Matt Knowles is no ordinary actor. After a knee injury that curbed his football career, he took to the selfless pursuit of volunteering to help others in China. He became fluent in Mandarin and went on to become the first non-Asian to study at the Bejing Film Academy. Recently he took on a role of Rawa in China’s biggest film production yet: Asura.

Fans can also catch him in a new short film that premiered recently at the LA Shorts Festival titled Poppies.

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