Matt Battaglia

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Matt Battaglia
Born
Matteo Martin Battaglia

(1965-09-25) September 25, 1965 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Football player, actor, producer
Years active
  • 1989 (football player)
  • 1989–present (actor)
Spouse
Tina Frazier
(m. 2006)
Children2

American football career
No. 52
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College: Louisville
Undrafted: 1987
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:3
Games started:3
Tackles:17
Sacks:1
Caused Fumbles:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Matteo Martin "Matt" Battaglia (born September 25, 1965) is an American producer, actor and former American football linebacker.

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Football career

Battaglia played college football at the University of Louisville. [1] Battaglia played at Louisville as a linebacker from 1983 to 1986 and was named All-American by the Associated Press in 1985, leading the nation in tackles in 1985 & 1986, with 153 and 166 tackles respectively, averaging 15 tackles per game both seasons. Battaglia broke former All-Pro Otis Wilson's college tackling record and was named Most Valuable Player by his teammates and coaches. [2] Battaglia had a brief career in professional football with the 1987 Philadelphia Eagles and recorded a sack of Chicago Bears quarterback Sean Payton. [3]

Acting and producing

Battaglia is an Emmy winning producer, [4] has co-produced a two time Golden Globe nominated film and has been an actor in over 90 films, network pilots and television shows.

In 2011, he was an executive producer of Last Shot with Judge Gunn , which he sold straight into syndication with 130 episodes in season one. He won an Emmy in June 2012 as Executive Producer for its first season on the air. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Drama. [5]

Battaglia co-produced the two time Golden Globe-nominated film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal. [6]

Battaglia sold 2 one hour dramas to Fox, in which the studio bought the rights to and financed the costs of the pilot script(s). The first one was Pyrates, in which he was partnered with Oscar winner Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free Productions and producer Tony To. Bad Monkeys received a pilot and script order by Fox Studios and the script was written by writer Jeff Eastin, best known for creating White Collar . He co-produced on the 2009 horror film Kill Theory, directed by Chris Moore. [5] [7]

As a feature film actor in 2017, he wrapped a role in director Tom Shadyac's film Brian Banks with Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear portraying the role of legendary football coach Pete Carroll. [8] He acted in Thor where he held the role of Pete. [9] He played as 49er Three, in the Sony Pictures action thriller Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal. [10] He replaced Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead role of Luc Deveraux in the action movies Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business . [11] He appeared in Army of One , Kiss of a Stranger, Pendulum and the direct-to-video film Raven. [12]

In television, Battaglia appears in the Netflix series Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. . [13] In 2017, he appeared in David Lynch's Twin Peaks . [14] [12]

In 2016, he recurred in seven episodes of the Tyler Perry series, Too Close To Home , playing the United States President. [15] Battaglia guest starred as Agent Ward, in Hawaii Five-O. [16] Night Shift saw him portray General Rozenfeld. [17] And in Criminal Minds he was Captain Grant Howard. He appeared on Friends as the fireman boyfriend of Phoebe (played by Lisa Kudrow). [12] [18]

Other notable guest appearances include The Mentalist , as Curtis Nett, The Client List , as Don Jenkins, and in Longmire in 2012. He appeared in nine episodes in Queer as Folk (American TV series), as Drew Boyd, two episodes of 24 , two episodes of HBO's Big Love , Shark , CSI: NY , Bones , Charmed , JAG , and Sabrina The Teenage Witch . [12]

