Matt Ross

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Matt Ross

Matthew Brandon Ross (born January 3, 1970 in Greenwich , Connecticut ) is an American actor , director and screenwriter . He was best known for his roles in film productions such as In the Beginning It Was Love , The Last Days of Disco , Stephen King's House of Damnation , Aviator or Good Night, and Good Luck.

life and career

Matthew Brandon Ross was born in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1970. He moved to New York from Ashland, Oregon , to graduate from the Juilliard School of Drama . After graduating from Julliard, he studied at New York University in order to concentrate fully on a career as a film and television actor.

Ross played numerous cinema roles in the 1990s, including in Terry Gilliam's science fiction film 12 Monkeys in 1995, the male lead in John Walsh's romantic comedy In the Beginning It Was Love , in 1997 in John Woo's thriller In the Body of the Enemy . In 1998 he was cast in Whit Stillman's musical film The Last Days of Disco and in Stephen Gyllenhaal's crime film Homegrown . In 1999 he starred in Mike Newell's comedy Turbulence - and Other Disasters alongside John Cusack , Billy Bob Thornton , Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie .

In the 2000s, he impersonated roles on screen in Mary Harron's psychological thriller American Psycho , the comedies Cuba libre - Dumber Than the CIA Allowed and Down with Love - To the devil with love! . He also played the role of Glenn Odekirk in Martin Scorsese's biography Aviator in 2004 and in the cinema production Good Night, and Good Luck. directed by George Clooney as Eddie Scott. In Turn the River in 2007 he played his last role in the cinema.

His numerous television appearances include appearances in episodes of well-known television series between 1989 and 2013, including: Third Watch - Einsatz am Limit (1999), A Touch of Heaven (2003), Six Feet Under - Always dies (2003), Bones - Die Bone Hunter (2005), Numbers - The Logic of Crime (2006), CSI - On the Trail of the Perpetrators (2010) or American Horror Story (2011).

He played more complex TV roles as Emery Waterman in 2002 in the television miniseries Stephen King's House of Doom by director Craig R. Baxley based on the novel Rose Red by bestselling author Stephen King , and in the television series Big Love where he was in from 2006 to 2011 49 episodes embodied the character of Alby Grant and in the television series Magic City from 2012 to 2013 where he played the part of Jack Klein in 14 episodes. Since 2014 he has played the managing director of hooli, Gavin Belson, in the television series Silicon Valley .

Matt Ross's film and television career as an actor spans more than 40 international feature films, television films and series.

In 2012 Ross made his debut as a film director and screenwriter with the drama 28 Hotel Rooms . In 2014, he began filming the drama Captain Fantastic - once in the wilderness and back with Viggo Mortensen - as a director and writer . The film premiered on January 23, 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival . The film won numerous awards at renowned film festivals, including Cannes , Deauville and Dublin. In addition, Viggo Mortensen received numerous nominations for his acting performance, including an Oscar nomination for Best Actor .

Awards

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Director and screenwriter

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data by Matt Ross in: Contemporary theater, film, and television , Gale Research Company, Gale Research Co., 2003, p. 271
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Matt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ross, Matthew Brandon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenwich , Connecticut , USA