Matthew Steven Schulze (born July 3, 1972) is an American actor and
musician. He is known for his role as Vince in The Fast and The
Furious and Fast Five.Schulze was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew
up in St. Louis and has spent a good deal of time in the rough
neighborhoods of East St. Louis. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where
he had studied guitar at the prestigious Atlanta Institute of Music.He
moved back to St. Louis at age 17 and taught guitar for a year. He
moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up
doing both modeling and acting.Schulze made his big screen debut in
1998's action film Blade, as the character Crease. He was also in an
episode of Charmed, titled "Dream Sorcerer", in which he went into the
dreams of women and killed them. In 1999, Schulze was cast in a
leading role in Woody Keith's film Dementia (1999 film). His next film
was the teen comedy Boys and Girls, where he had a small role as Paul.
In 2001, he starred in Downward Angel. The same year he also appeared
in The Fast and the Furious. Schulze returned in Blade II playing
Bloodpack vampire assassin Chupa, and in the same year Schulze was
cast as another villain in The Transporter. In 2004, he appeared in
Torque.
musician. He is known for his role as Vince in The Fast and The
Furious and Fast Five.Schulze was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew
up in St. Louis and has spent a good deal of time in the rough
neighborhoods of East St. Louis. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where
he had studied guitar at the prestigious Atlanta Institute of Music.He
moved back to St. Louis at age 17 and taught guitar for a year. He
moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up
doing both modeling and acting.Schulze made his big screen debut in
1998's action film Blade, as the character Crease. He was also in an
episode of Charmed, titled "Dream Sorcerer", in which he went into the
dreams of women and killed them. In 1999, Schulze was cast in a
leading role in Woody Keith's film Dementia (1999 film). His next film
was the teen comedy Boys and Girls, where he had a small role as Paul.
In 2001, he starred in Downward Angel. The same year he also appeared
in The Fast and the Furious. Schulze returned in Blade II playing
Bloodpack vampire assassin Chupa, and in the same year Schulze was
cast as another villain in The Transporter. In 2004, he appeared in
Torque.
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