Mateus' television debut came in 2010, where he won the role of Lyle DeLilly on
Criminal Minds. Ward caught the eye of director
Larry Charles, and he was cast as a series regular, the son of
Ana Ortiz, in the
20th Century Fox sitcom pilot
Outnumbered with
Cheech Marin. In 2011, Ward was asked to guest star on the sports comedy series
Sports Show with Norm Macdonald on
Comedy Central, for which he was nominated for a
Young Artist Award and won an OMNI Youth Music and Actor Award, Outstanding Actor, in the 12- to 18-year-old category. Ward went on to land the role of Carl in the comedy-drama
Parenthood. In April 2012, Mateus landed a recurring guest star role as Marcus Davenport on the teen sitcom
Lab Rats on
Disney XD. Then he was offered the role of young Franky in his first feature film
Lonely Boy, where he portrays a teenager with
schizophrenia. In September of that year, he was cast in the two-part series finale of the comedy-drama
Weeds, which aired on
Showtime. Ward won a
Young Artist Award for his portrayal of Stevie Botwin. In 2013, Ward appeared in the police procedural drama television series
NCIS on
CBS. In the eleventh episode, titled "
Shabbot Shalom", Ward played the role of Austin, a young teen who discovers a dead body. Mateus was also a series regular in the
Jerry Bruckheimer television series
Hostages produced by
Warner Bros. Television for
CBS, portraying Jake Sanders, the son of Dr. Ellen Sanders, portrayed by
Toni Collette, and Brian Sanders, portrayed by
Tate Donovan. In 2015, Ward was a series regular playing Dustin Maker on the
Steven Bochco and
Eric Lodal television series
Murder in the First with
Taye Diggs and
Kathleen Robertson on
TNT. In 2016, Ward signed on to play the leading role of
Clyde Thompson in the film
The Meanest Man in Texas, a feature film adaptation of the book by the same name which was released theatrically. He is a producer and plays Levi in the feature film
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