Matt Salinger

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Matthew Douglas Salinger (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America.

Early life

Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, to author J. D. Salinger, known for Catcher in the Rye, and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.[1][2] His maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas.[3] He has one sister, Margaret Salinger.[4][5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent.[6][7][8]

Salinger attended North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, for junior high school. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
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

Year Title Role Notes
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

Year Title Role Notes
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

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Dancing in the End Zone James Bernard
2000 The Syringa Tree ----- (Produced by Matthew Salinger)

Career

Salinger made his film debut in 1984 in Revenge of the Nerds and played Captain America in the 1990 film Captain America.[9]

He subsequently appeared in films including What Dreams May Come[10] and on television in 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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 received a Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Outer Critic's Circle Award,[18][19] and the Village Voice Obie Award for Best Play of the Year in 2001.[20]

Personal life

Salinger married jewelry designer Betsy Jane Becker in 1985. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and have two sons, Gannon and Avery.[21]

Unlike his sister, Margaret, who wrote a 1999 memoir about her childhood titled Dream Catcher, Salinger has sought to protect his father's privacy.[4] A few weeks after Margaret's book was published, Salinger wrote a letter to The New York Observer, criticizing his sister's "gothic tales of our supposed childhood."[5]

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ "Matt Salinger Biography (1960-)". Film Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ Smith, Dinitia (August 30, 2000). "Salinger's Daughter's Truths as Mesmerizing as His Fiction". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ a b Finkle, David (February 15, 2001). "Produced by Matt Salinger" Template:Webarchive. Theater Mania. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  9. ↑ Ryan, Mike (July 20, 2011). "Matt Salinger: The True Captain America?". GQ.
  10. ↑ "Full Cast of What Dreams May Come Actors/Actresses". Ranker. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ "Matt Salinger ". TV Guide. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  13. ↑ Leydon, Joe (June 28, 1999). "Let the Devil Wear Black". Variety.
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  15. ↑ Weber, Bruce (December 22, 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; One Women Portrays the Many Faces of Apartheid". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ Gray, Paul (August 6, 2006). "Black, White and Colored". The New York Times.
  17. ↑ Hill, Logan (2000). "Cult Hit: Salinger's Stage". New York magazine.
  18. ↑ Long, Amay Nora. "Pamela Glen and the making of The Syringa Tree". American Repertory Theater. Harvard University. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  19. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (August 1, 2001). "Kate Blumberg Branches Out Into Syringa Tree Aug. 1". Playbill.
  20. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (May 29, 2001). "Obies fete 'Syringa Tree': Seldes gets sustained achievement award". Variety.
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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