Matt Addison

Matt Addison is a fictional character of the Resident Evil movies. He is played by Eric Mabius.

Matt Addison is first introduced when he grabs Alice inside the mansion. He claims to be a police officer working for the R.P.D when he is apprehended by one of the masked Umbrella Corporation commandos during a mission into The Hive; but it is later revealed that the I.D. was a fake, only being used to gain access into The Hive. The mission is to investigate the Red Queen's actions after sealing the facility and killing everyone. Both Alice and Matt are taken into the underground complex.

Matt is handcuffed and is watched over by Rain and J.D while the other team members continue into the Red Queen's chamber. After successfully deactivating the Red Queen, all the doors in the facility open releasing a group of monsters. After the discovery of a survivor Rain stumbles upon, Matt states the blood from the woman is coagulated and doesn't happen until the person's dead. The team is surrounded by legions of the undead Umbrella employees. Rain, J.D, and Kaplan proceed to dispose of them. Several bullets hit one of the surrounding tanks which causes an explosion. Matt spots the keys and uncuffs himself to complete his own mission: To find his sister Lisa.

Matt is joined by Alice where he explains his mission was to expose Umbrella's dark secrets. He explains that his sister was working in the research facility in order to smuggle out a sample of the T-Virus. He also reveals she had a contact within the Hive who has access to security codes.

When realising the mission has now become a survival fight, the team attempt to escape the complex via train. Before successfully escaping, the train is attacked by a Licker, which scratched Matt on his arm and killed Kaplan. After the creature is killed, Matt and Alice escape the complex. Matt's arm begins to mutate due to an infection from the T-Virus.

Before Alice has a chance to administer the Anti-Virus, Umbrella scientists seize both Alice and Matt. Dr. William Birkin orders that Matt be placed into the Nemesis program.

In the 2004 film Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Matt was only shown through Alice's flashbacks, it is revealed that Matt Addison was actually Nemesis (played by Matthew G. Taylor), a direct result to the Nemesis Program. It is unsure if he remembers Alice from the Hive incident after being impaled by the jagged piece of metal, but his actions would strongly suggest that he does. Before the nuclear strike at Raccoon City, he helps Alice fight against the Umbrella commandos. Nemesis was apparently killed when a shot-down helicopter crash-landed onto him (in the novel adaptation of the movie, it is revealed he is only incapacitated under the helicopter and that he doesn't actually die until the nuclear strike occurs).