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# Matthew Underwood: A 15-year-old veteran
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/matthew-underwood-a-15-year-old-veteran/
- Published: 2005-07-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:31:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By SARA MILSTEIN Special to the Daily Press*

He earns a salary, he’s on the cast of an Emmy-nominated television show, and he’s only 15\. Matthew Underwood hopes to become Hollywood’s new teen heartthrob.

While Underwood may be young enough to be a novice, the “old pro” has worked since he was 6 months old. His 2-inch-thick portfolio of newspaper clippings and resume attachments is proof of his experience, which has alternated between modeling and acting.

Underwood grew up in Fort Pierce, a medium-sized beach city just a stone’s throw from West Palm Beach

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Participants stride around Corsair Field at Santa Monica College Sunday in the Santa Monica Relay for Life. (Photo: Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 25, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072505.pdf?ref=smdp.com)