Gus Matthews

Gus Matthews is the main protagonist of the sports comedy film ''The Benchwarmers.   ''He is portrayed by Rob Schneider

Gus is a landscaper who hates seeing kids bullied.He is friends with Video Clerk Richie Goodman and Paperboy Clark Reedy. Reluctant to get his wife Liz pregnant, he spends most of his free time playing ball, and uses some profanity.

One day Gus Richie and Clark win agianst a bullysome team after the team farted in a boy named Nelson's face. That evening, Jerry confronted the three and insulted them calling them names "Clark the Dork and Richie Bitchy" to which Gus responded with "Fairy Jerry". Jerry responds with "Gus Bus". Gus and his friends leave.

Later, Nelson's billionaire father, Mel, tells the trio that he is impressed with their wins, and explains his plan to hold a round-robin with all the mean spirited little league teams in the state, plus their team. The winners will be given access to a new multi-million dollar baseball park that he is building. Wanting to capture the spirit and fun they never had when they were kids, the three decide to form the Benchwarmers and join the tournament. They prepare to compete with all the other teams, despite the fact that they are three adults squaring off against nine kids per team. Jerry and his jocks continue to spy on the Benchwarmers as they continue win every game, much to his frustration and confusion. However Gus has a deep dark secret; He was a psychological bully himself and had tortured one boy named Marcus so much he had to be institionalized. Once that secret is exposed, he is kicked off the team.

However, on his wife Liz's advice, Gus sincerely apologized to Marcus, who before the final game, made an incredible speech that he forgave him. While Karl, Wayne, and Brad and the whole crowd were touched by the speech, Jerry was the only one unmoved.

In the final game, Gus, Clark and Richie do not play; rather, they let a team of Nelson and other children play, to give them a chance to compete. The final is played against a team with a heartless coach, Jerry (Craig Kilborn), who practically torments his players – and was Richie and Clark's main bully when they were children. Nelson hits the ball, and Jerry's team lets him score a run, saying that Jerry is "the loser". The Benchwarmers storm the field, celebrating the fact that they were not shut out, and they give an enraged Jerry a taste of his own medicine, giving him a wedgie. Later, The Benchwarmers celebrate at Pizza Hut where Richie and Clark manage to kiss girls, and Gus celebrates as he will become a father.