Matt Lanter

Matt Lanter

Lanter at San Diego Comic Con in 2014
Born Matthew Mackendree Lanter
(1983-04-01) April 1, 1983
Massillon, Ohio, United States
Occupation Actor, voice actor, model
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s) Angela Stacy (m. 2013)

Matthew Mackendree "Matt" Lanter (born April 1, 1983) is an American actor, voice actor, and model. He gained fame by playing Liam Court in the CW hit teen drama series 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210. He also appeared in some major released films, such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Disaster Movie, Sorority Row, Vampires Suck and The Roommate. He is the voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels.

Career

In 2004, Lanter was a contestant on Bravo's reality show Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model. He did not win the competition. Within a few weeks of moving to Los Angeles, California, Lanter successfully auditioned for the role of Nick on the Supernatural Teen-Drama Fox series Point Pleasant. He had a major recurring role throughout the series first and only season. He has since then appeared in television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, 8 Simple Rules, Big Love and Heroes.

In April 2005, he signed on to become a series regular portraying the role of Horace Calloway on ABC's political drama series Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis and Donald Sutherland. The series premiered on September 27, 2005, and was cancelled on June 14, 2006.

In 2008, he took on the lead role as Zach Conroy in The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream, with Francia Raisa.

In February 2008, he was announced to portray the lead role of Will, in Lionsgate's Parody/Comedy film Disaster Movie. The film is written and directed by directing and screenwriting duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer who have previously worked on other Parody films such as Meet The Spartans and Epic Movie. The film spoofs recent disaster films such as Cloverfield. He stars with Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Minnillo and Carmen Electra. The film, which was released on August 29, 2008, was a critical failure. The film grossed over $34 million worldwide and received extremely negative reviews from critics, as well as six nominations at the 29th Golden Raspberry Awards.

In October 2008, he was announced to star in Summit Entertainment's remake of the cult 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. The film stars Briana Evigan, Audrina Patridge, and Rumer Willis. Sorority Row was released on September 11, 2009 to negative reviews.

Lanter at the Star Wars Weekends in June 2009

In 2009, he began a major recurring role on The CW's 90210 portraying the role of Liam Court. In September 2009, he was announced as a series regular for the second season. The series is a sequel to the 1990s teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210. In March 2010, he signed on for another parody project with Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 20th Century Fox's Vampires Suck. He played Edward Sullen, a spoof of Edward Cullen from the Twilight saga. The film was released on August 18, 2010.

In May 2009, it was announced he had signed on for the role of Jason Webber in Screen Gems' horror film The Roommate. Starring with Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester, filming took place in 2009. The film originally was scheduled for an October 2010 release but was pushed forward to September 17, 2010. However, Screen Gems pushed it to February 4, 2011.

He has worked on two films Liars All and A Chance of Rain.[1] He also voices Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson and Venom in the TV series Ultimate Spider-Man,[1] which premiered on April 1, 2012. He has also signed on to voice the role of Sled in Secret of the Wings, which will be released in October 2012.

On March 5, 2013, Lanter was cast as a co-star in The CW's science fiction drama series Star-Crossed (originally titled Oxygen) opposite Aimee Teegarden.[2][3] Star-Crossed is about a romance between a human girl (Teegarden) and an alien boy (Lanter) when he and six others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp.[4]

In 2016, Lanter began playing the role of Wyatt Logan in the NBC series Timeless.

Star Wars

In December 2006, he was announced to play the role of Anakin Skywalker for the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars which was released on August 15, 2008. The film had box office success earning worldwide $69,182,844. He continued in the role in the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars which premiered on October 3, 2008 on the Cartoon Network. He has also reprised his role in various video games based on the franchise. The series fourth season premiered in September, 2011. Season five premiered on Cartoon Network on September 29, 2012. The Red Carpet Premier for the fifth Season was in Orlando, Florida during Celebration VI on Friday August 24, 2012 where Lanter along with some of his co-stars Samuel Witwer, James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Daniel Logan and Stephen Stanton as well as Supervising Director Dave Filoni attended this special event.

Personal life

Lanter was born in Massillon, Ohio,[5] and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1991 at age 8. Lanter graduated from Collins Hill High School in 2001. He played baseball, football, basketball, gymnastics and golf and was a batboy for the Atlanta Braves. He attended University of Georgia, majoring in sports business, but an interest in the film and television industry created a strong desire to pursue acting instead.

