Matt Doherty (actor)

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Matt Doherty
Born (1978-06-22) June 22, 1978 (age 47)
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Matthew Doherty (born June 22, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for his role of Lester Averman in The Mighty Ducks trilogy.

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Early life and education

Doherty was born in Harvey, Illinois. He is a graduate of Thornwood High School, a southern suburban high school in the Chicago area. While at Thornwood, he played trumpet in the school's band. As part of Matthew's tutoring while on the set of The Mighty Ducks, he took trumpet lessons from Los Angeles studio musicians.

He graduated with a theatre degree from Northwestern University in 1999, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.

Career

He is best known for playing the roles of Lester Averman in The Mighty Ducks trilogy (although in D1 he is referred to as Dave Averman). However, Doherty's greatest role was as William "Heed" MacKenzie in So I Married An Axe Murderer . [1] Doherty's character, Heed, is involved in two dialogues with Mike Myers as Charlie's father, Stuart Mackenzie. The first is when May Mackenzie, Charlie's mother, (Brenda Fricker) yells "Stuart! Bring in the Paper!" Interesting, and quite a propos, the "paper" is actually the eminent publication Weekly World News . Stuart then yells at Heed, "Heed! Paper! Now!" The second is when Charlie brings his new girlfriend (played by Nancy Travis), who grabs Stuart in a Grappling hold when Mike Myers, as Stuart, yells at Doherty, as Heed, "Heed! Pants! Now!"

Doherty had a role on the TV series Boston Public , in which he shared the screen with Northwestern alum Jeri Ryan. He did a commercial in which he parodied the sound-effect featured on The Six Million Dollar Man . He is then corrected by Lee Majors, who played the title character. Doherty is also set to return to the screen, alongside The Mighty Ducks co-star Emilio Estevez, once again as Lester Averman, in the Disney+ serial reboot of the movies, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Home Alone Steffan
1992 The Babe Boy in Car
Mo' Money Kid
The Mighty Ducks Les Averman
So I Married an Axe Murderer Heed
1994 D2: The Mighty Ducks Les Averman
1996 D3: The Mighty Ducks
2001 Ghost World Masterpiece Video Employee
2003Graduation NightDrunk
2012 Last Call FredUncredited
Argo ButlerUncredited
2014 Hollows Grove Tim Royce

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 ER Eli EmersonEpisode: Match Made in Heaven
Felicity Computer GuyEpisode: Greeks and Geeks
2001 Boston Public Lionel Pratt3 episodes
2006 The Unit HendersonEpisode: Old Home Week
2007 CSI: Miami Corey BurtonEpisode: Chain Reaction
2008 Bones Gary TushmanEpisode: The Perfect Pieces in the Purple Pond
2009 Dark Blue Boyd's AssociateEpisode: Guns, Strippers and Wives
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Twitchy GuyEpisode: Working Stiffs
2011 Grey's Anatomy CarterEpisode: What Is It About Men
2014 Franklin & Bash Ted DavisEpisode: Falcon's Nest
2015 Maron AgentEpisode: Stroke of Luck
2017Supernova 45JetsetTV movie
2017 Rosewood Alan RastEpisode: White Matter & the Ways Back
2021 The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Lester AvermanEpisode: Spirit of the Ducks

References

  1. "The 'Mighty Ducks' Trilogy: An Oral History". Time . June 9, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2016.