Matt Battaglia

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

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. 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 of 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 Year Title Role Notes 1993 Chantilly Lace Chris, The Pizza Boy (TV Movie) 1993 Joshua Tree Deputy Michael Agnos 1994 Blue Sky NATO Soldier 1995 Showgirls Andrew Carver's Bodyguard 1996 Not Again! Clete 1996 Raven Martin "Duce" Grant (Video) 1998 Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms Private Luc Deveraux / UniSol GR44 1998 Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business Private Luc Deveraux / UniSol GR44 1999 Avalon: Beyond the Abyss Pete Trudeau (TV Movie) 1999 Kiss of a Stranger Nathan Leigh 2001 Pendulum William Cobb 2002 Half Past Dead "49er Three" 2006 On the Brink Ed Cohn (Short) 2006 Hollis & Rae Jim Clements (TV Movie) 2007 Pandemic Frank Jantzen (TV Movie) 2009 The Perfect Game Coach McAllen (as Matt Battaglia) 2009 Cry No More James Diaz (TV Movie) 2010 The Client List Don (TV Movie) 2011 Thor Pete 2012 Madison High Waylon 2014 Reality Mike 2017 Brian Banks Pete Carroll

Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 B.L. Stryker "Snake" / Pete 2 episodes 1990 21 Jump Street Tim 1 episode 1991 Superboy Darryll 1 episode 1991 Twin Peaks Cop 1 episode 1991 Evening Shade Mitch 1 episode 1991 Coach Player #1 1 episode 1991 Matlock Rudy Simms 1 episode 1991 Knots Landing "Duke" 1 episode 1992 Sibs Matt 1 episode 1993 Time Trax Mark Lofton 1 episode 1994 Silk Stalkings Bo Rainey 1 episode 1994 Renegade Ted 1 episode 1995 Thunder Alley Jack Crawford 1 episode 1996 Maybe This Time Bobby 1 episode 1996 JAG Lieutenant Alexander Kellogue 1 episode 1996 Caroline in the City Joseph 1 episode 1996 Bedtime Craig 1 episode 1997 Baywatch Terry McFarren 1 episode 1997 Days of Our Lives J.L. King 6 episodes 1997 Friends Vince 1 episode 1998 George & Leo Steve 1 episode 1998 Arli$$ Skip Myers 1 episode 1996–1998 Pacific Blue Lloyd / "Rip" Cutter 3 episodes 1998 Encore! Encore! Tina 1 episode 2000 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Daniel Boone 2 episodes 2000 18 Wheels of Justice Vince Youngblood 1 episode 2000 Cursed Dan 1 episode 2000 The Michael Richards Show Marcus Feal 1 episode 2000 3rd Rock from the Sun Bryce Canyon 1 episode 2000 That '70s Show Dean 1 episode 2001 Charmed Journalist 1 episode 2001 Off Centre O'Leary 1 episode 2002 Malcolm in the Middle Merl 1 episode 2004 Century City Mr. Portnoff 1 episode 2004–2005 Queer as Folk Drew Boyd 9 episodes 2004–2005 NCIS Petty Officer Porcaro 1 episode 2005 What I Like About You Joe 1 episode 2006 Bones Captain William Fuller 1 episode 2006 CSI: Miami Dr. Trevor Valone 1 episode 2006–2007 24 Agent Jennings 2 episodes 2007 Big Love Sheriff Thomas 2 episodes 2007 Shark Don Kipling 1 episode 2008 CSI: NY Dr. Harrison Green 1 episode 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles Kurt Holgate 1 episode 2012 The Mentalist Curtis Nett 1 episode 2012 The Client List Don Jenkins 1 episode 2012 Mike & Molly Rob 1 episode 2013 The Big Bang Theory Officer Reynolds 1 episode 2013 Franklin & Bash Johnny 1 episode 2015 Backstrom Nick D'Agostino 1 episode 2015 NCIS New Orleans Lieutenant Colonel Snow 1 episode 2015 The Night Shift General Rozenfeld 1 episode 2015 Criminal Minds Captain Grant Howard 1 episode 2015 Hawaii Five-O Agent Ward 1 episode 2015 True Detective Commander Floyd 4 episodes 2016–2017 Tyler Perry's Too Close to Home President Thomas Christian 9 episodes 2017 Twin Peaks Cowboy 1 episode 2017 SEAL Team Master Chief Wilkins 1 episode 2018 Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever. Colonel Andropolis 6 episodes 2018 Brian Banks Pete Carroll 2019 For All Mankind John Glenn 1 episode 2020 Paradise Lost Younger Judge Forsythe 6 episodes 2020 The Resident Bill Landry 4 episodes 2020 9-1-1 Van Cleef 1 episode 2020 MacGyver Reserved Man / Fixer 1 episode