Matthew Tate

Status: Alive (but cursed into a locket in 1692 and again in 1998)

Known Powers: currently: Power Mimicry & Blinking; formerly: Telekinesis, Molecular Immobilization, & Premonition

Appearances: S1: The Witch is Back

Bio: Matthew Tate is a warlock from the 17th century. He possesses the ability to copy any power once it's been used on him, as well as the ability to teleport anywhere simply by blinking, a power he is assumed to have copied from an unknown witch. In 1692, he'd become the lover of the witch Melinda Warren so that he could copy her powers as well. After tricking her into showing him her powers and copying them, he'd betrayed her, outing her as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. She'd been burned at the stake, but not before she'd stripped him of the powers he'd copied from her and cursed him into a locket he'd given her, making it so that only she or someone from her line could release him. In 1998, one of Melinda's descendants Prue Halliwell did just that, opening the locket and inadvertently free him. He'd proceeded to copy her power, as well as that of her two sisters Piper and Phoebe, prompting them to summon Melinda. With their ancestor's help, they'd managed to curse Matthew back into the locket.

Played By: Billy Wirth