Anson Mount

Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He became known for his television roles on the western drama series Hell on Wheels (2011–2016) and Conviction. He also starred in various films including Crossroads (2002) and Cook County (2009).

He gained recognition for his role as Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise series Inhumans (2017), a role he went on to reprise in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). He has since portrayed Captain Christopher Pike in the Star Trek franchise beginning with the television series Star Trek: Discovery.

Early life Mount's father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. His mother, Nancy Smith, is a former professional golfer. From his father's first marriage, Mount has an older brother (Anson Adams Mount III) and two sisters.

Mount attended Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Columbia University.

In 2008, he was a finalist for the American Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill Center in 2008 for his full-length play Atomic City, and won the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Prize for his one-act play Love Liza? In 2010 he appeared in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at Classic Stage Company. In 2018 he appeared in Robert O'Hara's Mankind at Playwrights Horizons.

Film Mount made his feature film debut in 2000 as Tully Coats in the independent film Tully.

In 2009, he produced and starred in the independent film Cook County, which earned awards at several major film festivals, including Hollywood, AFI Dallas, Nashville and SXSW.

In 2022, Mount portrayed Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, reprising his role from 2017's Inhumans.

Television

Mount is known for his role as Cullen Bohannon on AMC's series Hell on Wheels, which he also produced from 2014 to 2016.

In 2017, he starred as Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) ABC television series Inhumans.

In 2018, he was cast as Captain Christopher Pike of the Starship Enterprise in the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery. His performance was well received, and inspired a petition for a Pike spin-off series. In 2019, he reprised his role as Pike in a few Star Trek: Short Treks episodes. In May 2020, it was announced that, due in part to fans' requests, he would return as Pike in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered on May 5, 2022.

Academic Mount is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University, teaching audition technique for graduate actors.

His non-fiction pieces have been published in the magazines Mosaic, The Daily Beast and Cowboys & Indians, and in the Calgary Herald newspaper.

Personal life On July 8, 2017, Mount announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, photographer Darah Trang. They were married on February 20, 2018, and have a daughter, who was born in December 2021. He is an Episcopalian.

He is also a member of the board of directors of METI International.

Credits Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Ally McBeal Kevin Wah Episode: "Civil War"Sex and the City Gregory Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" 2000–2001 Third Watch Dr. Montville 5 episodes 2003 Smallville Paul Hayden Episode: "Precipice"2003-2004Line of Fire Roy Ravelle 13 episodes 2004 CSI: Miami Tony Macken Episode: "Not Landing" 2004–2005 The Mountain Will Carver 13 episodes 2005 Lost Kevin Episode: "Man of Science, Man of Faith" 2006 Conviction Jim Steele 2007 Law & Order Reverend James Sterling Episode: "Church"The Cure Darren Elliot 2009 Dollhouse Vitas Episode: "Gray Hour" 2011–2016 Hell On Wheels Cullen Bohannon Lead role; 55 episodes 2013 Red Widow Evan Walraven 3 episodes 2017 Inhumans Black Bolt Lead role; 8 episodes 2019 Star Trek: Discovery Captain Christopher Pike Series regular; 14 episodes 2019–2023 The Ready Room Himself 4 episodes 2019 Star Trek: Short Treks Captain Christopher Pike 3 episodes 2021–2022 Dota: Dragon's Blood Kaden Voice role; 12 episodes 2022present Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Captain Christopher Pike Main role; 30 episodesNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Series (2022) Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series (2024)

Theater

As producer/director/writer

Special Jury Prize

Hollywood Film Awards 2008

Hollywood Discovery Award - Best Feature Film

Nashville Film Festival 2008

Best of Festival Award - Honorable Mention

The SXSW Film Awards 2008

The Audience Award

Sidewalk Film Festival 2008

Podcast Mount writes, produces, and hosts The Well podcast with his longtime friend Branan Edgens. He has served as a narrator on the Pseudopod podcast, reading the Thomas Ligotti story "The Town Manager".

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2014 The Evil Within Sebastian Castellanos 2015 The Assignment (DLC) Cameo