High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Matthew Thomas King is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Matt Healy. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 4 March 2004. Matthew arrived as part of the King family, a family of successful businessmen. During his time on the show, Matthew had relationships with several women and was engaged to Anna De Souza when he died. Matthew`s last appearance was on 16 December 2008.