Matt Hooper

Matthew "Matt" Hooper is the tritagonist of the 1975 film Jaws, based on Peter Benchley's 1974 bestselling novel of the same name. He was portrayed by Richard Dreyfuss.

Biography
As an oceanographer, he discovered with Martin Brody's help, that the beach of Amity was under threat because of a white jaw. After getting confirmation, he went with Brody and Quint to capture the Jaw.

During the following hunt, which lasted a long time and caused the death of Quint and in which he also admired the white shark's fighting abilities, Brody managed to kill it. The boat, however, sunk.

Trivia

 * Though Matt did not appear in Jaws 2, he was mentioned to be on an expedition.