Matthew Postlethwaite

Postlethwaite was born (born 25 September 1991 in Whitehaven, Cumbria) The youngest of three boys, his parents Susan Postlethwaite, an HR Business Partner, Ian Postlethwaite a commercial diver.^[1] Matthew Postlethwaite was brought up in the Lake District and was educated at the prestigious St Bees School graduating valedictorian.

Matthew created, wrote, produced, and starred in The Great Artist, which was inspired by his experience from when he was admitted to the hospital in his 20s for feeling suicidal. Postlethwaite further added in an interview for Albuquerque Journal, "As I talk about it, it becomes easier. A lot of people are more open to talk about their struggles with mental health. We need to know that we’re not alone. That’s what we’re trying to do with the film. We’re trying to open the conversation.”.^[8][9]

He also sings the track “Loved Up Crazy” in the film and half of his paintings are featured.^[7]

Before becoming a famous actor, Matthew studied at Huddersfield University Graduating top of his school with Distinction, 1st Classification, The highest classification in British academia, and Top of his university. He was honored at his graduation ceremony for his excellence in academia.^[10] In order to pay for his degree courses, he worked on numerous television commercials, such as for Hell's Kitchen in 2012.^[11]

Postlethwaite is an entrepreneur who has launched and operated a number of ventures.^[12] He graduated^[when?] valedictorian^{[citation needed]} of University of Huddersfield studying Enterprise Development under the direction of Patrick Stuart.^{[clarification needed]}

As part of his degree course, he started a Mexican restaurant named Wrapik. In August 2012 he won a business start-up competition held by the Kirklees Council for this business.^[5]

He formed the Luxury Healthy Chocolate brand NUDE(r) Chocolate which is currently in over 300 stores in the US.^[12]

It was listed as number 37 by "Eat This, Not That!" 40 cool food brands to buy in 2020.^[13]

He is joint partners with Scott Postlethwaite and actor Mike Manning.

As of February 2015, Matthew lives part-time in Beverly Hills.^[14][15]

In 2018 Matthew Publicly announced he was Bisexual. Despite only dating women. Matthew had a previous public relationship with artist Meghan Trainor.^{[citation needed]}

Matthew Postlethwaite married Erika Young on October 31, 2024, in Malibu.^[16]

Matthew Postlethwaite as an Activist has worked with American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, National Alliance on Mental Illness CA (NAMI), National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Movember, Kindred, Tethr, The Tramuto Foundation, and Stand with Impact. With The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) further sponsoring his film The Great Artist at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival.

Matthew Postlethwaite created with his brother Jeffrey Postlethwaite their own non-profit coffee brand named 'Hero Bean'. They partnered with Padre Fabretto Foundation and Bruce and Luke's Coffee Roasters to purchase coffee beans from Nicaraguan farmers at "30 per cent more than they would normally be paid for the fair trade price of coffee".^[17]

His song, "Brave," from The Great Artist won the HMMA for Best Original Song for a Short Film. This was the first time in the history of award show that an original song for a live action short film was nominated by the HMMA and won.^[3]

Acting

Producing

Song Writing