Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club.
He has also appeared in a cameo in the Kamen Rider G special and has a recurring role in the series Garo: Makai Senki.
He played the role of Raizo Gabi in Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.
He is most internationally known, however, for his role as the butterfly knife-wielding gangster in Ryuhei Kitamura's pop culture hit film, Versus.
He has also lent his voice to the Wii video game Dragon Quest Swords as the hero's father, Baud.