Matthew "Matt" Cordell

Officer Matthew "Matt" Cordell aka Maniac Cop is the tragic villain and main protagonist/center piece of the Maniac Cop trilogy (as well as the upcoming reboot) starting off with the first film that made his appearance in 1988.

He was portrayed by Robert J. Zdarsky, also known as Robert Z'Dar. Although not much about Matt's background is known, it is known that he was a good-hearted, but violent and killer police officer with little regard for police protocols. Despite this he was mentioned to have been a respected officer amongst the police community. At some point, corrupt Mayor Jerry Killium and several other police authorities schemed to frame Matt for an 'People's Rights Violations' when he was closing in on crime Jerry was involved in. They succeeded and Matt was sentenced by Judge Author Claypool to the Sing Sing correctional Facility. While there, Matt was ambushed and killed by three inmates (so many of which Matt had helped incarcerated) in the shower room. The coroner who did the autopsy on Matt found that Matt showed very faint signs of life but was brain dead. After Sally found out about Matt she attempted suicide by jumping from a window. She failed and only ended up with a broken leg. Sally later found out Matt was 'alive' and he was released into her custody. Matt, enraged at his predicament and the fact he was betrayed by the same police force that was once his ally, began a killing spree in New York.