<P> 2016 also saw Matter star alongside Erin Krakow in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries film Finding Father Christmas, based on the novel by Robin Jones Gunn, as local lawyer / hotellier Ian McAndrick . At the time of broadcast, the film became the most watched premier in the network's history . Matter and Krakow reprised their roles in a sequel to the film, entitled Engaging Father Christmas (broadcast as A Family for the Holidays in Canada and as Winter Wedding in the UK) which premiered on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in November 2017 . Author Gunn has spoken of the possibility of a third film in the series . The third installment was confirmed by director David Winning in January 2018, due to begin filming in February of the same year . </P> <P> He appeared in the 2016 Canadian wrestling - comedy film Chokeslam as Tab Hennessy, wrestling manager and boyfriend to the film's protagonist, Sheena' Smasheena' DeWilde, portrayed by Amanda Crew . Matter attended the film's premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival on October 2, 2016 alongside his castmates . The film won four awards at the 2017 AMPIA Rosie Awards, including Best Director for Robert Cuffley . </P> <P> Matter attended the 2nd annual "Hearties Family Reunion" in December 2016, where it was confirmed he would join the cast of the Hallmark Channel series When Calls the Heart for its fourth season, which began airing in January 2017 . First appearing in the episode "The Heart of the Community", he portrayed Shane Cantrell, a single father struggling to connect with his son, who later begins a tentative relationship with Faith Carter (Andrea Brooks). </P> <P> 2017 saw Matter make guest appearances in two CW dramas . In May he appeared in the season three episode of iZombie, "Some Like it Hot Mess", playing the role of nightclub owner Sage Denning . The episode was directed by his Remedy castmate Enrico Colantoni . In November he made an appearance on the channel's long - running series Supernatural, in an episode of the show's thirteenth season, entitled "The Big Empty", playing the character of sadistic shape - shifter, Buddy . </P>

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