Matt McCoy (actor)

Matt McCoy
Born	May 20, 1958 Austin, Texas, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Mary McCoy (m. 1985)
Children	3

Matt McCoy (born May 20, 1958) is an American actor known for Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Sgt. Nick Lassard.

Early life

McCoy was born in Austin, Texas.^[1] He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and attended Walter Johnson High School graduating in 1974.^[2] McCoy briefly attended University of Maryland.^[2] He worked briefly at the Harlequin Dinner Theater in Rockville.^[2] McCoy began acting when he appeared in two plays in the student-directed one act festival: Winners by Brian Friel, and Footsteps of Doves by Robert Anderson. Moving to New York City, he graduated from Neighborhood Playhouse School of Drama in 1979.^[2]

Career

Since starring as Sgt. Nick Lassard in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege,^[3] his motion picture credits have included White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, the Curtis Hanson films The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)^[4] and L.A. Confidential (1997),^[5] as well as the action comedy National Security (2003) alongside Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn.^[6][1]

He has worked regularly on television. His credits include starring in the sitcom We Got It Made, and guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: The Next Generation,^[1] The Golden Girls, The Nanny, L.A. Law, Melrose Place, NYPD Blue, Chicago Hope, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, Carnivàle, CSI: NY, Silicon Valley, True Detective, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Reba, and Huff. He played Lloyd Braun in three episodes of Seinfeld. He appeared in three Bigfoot-themed movies: Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter (1994), Little Bigfoot (1997) and Abominable (2006).^[6]

In 2014, McCoy began appearing as spokesman in commercials for The Hartford Insurance Company, of which he was identified as a customer on the "compensated endorser" principle.^[7]

