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Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, director, and producer. His early film roles include the black comedy Serial Mom (1994) and the crime thriller Hackers (1995). He achieved a career breakthrough for his portrayal of Stu Macher in the slasher film Scream (1996), which bolstered Lillard into the mainstream as a scream king. Afterwards, he starred in prominent roles in SLC Punk! (1998), She's All That (1999), Thirteen Ghosts (2001), and Without a Paddle (2004). He portrayed Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the live-action movies Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), and then later voiced the character in several animated releases, serving as the voice of Shaggy since Casey Kasem retired from the role in 2009. Starting in the 2010s, Lillard was more frequently cast in dramatic roles, in films such as The Descendants (2011), Trouble with the Curve (2012), Match (2014), and Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). He also starred in the NBC series Good Girls (2018–2021). Lillard gained renewed recognition for playing William Afton in the horror film Five Nights at Freddy's (2023); that same year, The Hollywood Reporter praised his return to mainstream popular culture. He has since starred in the fantasy drama film The Life of Chuck (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Matthew Lillard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Years after surviving multiple Ghostface massacres, Sydney Prescott has finally built a quiet life in Pine Grove, Indiana, with her husband Mark and teenage daughter Tatum. But Tatum resents living in her mother's shadow and being treated as though she is destined to become the next victim of the Prescott family curse. When a new Ghostface begins murdering people and claims to be the supposedly deceased Stu Macher, Sydney's carefully constructed life collapses. As the killer uses terrifying AI recreations of Stu, Dewey, Jill, Roman, and Maureen to psychologically torment Sydney, suspicion falls on Tatum, whose unexplained whereabouts during the murders make her a potential suspect. The killings become increasingly personal, claiming Tatum's friends and eventually putting her entire family in danger. Sydney and Gale Weathers attempt to uncover the killer's identity while Tatum struggles to prove that she isn't responsible for the bloodshed surrounding her. Their investigation ultimately leads to a horrifying confrontation at Tatum's school auditorium, where the truth is revealed: the supposed Stu Macher is an elaborate deception, and three people—Chloe Parker, Sydney's neighbor Jessica Bowden, and drama teacher George Willis—are behind the new Ghostface attacks. Their goal is to reinvent Ghostface as "pure" terror, without the personal trauma or complicated motivations that characterized the previous killers. In the climactic battle, Sydney, Tatum, Gale, and Chad fight back against the killers, forcing Tatum to finally step out of her mother's shadow and become her own survivor. Although the massacre leaves devastating casualties—including Mark and Ben—the surviving characters emerge determined to end the cycle of Ghostface violence once and for all.
