Matt Craven
| Matt Craven | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Matthew John Crnkovich November 10, 1956 Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1979—present |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Sutton |
| Children | 2 |
Matthew John Crnkovich, known as Matt Craven (born November 10, 1956) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in over 40 films including Happy Birthday to Me, Jacob's Ladder, A Few Good Men, The Juror, Assault on Precinct 13, Disturbia, and X-Men: First Class.
Craven has also made several television appearances, most notably as Clayton Jarvis on the CBS series, NCIS, Officer Lenny Gayer on High Incident, Dr. Tim Lonner on L.A. Doctors, and Sheriff Fred Langston on the series, Resurrection.
Early life
Craven, a Canadian, spent his early life in Ontario. His father died six weeks after his birth and Craven ultimately dropped out of high school to work a variety of odd jobs to help support his mother and sister. He was about 20 when he discovered his love for acting - auditioning for, and starring in, a local production of Dracula as Jonathan Harker.
Career
Matt Craven is among the most sought after character actors of film and tv today. His credits include starring roles opposite such Hollywood stars as Helen Mirren, Denzel Washington, James Gandolfini, Michael Caine, Gene Hackman and Maggie Gyllenhall. His films include the Academy Award nominated Crimson Tide, A Few Good Men, the SAG nominated X-Men: First Class, Public Enemies, Disturbia, Déjà Vu, The Life of David Gale, Tin Men and K2. Craven's first film Meatballs opposite Bill Murray was a huge hit and launched Craven's career in film and comedy. Murray took Craven under his wing and immediately started teaching him the fundamentals of improv and how to create and mold a character. Craven's second feature, the live action short Bravery in the Field was nominated for an Academy Award.
The next few years saw Craven starring in several comedy pilots opposite the likes of Alan Arkin, Richard Lewis, Annie Potts and Holland Taylor. His first major dramatic film was the drama/horror/mystery cult favorite Jacob's Ladder which follows a haunted Vietnam vet as he attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. Craven starred as Michael, a chemist in the Army's chemical warfare division where he worked on a drug that was secretly given to the veteran's unit. This critically acclaimed film raised Craven's career to a whole new level, proving his versatility as and actor. Craven's television career has been equally strong - he has worked with Steven Spielberg as a series regular on High Incident, on TNT's Nuremberg and Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, opposite Jeff Goldblum on Raines, several seasons on the international hit NCIS, and extensively with producer/writer Graham Yost on Justified, From the Earth to the Moon, The Pacific and Boomtown. Most recently, Craven starred on ABC's critically acclaimed hit Resurrection.
Craven had two features for 2015 - Roland Emmerich's Stonewall and Unless in which he stars opposite Catherine Keener.
Filmography
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Bravery in the Field | Lennie | Short |
| Meatballs | Hardware | ||
| 1980 | Hog Wild | Chrome | |
| 1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | Steve Maxwell | |
| 1984 | That's My Baby! | Andy | |
| 1986 | Agent on Ice | Joey Matera | |
| 1987 | Tin Men | Looney | |
| 1988 | Smokescreen | Gerald Price | |
| 1989 | Blue Steel | Howard | |
| Chattahoochee | Lonny | ||
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder | Michael | |
| 1991 | K2 | Harold | |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Lt. Dave Spradling | |
| 1993 | Indian Summer | Jamie Ross | |
| 1994 | Killer | Archie | |
| Double Cross | Bernard March | Video | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Lt. Roy Zimmer, USS Alabama Communications Officer | |
| Breach of Trust | Rodney Powell | ||
| 1996 | The Juror | Boone | |
| The Final Cut | Emerson Lloyd | ||
| White Tiger | John Grogan | ||
| Never Too Late | Carl | ||
| 1997 | Masterminds | Jake | |
| 1998 | Paulie | Warren Alweather | |
