adulation for baseball led him to a position as a bat boy with the Atlanta Braves. Afterwards top school, his absorption in the blur and television industry created a able admiration to accompany acting. While belief at the University of Georgia, Matt absitively to move to Los Angeles to chase his dreams of authoritative it a career.
Shortly afterwards his move, Matt landed a alternating role on Fox's "Point Pleasant" 2005. He aswell has appeared on ABC's "8 Simple Rules" 2002 and HBO's "Big Love" 2006 as ablebodied as few clay jobs and a brace of civic commercials. Matt is currently alive on the ABC Hit appearance "Commander in Chief" 2005.
In accession to acting, Matt enjoys getting outdoors, arena golf, and adequate at the beach.
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Mini Biography
Matthew Mackendree Lanter, or bigger accepted to admirers as Matt Lanter was built-in on April 1 1983 in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, to Joseph Lanter and Jana Burson. He aswell has a sister called Kara Day. She is a abecedary at Rea View Elementary Academy in Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina.
When Matt angry 8 years old, he and his ancestors confused to Atlanta, Fulton County in Georgia. Growing up, the baby amateur spent a lot of of his time arena baseball, football and golf. His adulation for baseball led him to scoring a position as a bat boy with the Atlanta Braves.
In the year 2001, he accelerating from Collins Hill Top School. Unfortunately for him, his parents got afar if he was a chief at Collins Hill. Matt majored in Sports Business at the University of Georgia, but eventually confused to Los Angeles to chase his dreams of getting allotment of the showbiz industry. He abounding the University of Georgia afterwards accessory a association academy for two years.
He aboriginal acquired the absorption of admirers if he was called as a adversary in the 2004 absoluteness television series, Manhunt. The appearance revolved about contestants accepting to attempt with anniversary added in a alternation of clay events. Although he did not win the competition, Matt succeeded in authoritative the show's top 10.
It didn't yield too continued afore critics started acquainted Matt. He started landing bedfellow roles on 8 Simple Rules, HBO's Big Love,and Point Pleasant, as able-bodied as some clay jobs and civic commercials in the country. Matt's big breach came forth if he starred as Horace Calloway, the John F. Kennedy-like aboriginal son on the abbreviate lived ABC political series, Commander in Chief in 2005. However, a lot of humans do not apperceive that he was in fact, not in the aboriginal pilot. Instead, Matt was a re-cast.
In summer 2006, Matt had the befalling of starring in a amphitheater assembly of Without Walls alongside Laurence Fishburne at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. That aforementioned year, he managed to acquire a role on Heroes. He played Brody Mitchum, adverse Hayden Panettiere's character, Claire Bennett. Getting a allotment of Heroes accepted to be a abundant befalling for Matt as the appearance had top ratings, which accustomed Matt to accretion added exposure. Fortunately for Matt, his role on Heroes paid off. He managed to snag bedfellow roles on Shark, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Grey's Anatomy and Monk.
The year 2008 accepted to be one of Matt's acknowledged years. He fabricated his admission on the big awning as a articulation actor. He portrayed Anakin Skywalker in the activated film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a ancillary adventure that is set amid Star Wars II and Star Wars III. He aswell managed to get a role in Disaster Movie, arena Will, who was the admirer of Vanessa Minnilo's character.
More recently, he has active on to play Liam, a appearance who's storyline will be circuitous with AnnaLynne McCord's character, Naomi. Matt is accepted to accomplish his admission in the accepted boyhood alternation next February. His movie, Sorority Row, will aswell be appear in October 2009.
Despite getting active alive in the industry, Matt says that he tries to break as apprehensive as possible. If he's not acting, he enjoys getting outdoors, arena golf and adequate at the beach. With added acting roles advancing his way, there is absolutely added to apprehend from this Ohio native.
IMDb Mini Biography By: Anastasia Andrew Veno
Mini Biography
Born in northeastern Ohio, at the age of eight, Matt's ancestors confused to Atlanta, Georgia, area he spent abundant of his time arena baseball, football, and golf. His adulation for baseball led him to a position as a batboy with the Atlanta Braves and later, while belief at the University of Georgia, Matt developed an absorption in the blur and television industry.
After briefly alive as a model, Matt absitively to move to Los Angeles to chase his dream of establishing a acknowledged acting career. The bound of acceptance angry out to be absolutely worthwhile, and afterwards landing roles on shows such as "Grey's Anatomy," "CSI," "Life," "Big Love," "Monk," as able-bodied as the affection film, "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius," starring Jim Caviezel, he congenital a solid foundation and was already in appeal for approaching projects.
Often accustomed for his alternation approved role as Geena Davis' son "Horace" on ABC's alternation "Commander in Chief," Matt has aswell recurred on two of television's a lot of accepted shows; NBC's "Heroes," as the adverse quarterback "Brody" adverse Hayden Panettiere and CBS' "Shark," as "Eddie." His aptitude surpasses the adeptness to alone act for TV and blur and on stage; Matt had the befalling of starring in his affected admission adverse Laurence Fishburne in Alfred Uhry's "Without Walls" at The Mark Taper Forum.
Consistently booking role afterwards role, he has starred in assorted added affection films amalgamation him into a arch man. Lanter's films include: Warner Bros. activated affection blur "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," in which he choir the accepted appearance Anakin Skywalker, the advance in Liongate's ball "Disaster Movie," and MGM's affection film, "War Games 2: The Dead Code." Prior to that, he accustomed himself as a amid heartthrob, arena the advance in MGM/ABC Family's blur "The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream."
Outside of acting, Matt has alternate in assorted challenge for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (one of which was a celebrity dodgeball aggregation announcement the premiere of Ben Stiller's movie, "Dodgeball," in which the gain aswell went to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) and the Nautica Malibu Triathlon area he was allotment of the "Commander in Chief" celebrity broadcast team. Matt currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Trivia
Attended the University of Georgia afterwards accessory a association academy for two years.
Was a batboy for the Atlanta Braves.
Top Gun 1986 is one of his admired movies.
He is a model-turned-actor.
His parents got afar if he was a chief in top school.
Is best fiends with Nina Dobrev and Sara Paxton.
He was on the absoluteness appearance "Manhunt: The Search for America's A lot of Gorgeous Male Model" from Bravo as "Matt Lauder". Although he did not win the contest, he was in the top 10 contestants.
Engaged to longtime adherent Angela Stacey.
Was casting for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars alone two canicule afterwards auditioning for the role.
He absolutely enjoys getting outdoors, arena golf and adequate at the beach.
He loves to body timberline forts. He does it appealing consistently with his friends.
In adjustment to adapt for his role in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, he watched the absolute The Clone Wars micro-series.
Matt Lanter