Matt L. Jones

Matthew L. "Matt" Jones (born November 1, 1981) is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He is best known for portraying Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad.

Early life

Jones was born in Sacramento, California. He grew up in Pomona, California with best friend forever, Jimmy and their mortal enemies Shawn and Mike where they battled for control of the Rialto Way. Matt eventually forfeited his post before moving to Claremont, California, graduating from Claremont High School in 2000. After spending several years at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, he moved to Los Angeles.

Career

From 2008 to 2013, Jones appeared in a recurring role as Brandon "Badger" Mayhew on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad. He appeared as a pizza delivery boy on How I Met Your Mother, and has appeared on Comedy Central's Reno 911! and the NBC comedy series Community. He has appeared in over 40 commercials. He appeared in the pilot episode of the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele. He is also a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and I.O. West.^[1]

In 2010, Jones was cast in the lead role in the TBS pilot Uncle Nigel, written and produced by Andy Breckman.^[2] He has provided voices on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time. He appeared in the 2011 film Red State, and voiced minor characters in the 2011 video game Rage. Jones has also appeared as Probationary Agent Ned Dorneget in the CBS show NCIS. In early 2012, Jones was cast in Steven Levitan's new pilot Rebounding for FOX,^[3] but the show was not picked up.^[4]

Jones appeared in four episodes of The Office ("Junior Salesman", "The Farm", and the two-part series finale). He was cast as a series regular in The Farm,^[5] a failed spin-off of The Office.^[6] He currently portrays Baxter in the CBS sitcom Mom.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Video games

References

External links

• Matt L. Jones at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt Jones Reddit Questionnaire (November 16, 2011)