Matthew Berry
| Matthew J. Berry | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Matthew J. Berry December 29, 1969 Denver, Colorado |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Talented Mr. Roto, TMR |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University |
| Occupation | Fantasy Sports analyst, writer, author |
| Years active | 1999–present |
Matthew J. Berry (born December 29, 1969) is an American writer, columnist, fantasy analyst, and television personality, ESPN fantasy sports analyst and ESPN.com columnist. Berry started as a writer for television and film and creating a few pilots and film scripts with his writing partner Eric Abrams with varying success. After beginning as a content writer for Rotoworld as a side-job, Berry launched his own fantasy sports websites, ‘’TalentedMr.Roto.com’’ in 2004 and ‘’Rotopass.com’’ once the former took off. Berry’s websites were timed perfectly with the rise in fantasy popularity, as the internet aided in making fantasy more accessible. Berry currently works at ESPN, where he has been employed since 2007. He is ESPN’s "Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst".
Berry was born in Denver, Colorado, to Nancy and Leonard Berry but moved several times as a youth, to Richmond, Virginia, Atlanta, Georgia, Charlottesville, Virginia. However, from the age of 12 to adulthood he was raised in College Station, Texas. His mother is the mayor of the city and his father is a professor for Texas A&M.
Berry graduated from Syracuse University in 1992 with a degree in Electronic Media.
After graduation Berry moved to Los Angeles to work in show business. After a few odd jobs Berry got hired as a production assistant for The George Carlin Show on Fox. Berry worked on the show for one year and has fond memories of George Carlin who wrote a recommendation letter for the Warner Brothers Writer's Workshop. Thanks in part to the recommendation, Berry was accepted to the workshop, officially getting him into the LA writing scene. During his writing tenure, he worked on such movies as Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, and the final year of the TV show Married... with Children.Crocodile Dundee was nominated for a Razzie award in 2001 under the category of "Worst Remake or Sequel", but lost to Planet of the Apes. Berry gained further (possibly unwanted) attention for Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles after Paul Hogan filed a lawsuit against Berry and the Writer’s Guild of America because Berry and Eric Abrams were credited as writers, while Hogan insisted that he was the only one who wrote it. Berry and Abrams maintained their writing credits.
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