Matt Czuchry
Matt Czuchry | |
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 Czuchry at the PaleyFest 2015 panel for The Good Wife | |
| Born | Matthew Charles Czuchry May 20, 1977 |
| Alma mater | College of Charleston (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Matthew Charles "Matt" Czuchry (/ˈzʊkri/; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor best known for portraying Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls and Cary Agos on the CBS television series The Good Wife.
Early life
Czuchry was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee.[1] His father, Andrew Czuchry, is a professor at East Tennessee State University, and his mother, Sandra, is a housewife.[1] He is of Ukrainian descent on his father's side.[2] He has two brothers and a sister.[1]
He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1995.[1] Czuchry graduated with honors in 1999 from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science.[1] He won the Mr College of Charleston pageant in 1998.[1] Czuchry attended college on a tennis scholarship, captained the men's tennis team, and was an NCAA ranked player in the Southern Conference. On the April 29, 2016 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, he said that before becoming an actor he took the Law School Admission Test and did poorly.[3]
Career
Television roles
He took one theater class in college, and his professor encouraged him to change his major to drama.[1] It was during his first role in The WB's Young Americans that he met Kate Bosworth, whom he dated from 2000–02.[4] He became better known in the role of Logan Huntzberger on the television show Gilmore Girls on The CW. Prior to this role, Czuchry had a recurring guest role on the CBS drama Hack and starred in the pilot of UPN's Jake 2.0. He also guested on Freaks and Geeks, 7th Heaven, The Practice, Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights.
From 2009 to 2016, Czuchry played the role of young, ambitious Harvard-educated lawyer Cary Agos on the critically acclaimed CBS drama The Good Wife.[5]
Films
He appeared in the movies Eight Legged Freaks and Slap Her... She's French. Czuchry played the lead role in the film adaptation of Tucker Max's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.[6]
Theater
From September 11 to October 28, 2007, Czuchry performed in Wendy Wasserstein's play Third opposite Christine Lahti at the Geffen Playhouse.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Slap Her... She's French | Kyle Fuller | |
| 2002 | Eight Legged Freaks | Bret | |
| 2002 | A Midsummer Night's Rave | Evan | |
| 2002 | Swimming Upstream | Morris Bird III | |
| 2004 | Em & Me | Chase | |
| 2006 | Hooked | Scotty | Short film |
| 2009 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Tucker Max |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Freaks and Geeks | Teenage Guy #1 | Episode: "We've Got Spirit" |
| 2000 | Opposite Sex | Kurt | Episode: "The Field Trip Episode" |
| 2000 | Young Americans | Sean McGrail | 5 episodes |
| 2002 | The Practice | Skip Hyman | Episode: "Fire Proof" |
| 2002 | 7th Heaven | Carl | Episode: "A Cry for Help" |
| 2003 | Jake 2.0 | Darin Metcalf | Episode: "The Tech" |
| 2003–2004 | Hack | Jamie Farrel | Main role |
| 2004–2007 | Gilmore Girls | Logan Huntzberger | Main role |
| 2005 | Dark Shadows | Willie Loomis | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2006 | Justice League | Brainiac 5 (voice) | Episode: "Far from Home" |
| 2006 | Veronica Mars | Charlie Stone | Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" |
| 2007 | Gravity | Ray | TV film |
| 2008 | Friday Night Lights | Chris Kennedy | 4 episodes |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | Cary Agos | Main role |
| 2010 | The 19th Wife | Jordan | TV film |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Logan Huntzberger | TV miniseries |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Matt Czuchry". buddyTV. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
- ^ Yuan, Jada (February 8, 2011). "The Good Wife's Matt Czuchry on Cary's Sex Life and How to Pronounce His Last Name". nymag.com. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ "'The Good Wife' Cast Wasn't Drinking The Whole Time". CBS.com. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. April 29, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^ "Kate Bosworth Biography". People. Retrieved May 14, 2010.
- ^ Ratledge, Ingela (May 3, 2011). "A Day Out with the Good Wife's Matt Czuchry". tvguide.com. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ Three In Can for "Beer In Hell"
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio (September 19, 2007). "Wasserstein's Third, with Christine Lahti, Opens in L.A. Sept. 19". Playbill.com. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
External links
- Matt Czuchry at IMDb
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