The biography of Matt Fraser is a rare case when a non-standard appearance does not spoil a person's life, but makes him a celebrity and generates income. Widespread fame came to Matt after the filmed horror story, but the story of the birth of the actor himself can cause fear and numbness in anyone. Metta's life makes it possible to understand how much depends on a person, even if the circumstances are tragic.
Child crippling drug
In 1954, a drug was created that has a calming effect on people. It provided he althy sleep, lowered blood pressure and relieved migraines. The remedy was called "Thalidomide" and sold under various pharmaceutical names in forty-six countries around the world, including Europe. The drug was considered so effective and safe that it was recommended to pregnant women to relieve symptoms of nausea and anxiety.
Met Fraser's mother,like many British women who were expecting offspring, she also used Thalidomide, although by that time reports of bad side effects of the drug had already begun to arrive. But the manufacturing company could not refuse sales - the demand for it was almost as high as for aspirin. Negative information was hidden for commercial purposes.
Since 1956, the number of pathologies and birth defects in infants whose mothers took this sedative has increased, but a significant connection with the drug was revealed only in 1961. During this period, about forty thousand babies, as a result of exposure to Thalidomide, acquired congenital neuritis (inflammation of peripheral nerve branches), and about twelve thousand - external deformities. Matt Fraser was diagnosed with phocomelia (missing parts of limbs).
Metta Family
Matt was born in 1962. The mother of the future actor showed character and courage. She raised her son, suggesting to him that he, being different from the rest, is not inferior to them in any way. Family support is of paramount importance: a young comer from an acting family, despite his unusual anatomy, dreams of an acting career.
Matt's wife, Julie Atlas Moose, is also an actress. She is twelve years younger than him. Her biography is bright and stellar: beauty contests, dancing, striptease, work as a "mermaid" in a giant aquarium. Later, Julie began to do theatrical productions. Her performances are filled with semantic content, have satirical and ironic overtones. Often the actress offerstalk in a dance about murder or rape, believing that this will help relieve fear and tension in society.
Matt and Julie met in 2006. Now the couple is successfully working together, creating outrageous theatrical performances. For example, their version of Beauty and the Beast, where Julie and Matt danced naked, enjoyed great success. However, today's projects do not focus the public's attention on Matt's physical features.
Hobbies of the star
Matt Fraser's height is slightly above average, but the length of the arms is very small due to the lack of forearms. There are no thumbs either. Nevertheless, the eighteen-year-old boy successfully played percussion instruments. His musical career as a drummer in various rock and punk bands spanned over sixteen years. It's a paradox, but it turns out that long arms are not at all necessary for a drummer - it's enough just to place the kit closer. Matt is a masterful player, it is no coincidence that he was invited to the stage during the closing of the London Paralympic Games in 2012.
Music was not the only thing that interested the young man. When Mett was about thirty years old, he seriously took up the study of martial arts - karate, taekwondo, aikido and hapkido techniques. The athlete turned out to be talented, versatile and hardworking. This is Matt Fraser: becoming a champion has come true, only in a different direction - not sports, but acting.
At the Graeae Theater
Next, Matt becomes an actor in the Greyey Theater(Graeae). It was organized in 1980 in the UK for the employment of people with external and sensory disabilities. The mission of the theater is to draw attention to the problems of people with disabilities and their adaptation in the social environment.
First, Matt Fraser is a Greyey actor, and then he tries himself as a playwright. In 2001, he presented to the public the play "The Seal Boy" about a freak show actor. It is curious that fifteen years will pass, and Matt will play his seal boy already in the series that will bring him worldwide fame.
In 2005 Matt writes another play - Thalidomide!! A Musical. According to it, he puts on a musical. To some extent, this is an autobiographical work, which presents the love story of an ordinary woman and a man diagnosed with phocomelia.
In Coney Island
In parallel with his work in the theater every year since 2001, Matt Fraser travels to Coney Island. This is a peninsula in Brooklyn, famous for its luxurious extensive beaches and amusement parks. In one of them, Dreamland, a freak show was constantly held at the beginning of the 20th century. To some extent, this tradition: the first such show took place in the sixteenth century.
Regularly such freak shows are held in Coney Island and now. Only the main thing in the modern movement of freaks is not physical disabilities, but dancing in bright costumes and outrageous festive images. This is where Matt aspired to, and here he met his future wife. They were supposed to perform together, and dothis until today.
TV projects
Matt's theatrical activity successfully coexists with television, in which he works not only as an actor, but also as a producer. A talented person is successful in any activity: Matt Fraser, whose films and television shows are now on the screens, has mastered this niche since 1988.
In total, Matt has created seventeen works on TV, of which experts name three as the brightest:
- Cast Offs;
- American Horror Story;
- Every Time You Look at Me.
One can admire the talent and self-confidence of this person with disabilities for a long time. With his work, he inspires not only people with physical and sensory disabilities, but everyone else, because the basis of his achievements is not luck or someone's patronage, but a strong character and a job that he always wanted to do.
