Matthew Bohrer

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Matthew Bohrer
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Matthew Bohrer is an American actor and writer best known for roles in the television shows Lucifer , Goliath , and Masters of Sex .

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Early life

While growing up in San Diego, Matthew Bohrer performed in multiple plays with the Playwrights Project at the Tony Award-Winning Old Globe Theatre. [3]

Bohrer graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in English and a minor in Dramatic Arts. [4] While at Harvard, he was a member of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals [5] and the Signet Society of Arts and Letters, [6] and sang with the Krokodiloes, Harvard's oldest a cappella group. [7]

Career

After college, Bohrer began his acting career on stage, appearing as “Eddie” in Center Theatre Group's production of The Sunshine Boys at the Ahmanson Theater, opposite Danny DeVito and Judd Hirsch. [8] He returned to Center Theatre Group in the world premiere of Marjorie Prime at the Mark Taper Forum. [9]

On screen, Bohrer's notable roles include AUSA Ira Fuchstein opposite Billy Bob Thornton in David E. Kelley's Amazon series Goliath . He also played aspiring sex therapist Roger Fleming opposite Lizzy Caplan and Betty Gilpin on the award-winning Showtime drama, Masters of Sex . [10]

Bohrer's other television credits include Lucifer , Grown-ish , Modern Family , Grey's Anatomy , Scandal , House of Lies , and I Didn't Do It , and has played hot-shot attorney "Henry Sullivan" on General Hospital since 2014. [11] [12] [13] [14] He made his feature film debut in the Universal release, Unfriended . [15] He also starred as renowned physicist Richard Feynman in the film, D'Arline, which received a Sloan Foundation award, [16] and played the title role of a Romanian Holocaust survivor in the award-winning film, Elie's Overcoat. [17]

Bohrer has also maintained a presence in the Los Angeles theater scene, winning plaudits for roles such as "Josh" in the Rockwell musical production of Clueless , "Petty" in Disasteroid at Sacred Fools Theater, and "Romeo" in Romeo and Juliet . [18] [19] [20]

Filmography

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021Teach Me, Bitch!JoshSeries Lead, Creator
2014-2021 General Hospital Henry SullivanRecurring Role
2020 Lucifer Donovan GloverEpisode: Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!
2019 Blockbuster John Williams Podcast
2019 Grown-ish Alex KirschbaumEpisode: Better
2018 Modern Family KevinEpisode: A Sketchy Area
2017Five MinutesBurtShort Film
2016 Masters of Sex Roger FlemingEpisode: In to Me You See
2016 Goliath Asst. U.S. Atty. Ira FuchsteinRecurring Role
2016D'Arline Richard Feynman Short Film
2016Successful PeopleToddEpisode: Successful People Are A$$holes
2015 Masters of Sex TedEpisode: The Excitement of Release (Deleted Scene)
2015 I Didn't Do It Tim ThomasEpisode: The Doctor is In
2015 House of Lies Idiot EmployeeEpisode: Praise Money! Hallowed Be Thy Name
2014 Scandal Male StafferEpisode: The State of the Union
2014 Unfriended Matt
2014 Grey's Anatomy Reporter ByronEpisode: Fear (of the Unknown)

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