Matt Salinger

Matthew Douglas Salinger ( ; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor and producer known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America.

Early life Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, to author J. D. Salinger, known for Catcher in the Rye, and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas. His maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas. He has one sister, Margaret Salinger. His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent, and of maternal German, Irish, and Scottish descent.

Salinger attended North Country School in Lake Placid, New York, for junior high school. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama.

He subsequently appeared in films including What Dreams May Come and on television in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and 24.

Salinger has produced several independent films, including Let the Devil Wear Black, and Mojave Moon.

Salinger made his Broadway debut in 1985 in Bill C. Davis's short-lived Dancing in the End Zone, performing at the Ritz Theater alongside veteran actresses Pat Carroll and Dorothy Lyman. In 2000, he produced the off-Broadway play The Syringa Tree, which received a Drama Desk Award, Drama League Award, Outer Critic's Circle Award, and the Village Voice Obie Award for Best Play of the Year in 2001.

Personal life

Salinger married jewelry designer Betsy Jane Becker in 1985. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and have two sons, Gannon and Avery.

Unlike his sister, Margaret, who wrote a 1999 memoir about her childhood titled Dream Catcher, Salinger has sought to protect his father's privacy. A few weeks after Margaret's book was published, Salinger wrote a letter to The New York Observer, criticizing his sister's "gothic tales of our supposed childhood."

Filmography

Film Year Title Role 1984 Revenge of the Nerds Danny Burke 1986 Power Phillip Aarons 1989 Options Donald Anderson 1990 Captain America Steve Rogers / Captain America 1994 Fortunes of War Peter Kernan 1994 Babyfever James 1996 Mojave Moon 1998 What Dreams May Come Reverend Hanley 1999 Let the Devil Wear Black Cop #1 2002 The Year That Trembled Professor Jeff Griggs 2005 Bigger Than the Sky Mal Gunn 2010 Harvest Professor Wickstrom 2014 Learning to Drive Peter 2015 Endless Night (Spanish: Nadie quiere la noche) Captain Spalding 2017 Love After Love Michael 2018 Wetware Mashita 2019 A Call to Spy William Donovan 2021 The Ice Road CEO Thomason

Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Blood & Orchids Bryce Parker (Made for TV) crime-drama film 1986 Manhunt for Claude Dallas Claude Dallas Jr. (Made for TV) 1987 Deadly Deception Jack Shoat (Made for TV) 1993 Picket Fences Dr. Danny Shreve family drama television series 1993–1994 Second Chances Mike Chulack drama television series 2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Seth Webster Season 5 / Episode 13 – "Hate" 2004–2005 24 Mark Kanar Day 3 (Season 3 / 2004): 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Day 4 (Season 4 / 2005): 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Bill Phillips Season 7 / Episode 19 – "Legacy"

Video Year Title Role Notes 1993 Firehawk Tex action film (Directed by Cirio H. Santiago) 2005 The Marksman General Parent (as Matthew Salinger) action film (Directed by Marcus Adams) 2005 Black Dawn Myshkin (as Matthew Salinger) action film (Directed by Alexander Gruszynski) 2008 Pistol Whipped Dealer action film (Directed by Roel Reiné)

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