Dakin Matthews is an American actor. On House, M.D., he portrayed department store Santa Marvin in the Season 1 episode Damned If You Do. In his thirty year career, Matthews has accumulated over 140 credits including featured roles in Dear John, My Two Dads, Down Home, Doctor Doctor, Child's Play 3, Drexell's Class, Cutters, L.A. Law, The Office, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Soul Man, The Practice, NYPD Blue, Jack & Bobby, Jake in Progress, Huff, Gilmore Girls, The King of Queens, General Hospital, True Blood, True Grit, Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist, Devious Maids and The Big Bang Theory.