Matt Craven

Matthew John Crnkovich (born November 10, 1956), known as Matt Craven, is a Canadian character actor. He has appeared in over 40 films including Happy Birthday to Me, Jacob's Ladder, K2, A Few Good Men, Crimson Tide, The Juror, Assault on Precinct 13, Disturbia, and X-Men: First Class.

Craven has also made several television appearances, most notably as Clayton Jarvis on the CBS series, NCIS, Officer Lenny Gayer on High Incident, Dr. Tim Lonner on L.A. Doctors, and Sheriff Fred Langston on the series Resurrection.

Early life Craven, a Canadian, spent his early life in Ontario. His father died six weeks after his birth and Craven ultimately dropped out of high school to work a variety of odd jobs to help support his mother and sister. He was about 20 when he discovered his love for acting - auditioning for, and starring in, a local production of Dracula as Jonathan Harker.

Career Matt Craven is best known as a character actor working in TV and film. His films include the Academy Award nominated Crimson Tide, A Few Good Men, the SAG nominated X-Men: First Class, Public Enemies, Disturbia, Déjà Vu, The Life of David Gale, Tin Men and K2. Craven's first film Meatballs opposite Bill Murray was a huge hit and launched Craven's career in film and comedy. Craven's second feature, the live action short Bravery in the Field was nominated for an Academy Award.

The next few years saw Craven starring in several comedy pilots. His first major dramatic film was the drama/horror/mystery cult favorite Jacob's Ladder which follows a haunted Vietnam vet as he attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. Craven starred as Michael, a chemist in the Army's chemical warfare division where he worked on a drug that was secretly given to the veteran's unit.

On television, Craven has worked with Steven Spielberg as a series regular on High Incident, on TNT's Nuremberg and Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, opposite Jeff Goldblum on Raines, several seasons on the international hit NCIS, and extensively with producer/writer Graham Yost on Justified, From the Earth to the Moon, The Pacific and Boomtown. Most recently, Craven starred on the ABC series Resurrection.

Craven had two features for 2015 - Roland Emmerich's Stonewall and Unless in which he stars opposite Catherine Keener.

Filmography Movies

Year Title Role Notes 1979 Bravery in the Field Lennie Short Meatballs "Hardware" Renzetti 1980 Hog Wild "Chrome" 1981 Happy Birthday to Me Steve Maxwell 1984 That's My Baby! Andy 1986 Agent on Ice Joey Matera 1987 Tin Men Looney 1988 Palais Royale Gerald Price 1989 Chattahoochee Lonny 1990 Blue Steel Howard Jacob's Ladder Michael Newman 1991 K2 Harold "H" Jameson 1992 A Few Good Men Lieutenant Dave Spradling 1993 Indian Summer Jamie Ross 1994 Bulletproof Heart (aka Killer) Archie Double Cross Bernard March Video 1995 Crimson Tide Lieutenant Roy Zimmer, USS Alabama Communications Officer Breach of Trust Rodney Powell 1996 The Juror Boone The Final Cut Emerson Lloyd White Tiger John Grogan Never Too Late Carl 1997 Masterminds Jake Paxton 1998 Paulie Warren Alweather 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Walter (segments "Fantasies About Rebecca" and "Love Waits For Kathy") 2002 Dragonfly Eric 2003 The Life of David Gale Dusty Wright Timeline Steven Kramer The Statement David Manenbaum 2004 The Clearing FBI Agent Ray Fuller Bandido Fletcher 2005 Assault on Precinct 13 Officer Kevin Capra A Simple Curve Matthew 2006 Déjà Vu ATF Special Agent Larry Minuti 2007 Disturbia Daniel Brecht American Venus Bob 2008 The Longshots Coach Fisher 2009 Public Enemies FBI Agent Gerry Campbell 2010 Devil Lustig 2011 X-Men: First Class CIA Director McCone 2012 The Good Lie Richard Francis 2013 White House Down Roy Kellerman 2015 Stonewall Deputy Seymour Pine 2016 Unless Tom 2017 Awakening the Zodiac Harvey 2022 Lou Sheriff Rankin 2025 Stolen Girl Joe

Television

Year Title Role Notes 1980–1983 The Littlest Hobo 3 Episodes: Ghost Rig, The Hero, Winner Take All 1981 The Intruder Within Phil TV movie 1982 Till Death Do Us Part Tony Archer TV movie 1983 The Terry Fox Story Bob Cady TV movie 1986 Classified Love Howie TV movie Tough Cookies Richie Messina 6 Episodes Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Pete 1 Episode: Red Wing Comedy Factory Eddie 1 Episode: Hearts of Steel 1987 Harry Bobby Kratz 7 Episodes American Playhouse Norbert 1 Episode: Blue Window 1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Seymour Weiss TV movie The Outer Limits Alan Wells 1 Episode: The Voyage Home Kansas Matt TV movie American Gothic Barrett Stokes 1 Episode: Strong Arm of the Law 1996–1997 High Incident Officer Lenny Gayer 32 Episodes 1998 Dead Man's Gun Stuart "Snake Finger" Aikins 1 Episode: Snake Finger Tempting Fate Emmett Lach TV movie From the Earth to the Moon Tom Kelly 1 Episode: Spider 1998–1999 L.A. Doctors Dr. Tim Lonner 24 Episodes 2000 Nuremberg Captain Gustave Gilbert 1 Episode: #1.1 2000–2001 ER Gordon Price 3 Episodes: The Dance We Do; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Never Say Never 2001 Bleacher Bums Greg TV movie 2001 Varian's War "Beamish" TV movie 2002 Scared Silent Scott Miller TV movie 2002–2003 Boomtown Dr. Michael Hirsch 2 Episodes: Coyote, Lost Child 2003 The Lyon's Den George Riley 6 Episodes 2005 Karol: A Man Who Became Pope Hans Frank TV movie Without a Trace Larry Hopkins 1 Episode: A Day in the Life 2007 Raines Captain Daniel Lewis 2009 Anatomy of Hope Hal Davis TV movie 2010 The Pacific Dr. Grant 1 Episode: Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika 2010–2014 Justified Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Grant 4 Episodes: Fire in the Hole, The Moonshine War, Full Commitment, A Murder of Crowes 2011–2013 NCIS Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis 10 Episodes 2012 Alcatraz Mr. K 1 Episode: Tommy Madsen 2014–2015 Resurrection Sheriff Fred Langston 21 Episodes 2018 Sharp Objects Bill Vickery 8 Episodes 2019 Unspeakable Horace Krever 2 Episodes: Krever (1993–1996), Intent (1997–2005) 2020 Stumptown Michael McConnell 2 Episodes: At All Costs: The Conrad Costas Chronicles, All Hands on Dex 2023–2026 The Last Thing He Told Me Andrew Hall 2 Episodes 2023 Justified: City Primeval Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Grant 1 Episode: The Question 2024 Under the Bridge Roy Bentland 7 Episodes 2026–present Silo Victor Crnkovich 8 Episodes

Personal life Since 1992 Craven has been married to Sally Sutton, the makeup artist whom he met on the set of K2. They have two children, Nicholas and Josephine.

Craven is a strong supporter of One Heart Source an organisation designed to empower at risk children through education in Africa. He is an avid golfer. In his spare time, he enjoys gardening, cooking and woodworking. He worked as a doorman for the nightclub The Bitter End and is a lifelong fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.