Matthew Ferguson (born 3 April 1973) is a Canadian actor.
Life and career
Ferguson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.
Ferguson made his debut in theatre as "Morgan Moreen" in Geometry in Venice (1989), which garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination as Best Featured Actor, then on screen as Simon Henderson in On My Own.
He is best known as "Seymour Birkoff", from the TV series La Femme Nikita (1997–2001).
Matthew Ferguson (c. 1873 in Bellshill, Scotland– 1902) was a Scottishfootballer who played for Sunderland as a central defender. He made his debut for Sunderland against Bury on 1 September 1896 in a 1–0 defeat at Newcastle Road. In 1902, Ferguson won an English Football League Championship with Sunderland though, the same year, he died and ultimately missed out on international caps for his country, Scotland. Through his time at Sunderland, spanning from 1896 to 1902 he made 167 league appearances, scoring 5 goals. Ferguson died in the close season of 1902, aged 26, just weeks after Sunderland clinched the 1901-02 League championship. His career highpoint was the league title win, but he was perhaps best remembered for keeping goal in a friendly against Tottenham on January 2, 1900 - after Sunderland goalkeeper Ted Doig injured his wrist the day before. A large attendance at his funeral proved his popularity.
After being delisted at the end of the 2006 season following just eight games in four seasons, he was given a second chance when redrafted in the 2006 AFL Draft.
He was recalled to the side for the clash with West Coast in Round 21, 2007, after having missed selection in 44 consecutive matches.
Ferguson took a huge screamer against Melbourne in Round 10, 2008 to receive a nomination for Mark of the Year.