Calahan Skogman

Calahan Wade Skogman (born May 12, 1993) is an American actor and former collegiate basketball and football player. He plays Matthias Helvar in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone. Life and career Skogman was born in Green Bay to parents Wade and Stefani, and moved to Seymour, Wisconsin as a child. He is of Swedish, English, and German descent on his father's side and Italian and Hungarian on his mother's. He has a younger brother, Clayton. His great uncle is the Budapest-born artist Steven Kemenyffy. Having played basketball "since I could walk", Skogman earned four titles in basketball and football at Seymour Community High School and was recruited to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-State team as a junior and senior. He had ambitions to join the NBA. In his final year of high school, Skogman was accepted early to the University of Minnesota Duluth. He studied history and played NCAA Division II basketball and football, earning a letter in both sports. After freshman year, Skogman transferred to the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse where he earned a All-WIAC First Team Honor. He began his studies in Broadcasting and hosted a sports radio show CWSports: The Handle on the campus station RAQ Radio. However, he landed the main role in a production of The Metal Heart, took up acting, and eventually decided to switch his major to Theatre Performance, graduating in 2015.