Matthew Bailey
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Matthew Bailey is a television presenter, model, actor, and former MTV Europe
MTV Europe
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 presenter of French
French people
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 and Filipino
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 descent.

Biography

Matthew Bailye was born in the Philippines
Philippines
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 to a French
French people
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-Asian
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 mother and a Filipino
Filipino people
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 father.
Matthew is a fluent speaker of French
French language
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, Filipino
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, English
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, and Spanish
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. In 2011 He earned his black belt in Taekwondo
Taekwondo
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.

Career

He started his acting career on the French hit series Le Bureau
Le Bureau
Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office...

 at age 12 and started of as a teen model for a successful French clothing company. He is admired for having a thin physique at a young age in the industry.

In 2008, he went to the United States
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 and attended at WWE's developmental territory FCW
FCW
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 during the summer with his friends.

In 2009, he begun his career as a VJ in MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...

 hosting the Euro Top 20 and doing interviews on breakout artists. He is currently inactive as a VJ in MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...

 due to his college studies in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

.
In 2010, he continued his modeling career working of as an eye wear model in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

.

In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of Awkward. portraying a character named Scott.

He is currently starring in a recurring role in Disney Channel's So Random, playing characters such as "Rufus" in the sketch "Rufus: Kid With Excuses"

Television

Year Title Role
2006 Le Bureau
Le Bureau
Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office...

 
Jean
2009 ICarly
ICarly
iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...

 
Brennan
2011 Awkward.  Scott
2011 So Random  Various

Movies

Year Title Role
2009 Chatterbox student
2011 Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Quarantine 2: Terminal is a 2011 American horror film directed by John Pogue and produced by Marc Brienstock. It stars Mercedes Masohn, Josh Cooke and Mattie Liptak and is a sequel to the 2008 film, Quarantine...

 
Jake

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