Matt McGorry

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Matt McGorry
Born
Matthew David McGorry

(1986-04-12) April 12, 1986 (age 38)
Alma mater Emerson College
Occupations
  • Actor
  • activist
Years active2006–present
Height178 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 .

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Early life and education

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]

Career

Fitness

McGorry began his career as a personal trainer, fitness writer for Men's Journal , and competitive bodybuilder. [3]

Acting

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 .

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006ThursdayGrey Malcolm
Gizor & GormGormShort film
2008KillianDuncan
2010Public AccessVlado
Afghan HoundTom
2015 Ratter Michael
How He Fell in Love Travis
LoservilleCoach Casey Harris
Say My NameDancer & ActorMusic video (by Peking Duk)
2018 Step Sisters Dane
2020 Uncorked Harvard
Death of a Telemarketer AndyAlso executive producer
2021 Good on Paper Brett

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 One Life to Live Spider Man3 episodes
Person of Interest EMT No. 1Episode: "Foe"
2012 Gossip Girl Personal ShopperEpisode: "Crazy, Cupid, Love"
Royal Pains EMTEpisode: "You Give Love a Bad Name"
2013 Elementary Officer Sam KleckoEpisode: "Details"
2013–15 Orange Is the New Black John Bennett25 episodes
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2014–20 How to Get Away with Murder Asher MillstoneMain cast; season 1-6, 86 episodes
2015 Public Morals Mr. FordEpisode: "A Fine Line"
2017 Lip Sync Battle HimselfEpisode: "Matt McGorry vs. Bellamy Young"
2022 Archive 81 Mark Higgins8 episodes
2022 Big Shot Coach BlakeEpisode: "Moving On"

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