Education
Before becoming an actor, Matthew studied at Huddersfield University.
Before becoming an actor, Matthew studied at Huddersfield University.
He is mostly known for his role as Nipper in the television series Peaky Blinders. He has an identical twin brother, Jeffrey Postlethwaite, who also is an actor. In order to pay for his degree courses he worked of numerous television commercials, such as for Hell"s Kitchen in 2012.
As part of his degree course he started a wraps business named Wrapik.
Matthew is known to occasionally perform his own stunts in his appearances. As of February 2015 Matthew lives part-time in Beverly Hills.
They have partnered with Padre Fabretto Foundation and Bruce and Luke"s Coffee Roasters to purchase coffee beans from Nicaraguan farmers at "more than 30 per cent of what they would normally be paid for the fairtrade price of coffee.".