Matthew Nelson is a American singer-songwriter and musician who, with his twin brother Gunnar Nelson, is a member of the multi-platinum-selling band Nelson, which had a #1 hit in 1990 with the single "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Entertaining is encoded in Nelson's D.N.A. -- his father was the pop star Ricky Nelson and his mother ...
I've said it before and I really mean it. I'd give up everything I have for five more minutes with my dad.
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There are three things that bring me back to my dad. The sound of a steel-stringed acoustic guitar, Spring Menthol 100's and Polo Cologne. And I can go somewhere where there's no one smoking and nobody wearing cologne and I can smell him.
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Whenever he was and town and could go (to Matt and Gunnar's parent-teacher conferences), I remember my teachers, who were normally the most stoic people. Non-emotions, just absolute flatlines. When he would walk in, they would start crackling and turn into little girls. That's the one thing that I remember. I was like, 'Well, they didn't do that for Johnny's dad.' Something special was up here.
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Fact
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One son with wife Kari Ahlstrom, Ozzie Matthew Nelson, born August 29,2014.
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He and his brothers Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson, and his sister Tracy Nelson have always maintained that their father's 1985 plane crash death was the result of a malfunctioning heater and not of alleged drug use on the plane.
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As soon as Matthew and Gunnar Nelson turned 18 their mother said that they would either have to go to college or they would have to find another place to live. The Nelsons packed up their pickup truck and left to live with their father.
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With twin brother, member of the band Nelson.
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Cousin of Teri Nelson.
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Twin brother of singer Gunnar Nelson, and brother of Sam Nelson and Tracy Nelson.
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Grandson of Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard. Brother of Tracy Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, and Sam Nelson. Nephew of David Nelson, Mark Harmon, and Kelly Harmon. His maternal grandparents are the football great (and later sport broadcaster) Tom Harmon, and the 1940s "B" movie actress Elyse Knox.
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Son of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Harmon
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mijn Vader is een Detective: De Wet van 3
2011
lyrics: "Witches Paradise" - as Matthew Gray Nelson / music: "Witches Paradise" - as Matthew Gray Nelson / performer: "Witches Paradise" - as Matthew Gray Nelson
Taste of Hollywood
2009
Documentary writer: "Hollywood"
Red Riding Hood
2006
writer: "Love and Affection"
The Still Life
2006
performer: "Movin' On" / writer: "Movin' On"
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
1989
writer: "Two Heads Are Better Than One"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Still Life
2006
Guitar Player in Bar
Sonic Boom
1974
Short
Child
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Two Coreys
2008
TV Series
Himself
Metal Shop, Vol. 2: Maximum Edition
2007
Video documentary
Himself
Living the Still Life
2007
Video documentary short
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
TV Series
Himself (as Nelson)
Larry King Live
2005
TV Series
Himself
Ricky Nelson Sings
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
I Love the 80's 3-D
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
I Love the '90s: Part Deux
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
At the Drive-In
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Living Legends of Rock & Roll: Live from Itchycoo Park
$1.3 Million
