His career subsequently moved away from science fiction, seeing him star in several television movies, as well as joining Canadian series such as Remedy, Arctic Air and When Calls the Heart.

While filming Loch Ness he sent an audition tape to the producers of The Best Years which led to him gaining the main cast role of bartender, and cocaine addict, Trent Hamilton in the series's first season.

[2][5] He went on to play the role of USAF airman Lieutenant Kemp in a two-episode guest spot on the Syfy television series Stargate Atlantis.

[8] During this time, he also had guest roles on Warehouse 13, portraying one half of a married couple[9] alongside Eureka castmate Cerra and on NBC's Fear Itself, playing a lovelorn zombie.

[10] In 2009/2010, Matter appeared as a recurring guest star on The CW shows Melrose Place (as record producer Rick) and 90210 as Greg, a teacher and subsequent love interest to Erin Silver.

[22] Additionally, Matter appeared in the 'VIP Lounge' online content produced to accompany the show, which was available through the series page on the CBC website.

In November 2014 he was announced as one of the Whistler Film Festival's Rising Stars, a program designed to promote the next generation of Western Canadian actors poised for international careers.

[29][30] In the same year, he starred as surgeon Dr Clay Castleberry in the Hallmark Channel original movie Stop the Wedding,[31] which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephanie Bond.

2016 also saw Matter star alongside Erin Krakow in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film Finding Father Christmas,[34] based on the novel by Robin Jones Gunn, as local lawyer/hotelier Ian McAndrick.

[35] Matter and Krakow reprised their roles[36] in a sequel to the film, entitled Engaging Father Christmas[37] (broadcast as A Family for the Holidays in Canada and as Winter Wedding in the UK) which premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in November 2017.

[42] Matter attended the 2nd annual "Hearties Family Reunion" in December 2016, where it was confirmed he would join the cast of the Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart for its fourth season, which began airing in January 2017.

[43] First appearing in the episode "The Heart of the Community",[44] he portrayed Shane Cantrell, a single father struggling to connect with his son,[45] who later begins a tentative relationship with Faith Carter (Andrea Brooks).

In November he made an appearance on the channel's long-running series Supernatural, in an episode of the show's thirteenth season, entitled "The Big Empty", playing the character of sadistic shape-shifter, Buddy.

Matter appeared in the episode "Pipes", playing the role of Mark Allen,[49] an expectant father facing life and death decisions over surgery on his unborn child.

[63] The film premiered in the USA on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel on November 4, 2018, as part of their "Miracles of Christmas" seasonal programming.

[65] In 2019, Matter was cast in the Hallmark Channel television film Country at Heart, alongside Jessy Schram, as songwriter Grady Parker.

[68] In August, he joined the cast of Hallmark Channel television film Christmas at Dollywood alongside Danica Mckellar and Dolly Parton.

[69] In November 2020, Matter starred in the Hallmark Channel film Never Kiss a Man in a Christmas Sweater, alongside Ashley Williams.