Matt Borlenghi

Matt Borlenghi is well-known for playing Lyle, the Pawnshop Guy, on the Netflix production "Cobra Kai" and has become a fan favorite supporting character. He first came to the attention of audiences on "All My Children", starring opposite Kelly Ripa. While playing this role, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy and won the Soap Opera Digest Award. Borlenghi then went on to star in several prime-time TV shows such as "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "Pig Sty", "Party Girl", "Police Academy: The Series", and a pilot for a "Married with Children" spin-off titled "Enemies", opposite Nicole Eggert.

Matt recently wrapped filming on two new TV series pilots: "Townsend", in which he plays the title character along with serving as Producer and "Daddy's Place". In the latter, he plays the best friend of Big Daddy Kane's character. He is also a supporting series regular and Executive Producer on an optioned new series "Letters to Addy". On the film side, Borlenghi's recent works include, "Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story", "The Bobby DeBarge Story", "Divine Influencer" and "90 Days Past Due".

Matt is also a multiple award-winning producer and has spent several years on the development of TV shows with and for production companies and networks. One of his shows, a crime investigation named "Postmortem in Vegas", was co-produced by NorthSouth Productions and A&E Networks and aired as a one hour special on LMN. Further, Matt created, wrote and is prepping another proposed TV series entitled "ATF". This drama is based on the life work of his good friend who spent twenty-five years working as an undercover ATF agent. As to voice acting, Matt is the voice of Sergio Morello in the remake of the uber-successful video game "Mafia".

Matt and his wife, Heather, have three children: Garland, Pearson and Daltan. Their city of residence has been Atlanta since 2017.