Matias Ponce

Matias Ponce is a Mexican American actor, he has played in various T.V. roles, films and plays. Most recently he appeared in the Amazon Prime series by Dick Wolf, 'On Call' now streaming on Amazon Prime and the Netflix series 'The Lincoln Lawyer' Season 3 also streaming now on Netflix. He is currently in the process of developing a solo show titled 'Soy Chicano from Ohio'. In 2017, Matias Ponce had the honor of portraying Henry Reyna from Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" with Oscar nominated actor Demián Bichir; It was revived for its 40th Anniversary at The Mark Taper Forum in Downtown Los Angeles and directed by Luis Valdez. In 2011, he made his first Los Angeles stage debut in "Short Eyes" by Miguel Piñero at The Los Angeles Theatre Center. Matias Ponce was born and raised in The Old South End of Toledo, Ohio. He is an only child to his father Domingo G. Ponce, who was originally from Querétaro, México and his mother, Anna Maria Ponce, who is first generation born Mexican American from Toledo, Ohio. He cites his mother for getting him into acting. He started in local commercials for Buckeye CableSystem, the company where his mother worked. He also performed at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre and worked with Starbound Models and Talent Agency as a model and actor. He graduated from Libbey High School in 2007 and moved to Los Angeles, CA in September of 2009. Matias Ponce is a teaching artist and has worked with many non-profit theater organizations teaching theater education within LAUSD. He also teaches creative writing with incarcerated adults within the California state prison system through the organization InsideOUT Writers. He continues to work with theatre director José Luis Valenzuela and the members of the Latino Theater Company and is part of the succession group of being the next generation of The Latino Theater Company at the LATC in Downtown Los Angeles.