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Matt Salinger
Born
Matthew Douglas Salinger

(1960-02-13) February 13, 1960 (age 64)
Windsor, Vermont, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
(B.A., Art History, 1983)
OccupationActor
Years activesince 1984
Spouse
Betsy Becker
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(m. 1985)​
Children2
FatherJ. D. Salinger

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

Early life

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Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.[1][2] Salinger's maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas.[3] He has a sister, Margaret Salinger.[4][5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent.[6][7][8]

Salinger attended North Country School in Keene, New York for junior high school. Salinger graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and attended Princeton University before graduating from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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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
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

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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

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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)

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Dancing in the End Zone James Bernard
2000 The Syringa Tree ----- (Produced by Matthew Salinger)

Career

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Salinger made his film debut in 1984's Revenge of the Nerds. He played Captain America in the 1990 film Captain America.[9]

Salinger subsequently appeared in films including What Dreams May Come[10] and episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[11] and 24.[12]

Salinger has produced several independent films, including Let the Devil Wear Black[13] and Mojave Moon.[citation needed]

Salinger made his Broadway debut in 1985, in Bill C. Davis's short-lived Dancing in the End Zone,[14] performing at the Ritz Theater alongside veteran actresses Pat Carroll and Dorothy Lyman. In 2000, he produced the off-Broadway play The Syringa Tree,[15][16][17] which won a Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award, the Outer Critic's Circle Award,[18][19] and the Village Voice Obie Award for Best Play of the Year in 2001.[20]

Unpublished works by J. D. Salinger

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J. D. Salinger continued to write throughout his life, although he did not publish any works after 1965. His widow, Colleen O'Neill, and Matt Salinger prepared this work for publication after his death, announcing in 2019 that "all of what he wrote will at some point be shared", but that it was a big job and not yet ready.[21]

Personal life

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Salinger married jewelry designer Betsy Jane Becker in 1985. They live in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and have sons Gannon and Avery.[22]

In contrast to his sister, Margaret, who wrote a 1999 memoir about her childhood titled Dream Catcher, Salinger is a devoted protector of his father's privacy.[4] A few weeks after Margaret's book was published, Salinger wrote a letter to The New York Observer, disparaging his sister's "gothic tales of our supposed childhood."[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Betsy Jane Becker to Marry Matt Salinger in May". The New York Times. October 14, 1984. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Matt Salinger Biography (1960-)". Film Reference. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Smith, Dinitia (August 30, 2000). "Salinger's Daughter's Truths as Mesmerizing as His Fiction". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b Finkle, David (February 15, 2001). "Produced by Matt Salinger" Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine. Theater Mania. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Malcolm, Janet (June 21, 2001). "Justice to J. D. Salinger". The New York Review of Books. Archived from the original on November 15, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Genealogy of Richard L. Aronoff". Aronoff.com. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  7. ^ Fiene, Donald M. (1963). "J. D. Salinger: A Bibliography". Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature. 4 (1): 109–149. doi:10.2307/1207189. JSTOR 1207189.
  8. ^ "J.D. Salinger". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. January 1, 1919. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  9. ^ Ryan, Mike (July 20, 2011). "Matt Salinger: The True Captain America?". GQ.
  10. ^ "Full Cast of What Dreams May Come Actors/Actresses". Ranker. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  11. ^ Green, Susan; Dawn, Randee (September 1, 2009). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Unofficial Companion. BenBella Books, Inc. Google Books. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "Matt Salinger ". TV Guide. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  13. ^ Leydon, Joe (June 28, 1999). "Let the Devil Wear Black". Variety.
  14. ^ Rich, Frank (1985-01-04). "THEATER: 'DANCING IN THE END ZONE'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  15. ^ Weber, Bruce (December 22, 2001). "THEATER REVIEW; One Women Portrays the Many Faces of Apartheid". The New York Times.
  16. ^ Gray, Paul (August 6, 2006). "Black, White and Colored". The New York Times.
  17. ^ Hill, Logan (2000). "Cult Hit: Salinger's Stage". New York magazine.
  18. ^ Long, Amay Nora. "Pamela Glen and the making of The Syringa Tree". American Repertory Theater. Harvard University. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  19. ^ Jones, Kenneth (August 1, 2001). "Kate Blumberg Branches Out Into Syringa Tree Aug. 1". Playbill.
  20. ^ Isherwood, Charles (May 29, 2001). "Obies fete 'Syringa Tree': Seldes gets sustained achievement award". Variety.
  21. ^ Alison Flood (1 February 2019). "JD Salinger's unseen writings to be published, family confirms". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  22. ^ Alexander, Paul (1999). Salinger: A Biography. Los Angeles: Renaissance. p. 292. ISBN 1-58063-080-4.
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