Mat Fraser
| Mat Fraser | |
|---|---|
| Born | England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Musician, actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Atlas Muz (2012–present) |
Mat Fraser is an English actor. He has thalidomide-induced Phocomelia.[1]
Performing career
As an actor Fraser has performed on the hit show American Horror Story: Freak Show, and with the "Graeae Theatre Company", Europe's leading disabled theatre company. He is the creator and main performer in a new play called Thalidomide!! A Musical. He also co-hosts the BBC's Ouch! Podcast.[2]
Fraser has appeared on television both as a presenter and as an actor, in a number of productions including Metrosexuality and Every Time You Look at Me. He is also a martial artist having studied hapkido, taekwondo, and karate.[3] Fraser coined the use of term "spacking up" to describe when an able-bodied actor plays the part of a disabled person rather than the part going to a disabled actor, as a play on "blacking up", used to describe the controversial practice where non-black actors take on the characters of black people.[4]
His film Kung Fu Flid was released in 2009, starring Faye Tozer (formerly of pop group Steps), Frank Harper and Terry Stone.[5]
Fraser appeared in the RTÉ One soap opera Fair City in June 2011,[6] playing Esther's son David.[7]
Fraser played the drums in a performance of Ian Dury's "Spasticus Autisticus" at the 2012 Paralympics opening ceremony,[8][9] and with Coldplay during the closing ceremony.[10][11]
Personal life
Fraser married Julie Atlas Muz, a burlesque star, in May 2012 in New York City.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Mat Fraser: Kicking disability into touch". Daily Express. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ Ouch! It's a disability thing BBC
- ↑ Schillinger, Liesl (30 January 2005). "Arms and the Man: The Star of 'The Flid Show'". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ↑ I’m a bit surprised to be referred to as “you people”… Isn’t that kind of condescending? EoinButler.com (Irish Times), 6 March 2010
- ↑ Kung Fu Flid IMDb
- ↑ Man on a mission Irish Times, 7 June 2011 (subscription required)
- ↑ "David Osbourne played by Mat Fraser". Fair City. Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
- 1 2 Flippers and strippers – Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz Time Out London, 31 August 2012
- 1 2 From Paraphilia to Paralympics with Mat Fraser This is Cabaret, 8 September 2012
- ↑ Disabled drummer gets biggest gig of his life as he joins Coldplay at Games finale London Evening Standard, 10 September 2012
- ↑ As it happened: Paralympic closing ceremony BBC Sport, 9 September 2012
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