Matthew Ridge
Rugby and league international, car wash entrepreneur and celebrity Matthew Ridge became – alongside fellow sportsman Marc Ellis — one of the twin on-screen towers of 1990s and 2000s lad culture in New Zealand. The larrikin pair went adventuring in Aotearoa and overseas (Fresh Up In the Deep End, a run of Matthew and Marc’s Rocky Road series) and were panel captains on sports quiz show Game of Two Halves. Solo, Ridge was chosen to host the original version of high profile game show The Chair. He has also been a regular participant in a run of celebrity reality shows (Treasure Island, Top of the Class).
We wanted to create a programme that would unite Matthew Ridge and Marc Ellis again and allow them to continue the good-humoured competitive rivalry they've built up... Producer Julie Christie on show Game of Two Halves, The NZ Herald, 2000
Three Turns 30 - Promo
2019, Subject - Television
The Ridges
2012, Subject - Television
Matthew and Marc's Rocky Road to Russia
2008, Presenter - Television
The Tattooist
2007, As: Graham - Film
We Gon Ride
2003, As: Himself - Music video
The Chair - First Episode
2002, Presenter - Television
Fresh-up in the Deep End - Series Two, Episode One
1998, Presenter - Television
Fresh-up in the Deep End
1997 - 1998, Presenter - Television
Treasure Island/Celebrity Treasure Island
2003 - 2007, Contestant, Presenter - Television
The Wyllie Bunch
1991, Subject - Television
In a Different League
1990, Subject - Television
Blood, Sweat and Touring
1990, Subject - Television
The Good, the Bad and the Rugby
1989, Subject - Television