Matt McGorry | |
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Born | Matthew David McGorry April 12, 1986 New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Emerson College |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Matthew David McGorry (born April 12, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for playing John Bennett in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Asher Millstone in the ABC legal thriller series How to Get Away with Murder .
McGorry was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, and began performing at age nine. [1] He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York, and then graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008. [2]
McGorry began his career as a personal trainer, fitness writer for Men's Journal , and competitive bodybuilder. [3]
On television, McGorry made his debut in 2011 on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live . He later appeared in guest-starring roles on Person of Interest , Gossip Girl , and Royal Pains before breaking out in a recurring role from 2013 to 2015 on the Netflix dramedy series Orange Is the New Black as corrections officer John Bennett in 2013. [4] [5]
In 2014, McGorry was cast as series regular Asher Millstone [6] on Shonda Rhimes' drama series How to Get Away with Murder , [7] a role he played for 90 episodes up until 2020. [8] In the same year, he was cast in the indie drama How He Fell in Love . [9]
In 2022, McGorry starred as Mark Higgins for 8 episodes in Archive 81 .
McGorry is heterosexual and polyamorous, [10] but stated in a 2018 Man Talk roundtable that he had experimented with men when he was younger, adding, "like a lot of straight boys I experimented with other boys. But that is so common and no one talks about it [...] I don't think it was sexual, and I am straight, never found myself attracted to boys [...] I had so much shame about that, for years after, thinking 'I'm going to be famous one day, maybe, and someone's going to find and it's going to become this thing and it's going to destroy me." [11] [12] [13]
McGorry is a police and prison abolitionist and a feminist [14] [15] and is interested in various social issues. [2] [16]
In 2024, McGorry revealed that he was diagnosed with long COVID. [17]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | Thursday | Grey Malcolm | |
Gizor & Gorm | Gorm | Short film | |
2008 | Killian | Duncan | |
2010 | Public Access | Vlado | |
Afghan Hound | Tom | ||
2015 | Ratter | Michael | |
How He Fell in Love | Travis | ||
Loserville | Coach Casey Harris | ||
Say My Name | Dancer & Actor | Music video (by Peking Duk) | |
2018 | Step Sisters | Dane | |
2020 | Uncorked | Harvard | |
Death of a Telemarketer | Andy | Also executive producer | |
2021 | Good on Paper | Brett | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | One Life to Live | Spider Man | 3 episodes |
Person of Interest | EMT No. 1 | Episode: "Foe" | |
2012 | Gossip Girl | Personal Shopper | Episode: "Crazy, Cupid, Love" |
Royal Pains | EMT | Episode: "You Give Love a Bad Name" | |
2013 | Elementary | Officer Sam Klecko | Episode: "Details" |
2013–15 | Orange Is the New Black | John Bennett | 25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
2014–20 | How to Get Away with Murder | Asher Millstone | Main cast; season 1-6, 86 episodes |
2015 | Public Morals | Mr. Ford | Episode: "A Fine Line" |
2017 | Lip Sync Battle | Himself | Episode: "Matt McGorry vs. Bellamy Young" |
2022 | Archive 81 | Mark Higgins | 8 episodes |
2022 | Big Shot | Coach Blake | Episode: "Moving On" |
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