Personal life

McCoy married Mary McCoy in 1985^[8] and the couple has three children: Casey, Molly, and Reilly.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Fraternity Vacation	J.C. Springer	Low-budget sex comedy[9]
1986	Weekend Warriors	Ames	Alternative title: Hollywood Air Force[10]
1988	Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach	Sgt. Nick Lassard	Comedy crime film[11][12]
1989	Police Academy 6: City Under Siege	Sgt. Nick Lassard	Comedy crime[13]
1992	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Michael Bartel	Psychological thriller[14]
	Eyes of the Beholder	Frank Carlyle	Thriller horror mystery film[15]
1993	The Cool Surface	Chazz Stone
	Snapdragon	Bernie
	Wind Dancer	Jim McDonald
	White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II	Jake	Action-adventure[16]
	Lightning in a Bottle	Troy Hoskins
	Samurai Cowboy	Colt Wingate	Western film[17]
1994	Hard Drive	Jack	Thriller film[18]
	Dead On	Ted Beaumont
	The Soft Kill	Vinnie Lupino	Thriller, mystery film[19]
	In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful	Steven
	Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter	Nick
1995	Hard Bounty	Kanning aka Holy Ghost
	In the Flesh	Derek Mitchelson
	Rent-a-Kid	Russ Syracuse	Comedy film[20]
1996	Fast Money	Jack Martin	Action comedy film[21]
	Sticks & Stones	Joey's Dad	Drama film[22]
	The Assault	Mike	Action thriller film[23]
1997	L.A. Confidential	'Badge of Honor' Star Brett Chase	Neo-noir crime film[24]
	The Apocalypse	Suarez
	Little Bigfoot	Sheriff Cliffton	Family film[25]
1998	Nightmare in Big Sky	Joe	Drama film[26]
1999	Monsoon	Olivier Labelle
	Buck and the Magic Bracelet	Natty	Action-adventure western film[27]
	Mutual Love Life	Don	Short film
2000	Can't Be Heaven	Mike	Family comedy[28][29]
	The Newcomers	Gary Docherty	Family drama
2003	National Security	Robert Barton	Action comedy film
2004	Radius	Crim
2005	Rebound	Alumni Association Member #2	Comedy film[30]
2006	Abominable	Preston Rogers	Horror film[31]
	A Merry Little Christmas	Norbert Bridges
2013	The Trouble Man	Kent Freedman	Short film
2014	Act of Contrition	Fr. Boyle	Short film
2015	Memoria	Harry Goodman	Short film
2016	Underwater Upside Down	Mr. Sheraton	Comedy film In post-production
	The Nth Ward	News Reporter	Drama thriller film In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Hot Hero Sandwich	Himself	Variety series[32]
1981	Pen 'n' Inc.	Alan Ozley	Made-for-TV movie
1983–84	We Got It Made	David Tucker	Contract role (22 episodes)
1984	The Love Boat	Billy Boy Bodine	Episode: "Country Blues/A Matter of Taste/Frat Brothers Forever" (S 8:Ep 14)
1986	Dream West	Louis Freniere	Miniseries[33]
	We're Puttin' on the Ritz	Max Montana	Made-for-TV-Movie
1987	American Harvest	Tad	Made-for-TV-Movie
1988	Murder, She Wrote	Todd Wendle	Episode: "Mourning Among the Wisterias" (S 4:Ep 15)
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Devinoni Ral	Episode: "The Price" (S 3:Ep 8)
	The Golden Girls	Father Avery	Episode: "Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas" (S 5:Ep 12)
1990	Miracle Landing	Doug Torbel	Made-for-TV-Movie Also known as Panic in the Open Sky[34][35]
	Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again	Robert Miller	Released on video as Archie: Return to Riverdale in the U.S. and Archie's Weekend Reunion in Australia[36]
	Babes	Merit	Episode: "Marlene's Problem" (S 1:Ep 8)
1991	Nurses	Dr. Harold Miller	Episodes: Son of a Pilot" (S 1:Ep 1) Mother, Jugs, and Zach" (S 1:Ep 6)
1992	Civil Wars	David Willert	Episode: "Mob Psychology" (S 1:Ep 16)
1993	L.A. Law	Rick Turner	Episode: "Eli's Gumming" (S 8:Ep 8)
1994	The Nanny	Steve Mintz	Episode: "A Plot for Nanny" (S 1:Ep 11)
	Melrose Place	D.A. Quinton Benson	Episode: "With This Ball and Chain" (S 2: Ep22)
1995	Seinfeld	Lloyd Braun	Episode: "The Gum" (S 7:Ep 10)
1996	My Son Is Innocent	David Harbin	Made-for-TV-Movie
1997	The Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie	Ray Williams	Made-for-TV-Movie[37]
	Men Behaving Badly	Jack Brickman	Episode: "No Retreat, No Surrender" (S 2"Ep 1)
	Seinfeld	Lloyd Braun	Episode: "The Serenity Now" (S 9:Ep 3)
1998	Grace Under Fire	Jack	Episode: "Grace Under Class" (S 5:Ep 13)
1999	Partners	John	Episode: "Always..." (S 1:Ep 5)
	Dangerous Waters	Bob	Made-for-TV-Movie
	NYPD Blue	Trent Knox	Episode: "Mister Roberts" (S 6:Ep 18)
	Chicago Hope	Jeremy Hofmeister	Episode: "Kiss of Death" (S 5:Ep 22)
	Odd Man Out	Dave	Episode: "Little Women" (S 1:Ep 11)
2000	Ladies Man	Ben Carlson	Episode: "Breaking Up Really Isn't So Hard to Do" (S 1:Ep 15)
	Alley Cats Strike	Mr. Kevin Thompson	Disney Channel original movie
	Profiler	Patrick Hutton	Episode: "Tsuris" (S 4:Ep 20)
	Citizen Baines	Arthur Croland	Contract role
2001	Three Sisters	Dr. Fenmore	Episode: "My Birth and Welcome to It" (S 1:Ep 2)
	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Calvin	Episode: "Love Is a Many Complicated Thing" (S 5:Ep 15)
	Six Feet Under	Slick Funeral Director	Episode: "Life's Too Short" (S 1:Ep 9)
2003	The West Wing	Congressman Tom Landis	Episode: "Angel Maintenance" ( S 4:Ep 19)
2003–05	Carnivàle	Councilman Ned Munson	Recurring
2005–06	Huff	Dr. Bernbaum	Recurring
2005	CSI: NY	Martin Benson	Episode: "Supply & Demand" (S 1:Ep 20)
2006	Reba	Dr. Castleman	Episode: "Red Alert" (S 5:Ep 20)
2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Russell	Episode: "K&R: Part 2" (S 1:Ep 20)
	Big Love	Dick Paulson	Episode: "The Happiest Girl" (S 2: Ep 10)
2008	Without a Trace	Judge Victor Morgan	Episode: "22 x 42" (S 7:Ep 2)
2009	Saving Grace	Keith	Episode: "Watch Siggybaby Burn" (S 3:Ep 3)
2011	The Closer	Kevin Adams	Episode: "An Ugly Game" (S 6:Ep 15)
2012	The Mentalist	Principal Snyder	Episode: "Something Rotten in Redmund" (S 4:Ep 20)
	Touch	Lamont	Episode: "Lost & Found" (S 1:Ep 6)
	Revenge	Lyle Jameson	Episode: "Absolution" {S 1:Ep 19)
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Simon Weber	Episode: "Double Fault" (S 13:Ep 12}
2015	The Whispers	Graham Pillstein	Episode: "X Marks the Spot" (S 1:Ep 1)
	Silicon Valley	Pete Monahan	Episodes: Binding Arbitration" (S 2:Ep 9) Two Days of the Condor" (S 2:Ep 10) Founder Friendly" (S 3:Ep 1)
	True Detective	Gillett	Episode: "Other Lives" (S 2:Ep 5)
2016	NCIS	Senator Thomas Bransfield	Episode: "Charade" (S 13:Ep 20)