Lanter married his longtime girlfriend, Angela Stacy, on June 14, 2013. The two had been in a relationship since 2009.[6][7]

Lanter's grandfather, Kenley Lanter, was one of only 317 men to have survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2004 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Bobby Jones' caddy
2008 WarGames: The Dead Code Will Farmer Direct-to-DVD
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker (voice)
2008 Disaster Movie Will Clayton
2009 Sorority Row Kyle Tyson
2010 Vampires Suck Edward Sullen
2011 Roommate, TheThe Roommate Jason Tanner
2012 Secret of the Wings Sled Direct-to-DVD (voice)
2013 Liars All Mike
2015 Justice League: Throne of Atlantis Arthur Curry/Aquaman Direct-to-video (voice)
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Additional voices
2016 USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Brian "Bama" Smithwick Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Manhunt Himself Contestant (seventh runner-up)
2005 8 Simple Rules Brendon 1 episode: "The After Party"
2005 Point Pleasant Nick 3 episodes: "Waking the Dead", "Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Choked", "Missing"
2005–2006 Commander in Chief Horace Calloway Main cast; 18 episodes
2006 Big Love Gibson 1 episode: "Eviction"
2006 Heroes Brody Mitchum 5 episodes
2006 Shark Eddie Linden 3 episodes: "Russo", "In the Grasp", "Dial M for Monica"
2007 Judy's Got a Gun Isaac Prentice Unsold ABC pilot
2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Ryan Lansco 1 episode: "Fallen Idols"
2007 Monk Clay Bridges 1 episode: "Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees"
2007 Grey's Anatomy Adam Singer 1 episode: "The Heart of the Matter"
2008 The Cutting Edge: Chasing the Dream Zack Conroy TV Film
2008–2014 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker Main cast (voice)
92 episodes
2008 Life Patrick Bridger 1 episode: "Everything... All the Time"
2008 Oaks, TheThe Oaks Mike Unsold Fox pilot
2009–2013 90210 Liam Court Recurring (season 1); main cast (seasons 2–5)
98 episodes
2012–present Ultimate Spider-Man Harry Osborn/Patrioteer
Flash Thompson/Agent Venom
Venom
Klaw
Anti-Venom
Main cast (voice)
42 episodes
2012 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Baylor Hotner 3 episodes: "The House of the Nightmare Witch", "The Night the Clown Cried", "The Night the Clown Cried II: Tears of Doom!"
(voice)
2012 High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, TheThe High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange Matt the Pear 1 episode: "Generic Holiday Special"
2014 Star-Crossed Roman Main cast
13 episodes
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Ed White 3 episodes
2015 CSI: Cyber Tristan Jenkins 1 episodes
2016 Star Wars Rebels Anakin Skywalker 2 episodes (voice): "Shroud of Darkness", "Twilight of the Apprentice: Part II"
2016 Timeless Wyatt Logan Main role

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Refs
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels Anakin Skywalker
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance Anakin Skywalker
2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes Anakin Skywalker [8]
2011 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Darth Sadic, Agent Galen
2014 Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes Eddie Brock/Venom [9]
2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Anakin Skywalker, Venom [10]
2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers Ulysses Klaue

References

  1. 1 2 "Star of TV show 90210 Matt Lanter reveals all". heatworld.com. April 18, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. Goldberg, Lesley (March 5, 2013). "'90210's' Matt Lanter to Co-Star in CW's 'Oxygen'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  3. Nededog, Jethro (May 14, 2013). "Matt Lanter Says Goodbye to '90210,' Hello 'Star-Crossed'". Yahoo! TV. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  4. "IMDbPro". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. Dan Kane. "Dan Kane: Local native Matt Lanter stars in 'Vampires Suck'". The Repository. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. "Sorry ladies! 90210 hunk Matt Lanter gets engaged to his long-term lover on romantic Paris trip". Daily Mail. London.
  7. "Matt Lanter Marries Angela Stacy!". usmagazine.com. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  8. Krome Studios (October 6, 2009). Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LucasArts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent.
  9. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 2.0: Marvel Super Heroes. Scene: Closing credits, 2:55 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
  10. Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0. Scene: Closing credits, 5:29 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
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