Personal life

Battaglia married Tina Frazier in 2006; the couple have two children and live in Georgia. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Chantilly Lace Chris, The Pizza Boy(TV Movie)
1993 Joshua Tree Deputy Michael Agnos
1994 Blue Sky NATO Soldier
1995 Showgirls Andrew Carver's Bodyguard
1996Not Again!Clete
1996 Raven Martin "Duce" Grant(Video)
1998 Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms Private Luc Deveraux / UniSol GR44
1998 Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business Private Luc Deveraux / UniSol GR44
1999Avalon: Beyond the AbyssPete Trudeau(TV Movie)
1999Kiss of a StrangerNathan Leigh
2001PendulumWilliam Cobb
2002 Half Past Dead "49er Three"
2006On the BrinkEd Cohn(Short)
2006Hollis & RaeJim Clements(TV Movie)
2007PandemicFrank Jantzen(TV Movie)
2009 The Perfect Game Coach McAllen (as Matt Battaglia)
2009Cry No MoreJames Diaz(TV Movie)
2010The Client ListDon(TV Movie)
2011 Thor Pete
2012Madison HighWaylon
2014 Reality Mike
2017 Brian Banks Pete Carroll

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 B.L. Stryker "Snake" / Pete2 episodes
1990 21 Jump Street Tim1 episode
1991 Superboy Darryll1 episode
1991 Twin Peaks Cop1 episode
1991 Evening Shade Mitch1 episode
1991 Coach Player #11 episode
1991 Matlock Rudy Simms1 episode
1991 Knots Landing "Duke"1 episode
1992 Sibs Matt1 episode
1993 Time Trax Mark Lofton1 episode
1994 Silk Stalkings Bo Rainey1 episode
1994 Renegade Ted1 episode
1995 Thunder Alley Jack Crawford1 episode
1996 Maybe This Time Bobby1 episode
1996 JAG Lieutenant Alexander Kellogue1 episode
1996 Caroline in the City Joseph1 episode
1996BedtimeCraig1 episode
1997 Baywatch Terry McFarren1 episode
1997 Days of Our Lives J.L. King6 episodes
1997 Friends Vince1 episode
1998 George & Leo Steve1 episode
1998 Arli$$ Skip Myers1 episode
1996–1998 Pacific Blue Lloyd / "Rip" Cutter3 episodes
1998 Encore! Encore! Tina1 episode
2000 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Daniel Boone2 episodes
2000 18 Wheels of Justice Vince Youngblood1 episode
2000 Cursed Dan1 episode
2000 The Michael Richards Show Marcus Feal1 episode
2000 3rd Rock from the Sun Bryce Canyon1 episode
2000 That '70s Show Dean1 episode
2001 Charmed Journalist1 episode
2001 Off Centre O'Leary1 episode
2002 Malcolm in the Middle Merl1 episode
2004 Century City Mr. Portnoff1 episode
2004–2005 Queer as Folk Drew Boyd9 episodes
2004–2005 NCIS Petty Officer Porcaro1 episode
2005 What I Like About You Joe1 episode
2006 Bones Captain William Fuller1 episode
2006 CSI: Miami Dr. Trevor Valone1 episode
2006–2007 24 Agent Jennings2 episodes
2007 Big Love Sheriff Thomas2 episodes
2007 Shark Don Kipling1 episode
2008 CSI: NY Dr. Harrison Green1 episode
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles Kurt Holgate1 episode
2012 The Mentalist Curtis Nett1 episode
2012 The Client List Don Jenkins1 episode
2012 Mike & Molly Rob1 episode
2013 The Big Bang Theory Officer Reynolds1 episode
2013 Franklin & Bash Johnny1 episode
2015 Backstrom Nick D'Agostino1 episode
2015 NCIS New Orleans Lieutenant Colonel Snow1 episode
2015 The Night Shift General Rozenfeld1 episode
2015 Criminal Minds Captain Grant Howard1 episode
2015 Hawaii Five-O Agent Ward1 episode
2015 True Detective Commander Floyd4 episodes
2016–2017 Tyler Perry's Too Close to Home President Thomas Christian9 episodes
2017 Twin Peaks Cowboy1 episode
2017 SEAL Team Master Chief Wilkins1 episode
2018 Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. Colonel Andropolis6 episodes
2018 Brian Banks Pete Carroll
2019 For All Mankind John Glenn 1 episode
2020 Paradise Lost Younger Judge Forsythe6 episodes
2020 The Resident Bill Landry4 episodes
2020 9-1-1 Van Cleef1 episode
2020 MacGyver Reserved Man / Fixer1 episode

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