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Matt Salinger

 
Actor: Matt Salinger
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  • Born: Feb 13, 1960 in Windsor, Vermont
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Thriller, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Let the Devil Wear Black, Sink or Swim, Little City
  • First Major Screen Credit: Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986)

Biography

Actor-turned-producer Matt Salinger made his acting debut playing Burke in Revenge of the Nerds (1984). For the rest of the '80s, Salinger primarily appeared in television movies and low-budget features. During the early '90s, he abandoned acting only to return mid-decade as the producer of such films as Australian director Kevin Dowling's Mojave Moon (1996). Salinger is the son of the great contemporary author J.D. Salinger. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Matt Salinger
Born Matthew Salinger
February 13, 1960 (1960-02-13) (age 49)
Windsor, Vermont, USA
Occupation Film, stage actor
Spouse(s) Betsy Becker (1985-present)

Matthew Salinger (born February 13, 1960 in Windsor, Vermont) is an American actor, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Claire Douglas. He graduated from Phillips Andover Academy and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama.[1]

Salinger made his film debut in 1984's Revenge of the Nerds, and may be best known for his starring role in the 1990 film Captain America,[2] based on the Marvel Comics character. Salinger has since appeared in films like What Dreams May Come and episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and 24. He has also produced several independent films, including Let the Devil Wear Black and Mojave Moon. Salinger now works mostly on stage, as both actor and director. In 2000, he produced the Drama Desk Award-winning play The Syringa Tree Off-Broadway.

In contrast to his sister, Margaret, who wrote a 1999 memoir about her childhood titled Dream Catcher, Matt is a devoted protector of his father's privacy.[3] A few weeks after Margaret's book was published, Matt wrote a letter to The New York Observer, disparaging his sister's "gothic tales of our supposed childhood".[4]

Matt married jewelry designer Betsy Becker in 1985. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut. They have two sons, Gannon and Avery.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Betsy Jane Becker to Marry Matt Salinger in May". The New York Times. 1984-10-14. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E5D91639F937A25753C1A962948260. Retrieved 2007-04-16. 
  2. ^ Chatting up the star of the 1990 Captain America film
  3. ^ Finkle, David. "Produced by Matt Salinger", Theatermania.com, 2001-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-04-16.
  4. ^ Malcolm, Janet (2001-06-21). "Justice to J. D. Salinger". The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14272. Retrieved 2007-04-16. 
  5. ^ Alexander, Paul (1999). Salinger: A Biography. Los Angeles: Renaissance. ISBN 1-58063-080-4.  p. 292.

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