Matthew Parkinson is an Australian comedian, actor, radio presenter and quiz show personality.
He began acting at school and studied theatre arts at the Western Australian Institute of Technology.
His professional career began in Perth at the Hole in the Wall Theatre where he appeared in Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the title role in Ben Johnson's The Alchemist.
After the axing of The Cage in the Sydney market at the end of 2006, he moved to Melbourne to continue to co-host the show.
[8] In 2015, he was announced as one of the "chasers" on the Australian version of the UK quiz show The Chase on the Seven Network where he is nicknamed "Goliath".