2013…

Jeffers praises his professors at TU, including David White, the founding artistic director of the Towson Theatre Lab, who is still a member of his creative team. Here are some of the films that influenced Jeffers when he was an undergraduate.