Matt Battaglia

Biography

Matt Battaglia is an American actor and producer who also played football, first at the University of Louisville, where he was an All-American linebacker, and briefly in professional football with the Philadelphia Eagles. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 90 films, network pilots and television shows. As a producer he won an Emmy in 2012 for Last Shot with Judge Gunn and co-produced the Golden Globe-nominated film Brothers. His acting roles include the lead of Luc Deveraux in Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998) and Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998), plus parts in Half Past Dead (2002) with Steven Seagal, Army of One (1993), Raven (1996), Thor, and Brian Banks (2019) as football coach Pete Carroll. On television he has appeared in Twin Peaks, Too Close To Home, Hawaii Five-O, Criminal Minds, and Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.

61years old

Turns 62 on September 25in 348 days

Born September 25, 1965Tallahassee
Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22

Movie Career

Films: 9
Career span: 26 years1993 to 2019

Genres

Action67%, 6 films
Drama33%, 3 films
Sci-Fi33%, 3 films
Crime22%, 2 films
Romance22%, 2 films

First and latest

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Behind the camera
Battaglia co-produced the film Brothers, which was nominated for two Golden Globes and starred Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Behind the camera
Battaglia sold two one hour dramas to Fox, Pyrates and Bad Monkeys, with the studio buying the rights and financing the pilot scripts; Pyrates was partnered with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions.
A change of course
Battaglia spent a short time playing professional football, appearing for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1987. He sacked Sean Payton, the Chicago Bears quarterback.

Matt Battaglia movies on Netflix

Brian Banks2019IMDb rating 7.2as Pete Carroll
Rescuing Madison2014IMDb rating 6.4as Martin
Tides of War2005IMDb rating 4.8as Dizzy Malone
Half Past Dead2002IMDb rating 4.6as 49er Three
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9as Luc Devreaux
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0as Luc Devreaux
Raven1996IMDb rating 4.6as Martin 'Duce' Grant
Blue Sky1994IMDb rating 6.4as NATO Soldier
Army of One1993IMDb rating 5.7as Michael Agnos

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998 Action, Sci-Fias Luc Devreaux
IMDb rating 2.92.2K votes
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998 Action, Sci-Fias Luc Devreaux
IMDb rating 3.01.6K votes
Brian Banks2019as Pete Carroll
IMDb rating 7.211K votes
Army of One1993as Michael Agnos
IMDb rating 5.76.9K votes
Half Past Dead2002as 49er Three
IMDb rating 4.618K votes
Raven1996as Martin 'Duce' Grant
IMDb rating 4.6785 votes
Tides of War2005as Dizzy Malone
IMDb rating 4.8867 votes
Blue Sky1994as NATO Soldier
IMDb rating 6.49.1K votes

Most often with

Jeff Woolnough directed two of these films. Burt Reynolds appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Burt Reynolds

Chandra West

Jeff Wincott

Richard McMillan

Layton MorrisonJeff WoolnoughDirector, 2 films

Films together

Burt Reynolds3 films together, 1996 to 1998
Burt Reynolds's page
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc DevreauxReynolds as Mentor
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc DevreauxReynolds as Mentor
- Raven1996IMDb rating 4.6Battaglia as Martin 'Duce' GrantReynolds as Jerome 'Raven' Katz
Chandra West2 films together, 1998
Chandra West's page
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc DevreauxWest as Veronica
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc DevreauxWest as Veronica
Jeff Wincott2 films together, 1998
Jeff Wincott's page
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc DevreauxWincott as Eric Deveraux / GR5
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc DevreauxWincott as Eric Devereaux / GR87
Richard McMillan2 films together, 1998
Richard McMillan's page
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc DevreauxMcMillan as Dr. Walker
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc DevreauxMcMillan as Dr. Walker
Layton Morrison2 films together, 1998
Layton Morrison's page
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc DevreauxMorrison as Bodyguard
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc DevreauxMorrison as Bodyguard
Jeff WoolnoughDirector, 2 films, 1998
All films by Jeff Woolnough
- Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms1998IMDb rating 2.9Battaglia as Luc Devreaux
- Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business1998IMDb rating 3.0Battaglia as Luc Devreaux

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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