Matt Schulze

Matthew Steven Schulze is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Vince in The Fast and the Furious and Fast Five.

Early life Schulze was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up in St. Louis. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where he had studied guitar at the Atlanta Institute of Music.

He moved back to St. Louis at age 17 and taught guitar for a year. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up doing both modeling and acting.

Career Schulze made his big screen debut in 1998's action film Blade, as the character Crease. He was also in an episode of Charmed, titled "Dream Sorcerer", in which he went into the dreams of women and killed them. In 1999, Schulze was cast in a leading role in Woody Keith's film Dementia (1999 film). His next film was the teen comedy Boys and Girls, where he had a small role as Paul. In 2001, he starred in Downward Angel. The same year he also appeared in The Fast and the Furious. Schulze returned in Blade II playing Bloodpack vampire assassin Chupa, and in the same year Schulze was cast as another villain in The Transporter. In 2004, he appeared in Torque.

Since then he has appeared in films including The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, Seven Mummies, and Final Move. He has also appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He appeared in two films in 2007: The Flock and Mr. Brooks. In 2008, Schulze wrote, directed, and starred in the web series The Acquirer. The film was shot on location in Paris, France, and was filmed entirely in high definition. Schulze stars opposite Tom Sizemore as Lucien, an international jewellery thief. He returned for the fifth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise, Fast Five, reprising his role as Vince.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1998 Blade Crease 1999 Dementia Sonny 2000 Boys and Girls Paul 2001 Downward Angel John Hunter The Fast and the Furious Vince 2002 The Transporter Darren "Wall Street" Bettencourt Blade II Chupa The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Kenny 2004 Out of Reach Colonel Faisal Torque Henry James 2005 Bounty Hunters "Geronimo" 2006 Seven Mummies "Rock" Final Move Dan Marlowe 2007 The Flock Custis Mr. Brooks Meeks 2009 Extract Willie 2011 Fast Five Vince 2018 Action Point Killer

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1998 Pacific Blue Keith Ritter Episode: "Damaged Goods" Charmed Whitaker Berman Episode: "Dream Sorcerer" 7th Heaven Sam Episode: "Let's Talk About Sex"2005 CSI: Miami Eddie Davids Episode: "Shootout" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Kevin Rogers Episode: "Blood" 2007 Weeds Biker Episode: "Release the Hounds" 2008 The Acquirer Lucien Also director and writer