 Musician, actor and presenter Mat Fraser was born in England in 1962 with a physical impairment caused by in utero exposure to the Thalidomide drug. His acting career has also encompassed a certain amount of political activism around disability issues. His one-man stage show Sealboy: Freak, based on the true story of 'Sealo' (real name Stanley Berent), who travelled with American freak shows from the 1930s to the 1970s, toured the country. Fraser also presented a Channel 4 documentary about Sealo, Born Freak (tx.11/7/2002). His theatre career in the 1990s includes roles in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw for Graeae Theatre Company, the Group K production of Marisol and the title role in Johnny Sol at the Croydon Warehouse. His first major television role was in the three-part World War II drama series Unknown Soldier (ITV, 1998). He featured in Metrosexuality (Channel 4, 2001), in which his disability is not the main focus of the character but merely an incidental aspect - the kind of role, Fraser admits, that disabled actors long for but are rarely offered. Since 1999, Fraser has presented the disability-themed entertainment series Freak Out (Channel 4). Ann Ogidi
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