[1] David Carr, "News Channels' Challenge: How to Fill the Airtime", The New York Times, 7 April 2005: "a practicing Catholic."
Father: Herb Matthews (court reporter)
Mother: Mary Teresa Shields
Brother: Herb
Brother: Jim
Brother: Bruce
Brother: Charlie
Wife: Kathleen Ann Cunningham (TV newscaster, m. 21-Jun-1980, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Michael
Son: Thomas
Daughter: Caroline
High School: La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor, PA (1963)
University: College of the Holy Cross (1967)
University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The San Francisco Chronicle columnist (2 years)
The San Francisco Examiner Washington bureau chief (1987-2000)
White House Speechwriter
Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors
Peace Corps Swaziland (1972)
Draft Deferment: Vietnam 2-S
Wedding: Donald Trump and Melania Knauss (2005)
Funeral: Tim Russert (2008)
Funeral: William F. Buckley (2008)
Irish Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Diabetes
TELEVISION
The Chris Matthews Show Host (2002-)
Hardball with Chris Matthews Host (1997-)
The McLaughlin Group Panelist
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Fahrenheit 11/9 (6-Sep-2018) · Himself
Occupy Unmasked (21-Sep-2012) · Himself
The Campaign (4-Aug-2012) · Himself
The Revisionaries (21-Apr-2012) · Himself
The Ides of March (31-Aug-2011) · Himself
Morning Glory (10-Nov-2010) · Himself
State of Play (17-Apr-2009)
Swing Vote (20-May-2008) · Himself
Man of the Year (13-Oct-2006)
Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) · Himself
Dave (7-May-1993) · Himself
Official Website:
http://www.thechrismatthewsshow.com/
Author of books:
Hardball: How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The Game (1989, memoir)
Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think (2001, memoir)
American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions (2002, memoir)
AKA Christopher John Matthews