| 2000 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Walter | Segments: Fantasies About Rebecca and Love Waits For Kathy |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Eric | |
| 2003 | The Life of David Gale | Dusty Wright | |
| Timeline | Steven Kramer | ||
| The Statement | David Manenbaum | ||
| 2004 | The Clearing | Agent Ray Fuller | |
| Bandido | Fletcher | ||
| 2005 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Officer Kevin Capra | |
| A Simple Curve | Matthew | ||
| 2006 | Déjà Vu | Minuti | |
| 2007 | Disturbia | Daniel Brecht | |
| American Venus | Bob | ||
| 2008 | The Longshots | Coach Fisher | |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Gerry Campbell | |
| 2010 | Devil | Lustig | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class | CIA Director McCone | |
| 2012 | The Good Lie | Richard Francis | |
| 2013 | White House Down | Agent Kellerman | |
| 2015 | Stonewall | Deputy Seymour Pine | |
| 2016 | Unless | ||
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980-1983 | The Littlest Hobo | 3 Episodes: Ghost Rig, The Hero, Winner Take All | |
| 1981 | The Intruder Within | Phil | TV Movie |
| 1982 | Till Death Do Us Part | Tony Archer | TV Movie |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Bob Cady | TV Movie |
| 1986 | Classified Love | Howie | TV Movie |
| Tough Cookies | Richie Messina | 6 Episodes | |
| Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | Pete | 1 Episode: Red Wing | |
| Comedy Factory | Eddie | 1 Episode: Hearts of Steel | |
| 1987 | Harry | Bobby Kratz | 7 Episodes |
| American Playhouse | Norbert | 1 Episode: Blue Window | |
| 1995 | Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Seymour Weiss | TV Movie |
| The Outer Limits | Alan Wells | 1 Episode: The Voyage Home | |
| Kansas | Matt | TV Movie | |
| American Gothic | Barrett Stokes | 1 Episode: Strong Arm of the Law | |
| 1996-97 | High Incident | Officer Lenny Gayer | 32 Episodes |
| 1998 | Dead Man's Gun | Stuart "Snake Finger" Aikins | 1 Episode: Snake Finger |
| Tempting Fate | Emmett Lach | TV Movie | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | Tom Kelly | 1 Episode: Spider | |
| 1998-99 | L.A. Doctors | Dr. Tim Lonner | 24 Episodes |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Capt. Gustav Gilbert | 1 Episode: #1.1 |
| 2000-01 | ER | Gordon Price | 3 Episodes: The Dance We Do; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Never Say Never |
| 2001 | Bleacher Bums | Greg | TV Movie |
| 2001 | Varian's War | "Beamish" | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Scared Silent | Scott Miller | TV Movie |
| 2002-03 | Boomtown | Dr. Michael Hirsch | 2 Episodes: Coyote, Lost Child |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | George Riley | 6 Episodes |
| 2005 | Karol: A Man Who Became Pope | Hans Frank | TV Movie |
| Without a Trace | Larry Hopkins | 1 Episode: A Day in the Life | |
| 2007 | Raines | Captain Dan Lewis | 7 Episodes |
| 2009 | Anatomy of Hope | Hal Davis | TV Movie |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Dr. Grant | 1 Episode: Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika |
| 2010-14 | Justified | Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Grant | 4 Episodes: Fire in the Hole, The Moonshine War, Full Commitment, A Murder of Crowes |
| 2011-13 | NCIS | Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis | 10 Episodes |
| 2012 | Alcatraz | Mr. K | 1 Episode: Tommy Madsen |
| 2014-15 | Resurrection | Sheriff Fred Langston | 21 Episodes |
Personal life
Craven has been married for the past 25 years to Sally Sutton, the Emmy Award winning makeup artist whom he met on the set of K2. They have two children, Nicholas and Josephine.
Craven is a strong supporter of "One Heart Source" and organisation designed to empower at risk children through education in Africa. He is an avid golfer and has been ranked third in Golf Digest's Hollywood's Top 100 Golfers. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, cooking and woodworking. He did a lot of his stunts for K2, worked as a doorman for the legendary nightclub the Bitter End, did his own stunt driving in The Life of David Gale, and is a lifelong fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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