Video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Memory Run	Gabriel	Directed and co-written by Allan A. Goldstein
1999	Passport to Paris	Jack Porter	Directed by Alan Metter
2000	Rangers	Broughten	Directed by Jim Wynorski (credited as Jay Andrews)
2001	Beethoven's 4th	Reginald Sedgewick	Directed by David M. Evans (credited as David Mickey Evans)
2011	Born to Race	Joe	Directed by Alex Ranarivelo

References

1. "Matt McCoy profile". The New York Times. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
2. Bell-Stockman, Teresa (August 14, 1998). "For Matt McCoy, making movies is a wonderful life". Frederick News-Post. Randall Family, LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
3. Bernstein, Richard (March 11, 1989). "Police Academy 6 City Under Siege (1989) Review/Film; Bungling as a Fine Art".
4. Canby, Vincent (January 10, 1992). "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) Review/Film; Help Wanted: A Nanny, Duplicity & Malice Req'd". The New York Times.
5. "L.A. Confidential". The New York Times.
6. Matt McCoy at the Internet Movie Database
7. "AARP Hartford Auto TV Commercial, 'Auto Savings' Featuring Matt McCoy". I Spot. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
8. "Matt McCoy". Film Reference. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
9. "Fraternity Vacation". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
10. "Weekend Warriors". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
11. Briggs, Joe Bob (April 17, 1988). "Another 'Police Academy'? No. 5's The Charm, Folks". Orlando Sentinel (Tribune Publishing). Retrieved February 14, 2016.
12. "Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
13. "Police Academy 6: City Under Siege". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
14. Leistedt, Samuel J.; Linkowski, Paul (January 2014). "Psychopathy and the Cinema: Fact or Fiction?". Journal of Forensic Sciences (American Academy of Forensic Sciences) 59 (1): 167–174. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.12359. PMID 24329037. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
15. "Eyes of the Beholder". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
16. "White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
17. Budd, David H. (2002). Culture Meets Culture in the Movies: An Analysis East, West, North and South, with Filmographies. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 62. ISBN 0-7864-1095-7.
18. "Hard Drive". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
19. "The Soft Kill". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
20. "Rent-a-Kid". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
21. "Fast Money". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
22. "Sticks & Stones". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
23. "The Assault". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
24. Mike Barnes (December 16, 2015). "'Ghostbusters,' 'Top Gun,' 'Shawshank' Enter National Film Registry". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
25. "Little Bigfoot". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
26. "Nightmare in Big Sky". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
27. "Buck and the Magic Bracelet". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
28. Bertrand, Merle (January 9, 2001). "Forever Together (Can't Be Heaven)". Film Threat. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
29. Scheib, Richard. "Can't Be Heaven aka Forever Together". moria.co.nz. Moria. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
30. "Gang member convicted of murdering 'Judging Amy' actress". Los Angeles Times (Tribune Publishing). January 23, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
31. "Cast and Crew". IMDB. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
32. Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. Jefferson, North Carolina and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 476. ISBN 978-0786464777.
33. "Dream West". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
34. Santoir, Christian. "Miracle Landing". Aeromovies. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
35. Ortega, Sergio (August 1, 1999). "Miracle Landing (Movie Rview)". Airodyessey.net. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
36. Always a Bridesmaid. New York City: Simon & Schuster. 1990. p. 29. ISBN 978-0425195130.
37. "The Accident: A Moment of Truth Movie". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

External links

• Matt McCoy at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt McCoy profile, tv.msn.com; accessed February 16, 2015.
• Matt McCoy at NNDB
• Matt McCoy at TV.com