Matt Schulze (born July 3, 1972) is a European-American/Native-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor and musician. Schulze was born and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and spent a good deal of time in the rough neighborhoods of East Saint Louis, Illinois. At age 16, he moved to Atlanta, where he studied guitar at the Atlanta Institute of Music. He moved to Los Angeles in 1992 to be a studio musician, but ended up doing both acting and modeling. He appeared in a Levi's commercial, after living in Europe for two years.