Mateus Ward is known for Criminal Minds (2005), Parenthood, Lab Rats (2012), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003) and his recurring role on the finale of Showtime's Weeds (2005). Mateus was a series regular on the limited series Hostages (2013) on CBS, and joined the cast as a series regular of TNT's Murder in the First (2014) Season 2 as Dustin Maker. In 2017, Mateus played the lead Clyde Thompson in the award-winning Independent Feature Film The Meanest Man in Texas (2017), which was released theatrically, and produced and played Levi in the feature film Relish (2019), which has won 27 awards and will be released in 2019.