- His parents Carol Ann Freitag-Dyniewicz & Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Sr. were killed in a flash flood while vacationing in Hawaii when he was eight years old.
- After his parents' death, he & siblings were raised together by their grandparents Harold & Virginia Freitag in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
- Auditioned to be a member of Blue Man Group.
- Worked 8 years as an accountant before attending acting classes at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
- His last name "Dyniewicz" can be pronounced two different ways: Most commonly in North America - "Den-a-witz" or from the name's origin in Poland - "Din-yay-vich".
- Added a tattoo above his heart with initials "MDD" over a holy cross. When his mother Carol Ann Freitag-Dyniewicz was killed, she was six months pregnant with a boy to be named Matthew David Dyniewicz.
- Great-great-grandson of Wladislaus Dyniewicz and grandson of Budd Dyniewicz .
- After watching Super Bowl XIV (1980) with his father, he became {remains to this very day} an avid LA Rams fan.
- Favorite storytellers include David Lynch and Paul Thomas Anderson.
- Earned an accounting degree in 1995 while attending Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota.
- Favorite movies include Some Like It Hot (1959) and School of Rock (2003).
- Has a holy cross tattoo with his father's initials on his left shoulder and his mother's initials on his right shoulder.
- Has a younger brother Michael David Dyniewicz & three sisters - Jennifer Dyniewicz-Cesario, Melissa Dyniewicz-Musser, & Kelly Kathleen Dyniewicz-Roberts .
- Attended acting classes at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
- Performed on stage in San Francisco before moving to Hollywood, CA.
- Trained under Rebecca Kitt in Los Angeles, California.
- Studied acting with Cliff Osmond in San Francisco.
- Trained at The Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles, California under Yonda Davis.
- Favorite performance by an actor: Robert Powell in Jesus of Nazareth (1977).
- Hollywood, California, acting in the Ethos Theatre production of "Gods" playing the part of Hades - God of The Underworld. (May 2007)
- On stage in Hollywood, California performing in Solaris Prod's adaptation of H.G. Wells' "Time Machine", playing Marveck the Morlock - directed by Philip Abatecola and produced by/starring Julian Bane. (January 2008)
- Hollywood, California, acting in The Ethos Theatre production of "Romeo & Juliet" playing the part of Friar Lawrence. (February 2007)
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