Who Plays Matthew Shaw on The Five Star Weekend? Josh Hamilton's TV & Movie Roles
This isn't the first time the indie star has shared the screen with Jennifer Garner.
Key Takeaways
- Josh Hamilton plays Matthew Shaw, the deceased husband of Jennifer Garner’s character Hollis Shaw, in Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend.
- Hamilton built a long-running career as an indie film actor with notable roles in Kicking and Screaming, The House of Yes, Frances Ha, and Eighth Grade.
- His television credits include Gracepoint, 13 Reasons Why, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, Ray Donovan, and appearances in series such as The Good Wife and Law & Order.
In Peacock's The Five-Star Weekend, Jennifer Garner plays Hollis Shaw, a grieving food blogger who invites a friend from each phase of her life to her idyllic Nantucket home for a bonding session that doesn't go how she planned. Closely based on the novel by Elin Hilderbrand, the show dives into the complicated lives of each "star" (played by Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, D'Arcy Carden, and Gemma Chan). But looming over it all is the man whose absence kicks off the story: Hollis's recently deceased husband, Matthew.
How to Watch
All eight episodes of The Five Star Weekend will debut Thursday, July 9, only on Peacock.
The role is just the most recent entry in Hamilton's nearly five-decade career resume, which includes cult-classic 1990s indie movies Kicking and Screaming and The House of Yes, and recent horror series Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen.
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Josh Hamilton plays Jennifer Garner's husband on The Five Star Weekend
Hamilton is best known to fans of indie films and the New York stage, and this isn't his first time working with Garner. Like fellow cast mate Judy Greer, Hamilton co-starred with Garner in the series The Last Thing He Told Me.
Below, learn more about Josh Hamilton and see which TV shows and movies you've seen the Emmy-winning actor in before.
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Josh Hamilton is an indie movies icon
After taking small parts on television in the 1980s, he starred in Alive in 1993 and college dramedy With Honors in 1994.
Hamilton then broke out as the star of 1995's Kicking and Screaming, the directorial debut of acclaimed filmmaker (and husband to Greta Gerwig) Noah Baumbach. In 1997, Hamilton co-starred with Parker Posey in The House of Yes. In 2009, he appeared in Sam Mendes' film Away We Go.
He's also worked with celebrated indie filmmakers Joe Swanberg on Alexander the Last (2009), Kenneth Lonergan on Margaret (2011), and Greta Gerwig on Frances Ha (2012). And Hamilton had a tender, affecting turn as the protagonist's father in Bo Burnham's 2018 movie Eighth Grade, for which he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
More recently, Hamilton played art critic John Gruen in Bradley Cooper's Maestro, and also appeared in the films Reality, Jay Kelly, and The Long Walk.
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Josh Hamilton's TV roles
Hamilton found a groove in serious-minded dramas in 2014, taking on the role of Joe Miller in 2014's Gracepoint, a remake of the British police mystery Broadchurch. Hamilton starred in Season 3 of American Horror Story, played Matt Jensen through all four seasons of 13 Reasons Why, and was Lance Hornsby in Season 11 of The Walking Dead.
Hamilton also played Kevin Sullivan on Ray Donovan, and has appeared on Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, and several Law & Order series.
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When it comes to adapting his acting style to each project, Hamilton told Tribecafilm.com, "I’m always just trying to figure it out. Every time I think I’ve got the hang of it, something comes along that’s really well-written or different stylistically from what I’ve done. Just because you had success on your last job using a certain tool doesn’t mean that will translate to your next project. Every job feels like starting from scratch for me."
Watch The Five-Star Weekend beginning July 9 on Peacock.
