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Matteo Martin "Matt" Battaglia (born September 25, 1965) is an American producer, actor and former American football linebacker.

Football career

Battaglia played college football at the University of Louisville. Battaglia played at Louisville as a linebacker from 1983 to 1986 and was named Second Team All-South Independent, All-American by the Associated Press in 1985, leading the nation in tackles in 1985 & 1986, with 153 and 166 tackles respectively, averaging 15 tackles per game both seasons. Battaglia broke former All-Pro Otis Wilson's college tackling record and was named Most Valuable Player by his teammates and coaches. Battaglia had a brief career in professional football with the 1987 Philadelphia Eagles and recorded a sack of Chicago Bears quarterback Sean Payton.

Acting and producing

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Battaglia is an Emmy winning producer, has co-produced a two time Golden Globe nominated film and has been an actor in over 90 films, network pilots and television shows.

In 2011, he was an executive producer of Last Shot with Judge Gunn, which he sold straight into syndication with 130 episodes in season one. He won an Emmy in June 2012 as Executive Producer for its first season on the air. The show won an Emmy for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Drama.

Battaglia co-produced the two time Golden Globe-nominated film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Battaglia sold 2 one hour dramas to Fox, in which the studio bought the rights to and financed the costs of the pilot script(s). The first one was Pyrates, in which he was partnered with Oscar winner Ridley Scott's production company Scott Free Productions and producer Tony To. Bad Monkeys received a pilot and script order by Fox Studios and the script was written by writer Jeff Eastin, best known for creating White Collar. He co-produced on the 2009 horror film Kill Theory, directed by Chris Moore.

As a feature film actor in 2017, he wrapped a role in director Tom Shadyac's film Brian Banks with Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear portraying the role of legendary football coach Pete Carroll. He acted in Thor where he held the role of Pete. He played as 49er Three, in the Sony Pictures action thriller Half Past Dead with Steven Seagal. He replaced Jean-Claude Van Damme in the lead role of Luc Deveraux in the action movies Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business. He appeared in Army of One, Kiss of a Stranger, Pendulum and the direct-to-video film Raven.

In television, Battaglia appears in the Netflix series Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.. In 2017, he appeared in David Lynch's Twin Peaks.

In 2016, he recurred in seven episodes of the Tyler Perry series, Too Close To Home, playing the United States President. Battaglia guest starred as Agent Ward, in Hawaii Five-O. Night Shift saw him portray General Rozenfeld. And in Criminal Minds he was Captain Grant Howard. He appeared on Friends as the fireman boyfriend of Phoebe (played by Lisa Kudrow).

Other notable guest appearances include The Mentalist, as Curtis Nett, The Client List, as Don Jenkins, and in Longmire in 2012. He appeared in nine episodes in Queer as Folk (American TV series), as Drew Boyd, two episodes of 24, two episodes of HBO's Big Love, Shark, CSI: NY, Bones, Charmed, JAG, and Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

Personal life

Battaglia married Tina Frazier in 2006; the couple have two children and live in Georgia.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

1. Battaglia, Matt (February 28, 2019). "About | Matt Battaglia". Matt Battaglia site. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
2. "Cardinal Football All-Americans". University of Louisville Athletics. July 13, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
3. "Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles - October 4th, 1987". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
4. Profile Archived January 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, voice-tribune.com, June 28, 2012.
5. ^ "Matt Battaglia Productions - FILMS". mattbattagliaproductions.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
6. "'Brothers' co-producer lines up pics", hollywoodreporter.com, December 3, 2009.
7. Pyrates (1991), retrieved February 28, 2019
8. Brian Banks (2019), retrieved February 28, 2019
9. Thor (2011), retrieved February 28, 2019
10. Half Past Dead (2002), retrieved February 28, 2019
11. Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998), retrieved February 28, 2019
12. ^ Matt Battaglia at IMDb
13. "Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
14. "FULL CAST FOR TWIN PEAKS REBOOT REVEALED". Soap Opera Digest. April 25, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
15. "On The Too Close To Home Set with Matt Battaglia - Too Close to Home". TLC. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
16. "Hawaii Five-0 | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
17. "Matt Battaglia". Criminal Minds Wiki. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
18. "Could the hunky firefighter from 'Friends' finally rescue the Port of Port Royal deal?". islandpacket. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

External links

• Matt Battaglia at IMDb
• Official Website

• 1965 births
• American football linebackers
• American male television actors
• Living people
• Louisville Cardinals football players
• Male actors from Tallahassee, Florida
• Philadelphia Eagles players
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Players of American football from Tallahassee, Florida
• National Football League replacement players