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Christopher John Matthews is a former American political commentator, retired talk show host, and author. Matthews hosted his weeknight hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, on America's Talking and later on MSNBC, from 1997 until March 2, 2020, when he announced that he was retiring due to allegations of inappropriate sexual comments in the workplace.
Birth Name
Christopher John Matthews
Born
Monday, 17 December 1945
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kennedy | Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' / Self | 2023 |
| Mayor Pete | Self | 2021 |
| Untold: Malice at the Palace | Self - Host, Hardball with Chris Matthews | 2021 |
| The Accidental President | Self | 2020 |
| Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump | Self | 2020 |
| Hillary | Self - Correspondent, MSNBC | 2020 |
| Fahrenheit 11/9 | Self | 2018 |
| The Issue Is | Self | 2018 |
| Headliners | Self - Host / Narrator / Self - Narrator / Narrator- Himself | 2017 |
| The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Self | 2017 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Kennedy | Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' / Self | 2023 |
| Mayor Pete | Self | 2021 |
| Untold: Malice at the Palace | Self - Host, Hardball with Chris Matthews | 2021 |
| The Accidental President | Self | 2020 |
| Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump | Self | 2020 |
| Hillary | Self - Correspondent, MSNBC | 2020 |
| Fahrenheit 11/9 | Self | 2018 |
| The Issue Is | Self | 2018 |
| Headliners | Self - Host / Narrator / Self - Narrator / Narrator- Himself | 2017 |
| The Opposition with Jordan Klepper | Self | 2017 |
| Get Me Roger Stone | Self | 2017 |
| A.M. Joy | Self - Correspondent | 2016 |
| Triumph's Election Watch 2016 | Self | 2016 |
| The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth | Self | 2016 |
| MTP Daily | Self - Correspondent | 2015 |
| Urban Trinity: The Story of Catholic Philadelphia | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self / Self - Guest | 2015 |
| The Greg Gutfeld Show | Self - MSNBC Anchor | 2015 |
| Toonami Pre-Flight | Self | 2015 |
| Mad As Hell | Self | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self / Self - MSNBC Green Bay Town Hall / Self - Green Bay Town Hall / Self - Convention Coverage | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Election Coverage | 2014 |
| The Drunken Peasants | Self | 2014 |
| Up Late with Alec Baldwin | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Media Buzz | Self / Self - Host, Hardball | 2013 |
| Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self | 2013 |
| Alpha House | Chris Matthews | 2013 |
| House of Cards | Chris Matthews | 2013 |
| Occupy Unmasked | Self | 2012 |
| Katie | Self | 2012 |
| Speak | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| The Campaign | Chris Matthews | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Top Priority: The Terror Within | Self - News Anchor / Self - News Anchor (archive footage) | 2012 |
| The Revisionaries | Self - Hardball Host | 2012 |
| The Ides of March | Chris Matthews | 2011 |
| The Undefeated | Self - Hardball host / Self - Hardball host (archive footage) | 2011 |
| The Lost Kennedy Home Movies | Self - Presidential Biographer | 2011 |
| 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Out | Self | 2011 |
| This Is What Love in Action Looks Like | Self | 2011 |
| Morning Glory | Self / Chris Matthews | 2010 |
| Fair Game | Self | 2010 |
| The Event | Chris Matthews | 2010 |
| Below the Beltway | Self | 2010 |
| Ancient Aliens | Self | 2010 |
| The Cartel | Self | 2009 |
| The Good Wife | Himself / Chris Matthews | 2009 |
| The Jay Leno Show | Self | 2009 |
| By the People: The Election of Barack Obama | Self | 2009 |
| State of Play | MSNBC Reporter | 2009 |
| MSNBC Films | Self - Narrator | 2009 |
| The Audacity of Democracy | Self | 2009 |
| Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary | Self / Himself | 2008 |
| Swing Vote | Chris Matthews | 2008 |
| War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death | Self | 2007 |
| Morning Joe | Self - Contributor | 2007 |
| Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone | Self | 2007 |
| Man of the Year | News Anchor #1 | 2006 |
| 30 Rock | Chris Matthews | 2006 |
| Dog Bites Man | Self | 2006 |
| The Colbert Report | Self - Guest / Self | 2005 |
| Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
| Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | Self | 2004 |
| Tanner on Tanner | Self | 2004 |
| Las Vegas | Self | 2003 |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | Self / Self - Guest / Self - Panelist | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
| Mister Sterling | Self | 2003 |
| Election 2000 | Self | 2001 |
| The West Wing | Chris Matthews | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Chris Matthews | 1999 |
| The View | Self / Himself | 1997 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| MSNBC Live | Self - Hardball Host | 1996 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| Dennis Miller Live | Self | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself / Self - News Reporter for Conan | 1993 |
| Dave | Chris Matthews / Self | 1993 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self | 1988 |
| Tanner '88 | Self | 1988 |
| Frontline | Himself (archive footage) | 1983 |
| Jeopardy! | Himself - Celebrity Contestant / Himself - Contestant | 1964 |
| Meet the Press | Self - Panelist | 1947 |
