Mat Stevenson

Mat Stevenson now

Mat Stevenson (born 19th April 1969) played Adam Cameron from 1989 to 1994. He made some guest appearances in 1999.

Pre-Home And Away career

Mat was born in Melbourne and decided at a young age that he wanted to become an actor. When he was a teenager, casting directors for the upcoming TV movie Breaking Up (1985) came to his school to audition students. Mat won the lead role and from this, was cast in the 1986 TV mini-series My Brother Tom. In 1988 Mat was cast as a street kid called Skinner in Neighbours. At the time, Ian Smith (who played Harold on Neighbours) was also writing for the show. He liked Mat's character and wrote him back in in 1989. When Neighbours associate producer Andrew Howie moved to working on Home and Away, he head-hunted Mat for the role of Adam Cameron

Mat as Skinner in Neighbours

Home And Away 1989-1994

Mat joined the cast of Home and Away in 1989, playing Adam Cameron. He replaced Alex Papps (Frank) who had left the show. He initially signed on for a 3 year contract but eventually stayed on the show for 5 years. Infamously, Adam accidentally caused the death of series favourite Bobby Simpson. In 2022 , Mat appeared in an episode of 7News's "The Fame Game" where he revealed that he was sexually assaulted the night before he worked on Neighbours. He expressed his regrets for being the actor who killed Bobby On the Talking Prisoner podcast, he revealed that somebody mailed him a dead huntsman spider in the aftermath of Bobby's death. Mat left Home and Away in 1994 and went travelling.

After Home And Away

When Mat returned to Australia after travelling, his acting career stalled. He struggled to find work and was nowhere nearly as driven as he had been as a teenager. He had now started a family so financial security became his number one priority. He began to work in the business leadership field but held on to his agent. He continued to work occasionally in guest roles.

Home and Away 1999

During the Talking Prisoner podcast, Mat spoke about his 1999 return to Home and Away. By chance, he met a Home and Away producer while he was socialising and was asked would he like to return to the show as a guest. Mat was more than happy to do so but unfortunately his comeback wasn't what it could've been. A not-so-great storyline involving Adam as a hamburger tycoon was written for him. At the time, Ryan Clark (Sam Marshall, who played Bobby's adopted son) was still working on the show and in Mat's opinion, Adam's return would've been a great opportunity for the pair of them to revisit the trauma of Bobby's death. The freelance writers weren't aware of Adam's connection to Sam so the storyline never went in that direction. When Home and Away producer John Holmes found out what had happened, it was too late to change the Bonza Burger storyline. He apologised to Mat and offered him a guest role on All Saints.

After Home and Away

In 2021, Mat made a return to TV screens in a somewhat unexpected capacity. That of a supportive dad to a transgender daughter. Grace is now a successful influencer.

Although Mat continues to have a proper job, he has started to dip his toe back into the world of film and TV. In 2021 he produced and starred in the indie film A Small Punch in a Little Town He is now planning on producing more films. He has also said that if the producers of Home and Away were to invite him back, he'd be delighted to reprise the role of Adam.