Matt Salinger
Matt Salinger | |
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Born | Matthew Douglas Salinger February 13, 1960 Windsor, Vermont, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia University (B.A., Art History, 1983) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | since 1984 |
Spouse |
Betsy Becker (m. 1985) |
Children | 2 |
Father | J. D. Salinger |
Matthew Douglas Salinger (/ˈsælɪndʒər/ SAL-in-jər; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America.
Early life
[edit]Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, the son of best selling author J. D. Salinger writer of the Catcher in the Rye and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.[1][2] Salinger's maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas.[3] He has a sister, Margaret Salinger.[4][5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent.[6][7][8]
Salinger attended North Country School in Keene, New York for junior high school. Salinger graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role |
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1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Danny Burke |
1986 | Power | Phillip Aarons |
1989 | Options | Donald Anderson |
1990 | Captain America | Steve Rogers / Captain America |
1994 | Fortunes of War | Peter Kernan |
1994 | Babyfever | James |
1996 | Mojave Moon | |
1998 | What Dreams May Come | Reverend Hanley |
1999 | Let the Devil Wear Black | |
2002 | The Year That Trembled | Professor Jeff Griggs |
2005 | Bigger Than the Sky | Mal Gunn |
2010 | Harvest | Professor Wickstrom |
2014 | Learning to Drive | Peter |
2015 | Endless Night (Spanish: Nadie quiere la noche) | Captain Spalding |
2017 | Love After Love | Michael |
2018 | Wetware | Mashita |
2019 | A Call to Spy | William Donovan |
2021 | The Ice Road | CEO Thomason |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986 | Blood & Orchids | Bryce Parker | (Made for TV) crime-drama film |
1986 | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Claude Dallas Jr. | (Made for TV) |
1987 | Deadly Deception | Jack Shoat | (Made for TV) |
1993 | Picket Fences | Dr. Danny Shreve | family drama television series |
1993-1994 | Second Chances | Mike Chulack | drama television series |
2004 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Seth Webster | Season 5 / Episode 13 - "Hate" |
2004-2005 | 24 | Mark Kanar | Day 3 (Season 3 / 2004): 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Day 4 (Season 4 / 2005): 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. |
2008 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bill Phillips | Season 7 / Episode 19 - "Legacy" |
Video
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Firehawk | Tex | action film (Directed by Cirio H. Santiago) |
2005 | The Marksman | General Parent (as Matthew Salinger) | action film (Directed by Marcus Adams) |
2005 | Black Dawn | Myshkin (as Matthew Salinger) | action film (Directed by Alexander Gruszynski) |
2008 | Pistol Whipped | Dealer | action film (Directed by Roel Reiné) |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Dancing in the End Zone | James Bernard | |
2000 | The Syringa Tree | ----- | (Produced by Matthew Salinger) |
Career
[edit]Salinger made his film debut in 1984's Revenge of the Nerds. He played Captain America in the 1990 film Captain America.[9]
Salinger subsequently appeared in films including What Dreams May Come[10] and episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[11] and 24.[12]
Salinger has produced several independent films, including Let the Devil Wear Black[13] and Mojave Moon.[citation needed]
Salinger made his Broadway debut in 1985, in Bill C. Davis's short-lived Dancing in the End Zone,[14] performing at the Ritz Theater alongside veteran actresses Pat Carroll and Dorothy Lyman. In 2000, he produced the off-Broadway play The Syringa Tree,[15][16][17] which won a Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award, the Outer Critic's Circle Award,[18][19] and the Village Voice Obie Award for Best Play of the Year in 2001.[20]
Personal life
[edit]Salinger married jewelry designer Betsy Jane Becker in 1985. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and have sons Gannon and Avery.[21]
In contrast to his sister, Margaret, who wrote a 1999 memoir about her childhood titled Dream Catcher, Salinger is a devoted protector of his father's privacy.[4] A few weeks after Margaret's book was published, Salinger wrote a letter to The New York Observer, disparaging his sister's "gothic tales of our supposed childhood."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Betsy Jane Becker to Marry Matt Salinger in May". The New York Times. October 14, 1984. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Matt Salinger Biography (1960-)". Film Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Dinitia (August 30, 2000). "Salinger's Daughter's Truths as Mesmerizing as His Fiction". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Finkle, David (February 15, 2001). "Produced by Matt Salinger" Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. Theater Mania. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ a b Malcolm, Janet (June 21, 2001). "Justice to J. D. Salinger". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "The Genealogy of Richard L. Aronoff". Aronoff.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ^ Fiene, Donald M. (1963). "J. D. Salinger: A Bibliography". Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature. 4 (1): 109–149. doi:10.2307/1207189. JSTOR 1207189.
- ^ "J.D. Salinger". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. January 1, 1919. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- ^ Ryan, Mike (July 20, 2011). "Matt Salinger: The True Captain America?". GQ.
- ^ "Full Cast of What Dreams May Come Actors/Actresses". Ranker. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Green, Susan; Dawn, Randee (September 1, 2009). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion. BenBella Books, Inc. Google Books. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Matt Salinger ". TV Guide. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (June 28, 1999). "Let the Devil Wear Black". Variety.
- ^ Rich, Frank (1985-01-04). "THEATER: 'DANCING IN THE END ZONE'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (December 22, 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; One Women Portrays the Many Faces of Apartheid". The New York Times.
- ^ Gray, Paul (August 6, 2006). "Black, White and Colored". The New York Times.
- ^ Hill, Logan (2000). "Cult Hit: Salinger's Stage". New York magazine.
- ^ Long, Amay Nora. "Pamela Glen and the making of The Syringa Tree". American Repertory Theater. Harvard University. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (August 1, 2001). "Kate Blumberg Branches Out Into Syringa Tree Aug. 1". Playbill.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (May 29, 2001). "Obies fete 'Syringa Tree': Seldes gets sustained achievement award". Variety.
- ^ Alexander, Paul (1999). Salinger: A Biography. Los Angeles: Renaissance. p. 292. ISBN 1-58063-080-4.
External links
[edit]- 1960 births
- Living people
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American people of German descent
- American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- Columbia College (New York) alumni
- J. D. Salinger
- People from Windsor, Vermont
- Phillips Academy alumni
- Princeton University alumni
- 20th-century American writers
- Male actors from Vermont
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors