Matt Walton

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Matt Walton
Matt Walton Montclair Film Festival 2.jpg
Walton at the 2018 Montclair Film Festival
Born (1973-08-24) August 24, 1973 (age 50)
OccupationActor
Years active1997present
SpouseAlecia Hurst
Children2

Matthew "Matt" R. Walton (born August 24, 1973) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

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Early life

Walton was born in Hampton, New Jersey, and attended Boston Conservatory, where he received a degree as a Musical Theater major and a Directing minor. After graduation he returned to New York City and studied with Wynn Handman, Tony Spiridakis, Stephan Jobes and acting coaches Anthony Abeson, Seth Barrish and Bob Krakower.

Career

Stage

Walton made his New York City debut Off-Broadway starring as Berger in the 30th anniversary production of Hair in 1997, and later reprised the role in Boston [1] and at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, New York. [2]

This performance in Hair led to roles in Off-Broadway premieres, including The Tailor Made Man, [3] The Sweepers, [4] We're All Dead, [5] Rush's Dream, Gorilla Man, [6] and The Framer. [7]

He also played leads in New York and regional revivals of Beirut, Grease , [8] Violet , Boy's Life, A Few Good Men , Proposals , Italian American Reconciliation , and Human Error.

He starred[ when? ] in the Off-Broadway production of Under My Skin, [9] written by Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser.

Parfumerie[ when? ] [10] at The Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills.

It's Just Sex[ when? ] [11] at the Actor's Temple in New York City.

Boeing-Boeing [ when? ] [12] at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey

Television and film

Walton's first television roles were on the soap operas Guiding Light , As the World Turns , and All My Children . Starting in 2009, he played Elijah Clarke on One Life to Live [13] for 18 months.

Walton also played guest roles on Rescue Me , Royal Pains , Cashmere Mafia , The Bronx is Burning , and several episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame .

Walton has appeared in over two dozen films, including Burn After Reading , Gigantic , and Armless .

Walton also played sportscaster Alex Reiser on the Comedy Central show Onion SportsDome , which premiered in January 2011. [14] [15]

Commercial and voice acting

Walton has acted in a number of ad campaigns, notably for Advil Cold and Sinus, Rooms to Go, Lowe's, Barclays, Speed Stick, Cablevision, Castrol, Cablevision and Old Navy.

He has worked as a voice-over artist in over 100 TV and radio commercials, promos and narrations for The Biography Channel, A&E Network, Bravo, the Travel Channel, Independent Film Channel, and Oxygen. He has also done the narration for a number of audiobooks, including Spider-Man 2 , Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas , and Second Chance . [16]

Online

Walton is a regular at CollegeHumor and gained national attention in the "Gangnam Style" parody "Mitt Romney Style". [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003200 AmericanConrad
2006 Flannel Pajamas Dr. ButlerUncredited
2007 Montclair Matt
2007Holier than ThouMilesShort film
2007The AgencyMark MarleyTV movie
2008 Death in Love Young Father
2008 Burn After Reading Morning Show Host
2008We Pedal UphillAnthony
2008 Gigantic Conner Williams
2008 Moonlight and Mistletoe Ben RichardsTV movie
2008Favorite SonRobert Mason
2009True NorthGreenShort film
2009 Loving Leah CarterTV movie
2009 Sherri Stu
2010 Armless Dr. Richard Phillips
2010Sim City MayorMayor CollegeHumor short film
2011The Fall of Dyna-WomanDr. Robert MillerShort film
2011We Are the 1%Dr. Robert Miller CollegeHumor short film
2012Mitt Romney Style Mitt Romney CollegeHumor short film
2012ReunionPaulShort film
2014Wish You WereOfficer JohnsonShort film
2014Beach PillowsCity Dad
2014CharlieDr. PhillipsShort film
2014 The Sisterhood of Night Reporter
2014Saint JanetScott
2014HardbatJeffShort film
2015BornKyleShort film
2015StuckJonathanShort film
2015TroubleLarry Melman
2015Cry Baby CryShort film
2016 Money Monster An Anchorman
2016 The Purge: Election Year Reporter #1
2017The MisogynistsGrant
2018The DownsideLarry MelmanShort film
2018 How to Train Your Husband or (How to Pick Your Second Husband First) Jack
2019 The Irishman TV Host

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit JackEpisode: "Starved"
2006 All My Children Terry 'T' McDermott6 episodes
2007 The Bronx Is Burning Jim McMullen2 episodes
2008 Cashmere Mafia MikeEpisode: "Conference Call"
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Det. PearyEpisode: "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
2008 Guiding Light Dalton Reid2 episodes
2008 Law & Order Trooper Thomas VolchekEpisode: "Knock Off"
2009 Rescue Me HarrisEpisode: "Perspective"
2009-2010 One Life to Live Elijah Clark/Elijah Kent 138 episodes
2010 Royal Pains Dennis "DB" BrownEpisode: "Mano a Mano"
2011 Onion SportsDome Alex ReiserSeries regular
10 episodes
2011Jake and AmirCollegeHumor CEO Alan AveryEpisode: "Jake and Amir: Fired"
2012 Blue Bloods Kevin SchmidtEpisode: "The Uniform"
2012Jest Originals [18] Mitt Romney2 episodes
2012 Made in Jersey StilesEpisode: "Payday"
2013Think TankBrimage5 episodes
2014 Drop Dead Diva Breakers' AttorneyEpisode: "Cheers & Jeers"
2014 Person of Interest MaybankEpisode: "Beta"
2015 Devious Maids Mr. AtwoodEpisode: "Cries and Whispers"
2014 The Mysteries of Laura Reporter StoreEpisode: "The Mystery of the Sex Scandal"
2015 Limitless Jeffrey VachsEpisode: "The Legend of Marcos Ramos"
2016Youthful DazeDrew's Dad, Luke Castle78 episodes
2016 The Good Wife Ian GillanEpisode: "Targets"
2016 Notorious Darin Mills6 episodes
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Gable LangEpisode: "Hostages"
2017 Mindhunter AnchormanEpisode 3
2018 The Resident Spalding MasseroEpisode: "The Elopement"
2018 Instinct Dr. Damian GrantEpisode: "Heartless"
2018 The Affair Police OfficerEpisode 2
2018 FBI Carter PopeEpisode: "Pilot"
2019 American Soul Dick Clark 2 episodes
2019 Madam Secretary Shawn OlsonEpisode: "Deepfake"
2019-2020 Tell Me a Story Clay Callaway3 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2002 Asheron's Call 2
2003 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Policeman, Cleaner, Commando
2003 Manhunt Swat 2
2007 Manhunt 2 The Watchdogs member
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV The Crowd of Liberty City
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Albert Mason

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