- Born in Bethlehem, PA. Has a younger sister, Amanda (Murray) Fink, and a niece Tori Fink, and nephew Hayden Fink. Amanda and her husband Jeff Fink own a home theater/home automation company in the Lehigh Valley called Digital Oasis.His niece Tori, is an aspiring actress as well and has already appeared in an independent short film based on a Norman Rockwell painting when she was 7 years old.
- Parents, Mike Murray and Patti (Chambers) Murray met in the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, NJ. His father Mike did three tours of duty in Vietnam. His mother Patti was a Records Specialist at Walson Army Hospital.
- Has a great affinity for pit bulls. In November 2011, adopted a rescued blue nose he named Lunati Voodoo Mittens or Luna. She was found by police, burned, beaten, starved, and chained to an abandoned house. She was less than 40lbs when he first saw her, and is now 80lbs and very happy.
- Predominantly of Irish descent, but also has Scottish, English, German, Swiss, and Cherokee ancestry.
- When she was three years old, his niece Tori once saw him being arrested and removed from a house in handcuffs on a TV show. She was very upset, thinking it was the news and frantically asked, "Grandma! What did Uncle Matt do?" And it was then explained to her that it was just a TV show.
- Grew up skateboarding with Christopher Budzynski, a principal dancer with the Pittsburg Ballet Theatre. Cites Christopher's uncanny natural talent with art, music, and just about anything else he's done as a major positive influence and inspiration growing up. The two remain friends to this day.
- Loves old muscle cars from the '60s and '70s. Particularly obsessed with Camaros. When he was born, his mother was driving a maroon '67 Camaro and his uncle Phil Foellner drove and raced an azure turquoise '69 RS Camaro. For years has been restoring a tuxedo black '69 Camaro with a 427 and an Muncie M-21 four speed with the help of his uncle and friends. As a nod to his uncle's car, has the same custom wheels and steering wheel.
- Is a self professed vintage skateboard geek. Still has over 20 of his old boards from his skating days and confesses to spending way too much time and money on eBay and other sites looking to score old boards. Is partial to old Powell Peralta and Zorlac decks from late '80s and early '90s. So far his best score has been a never mounted or skated '86 Steve Caballero Chinese dragon model in black dip.
- Childhood friend of renowned Bucks County wood crafter Durham Holtmeier, of Durham Woodcrafting and has even been known to work at Durham's wood shop from time to time.
- Big fan and friend of singer/songwriter Steve McDaniel.
- Has worked as a bouncer for over a decade.
- Is happiest spending time at home and hiking with his Rottweiler, Murphy and his Blue Nose Pit Bull, Luna.
- Was once briefly credited for Matthew Owen Murray's work on a short film by mistake.
- Was cast as an undead cannibal , then replaced by Michael Berryman, in a horror film that was ultimately never made.
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