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Matt Craven

Matt Craven

36 movies on Netflix

Biography

Matt Craven is a Canadian character actor who spent his early life in Ontario and came to acting around age 20, when he played Jonathan Harker in a local production of Dracula. His first film was Meatballs (1979), opposite Bill Murray, a hit that launched his career in film and comedy. A second feature, the short Bravery in the Field, brought an Academy Award nomination. He built a reputation as a character actor in movies including Crimson Tide (1995), Jacob's Ladder (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Disturbia (2007), K2 (1991), The Juror (1996) and X-Men: First Class (2011). In Jacob's Ladder he played Michael, an Army chemist who worked on a drug secretly given to a veterans unit. On television he was a regular on High Incident and Resurrection, appeared opposite Jeff Goldblum on Raines, had several seasons on NCIS, and collaborated with Graham Yost on Boomtown and Justified. He appeared in Stonewall (2015) and Unless, opposite Catherine Keener.

69years old

Turns 70 on November 10in 23 days

  • Born Port Colborne
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
  • Also credited as Matthew John Crnkovich

Movie Career

Films
36
Career span
46 years1979 to 2025

Genres

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  1. First role

    At around 20, Craven found his love of acting by trying out for a local Dracula production, where he won the role of Jonathan Harker.

  2. Big break

    Matt Craven made his film debut in Meatballs, acting opposite Bill Murray. The movie became a huge hit and started Craven's career in film and comedy.

Matt Craven movies on Netflix

Best known for

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

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  1. Crimson Tide1995 Action, Drama, Thriller, Waras Zimmer

    IMDb rating 7.4138K votes

  2. Jacob's Ladder1990 Drama, Horror, Mysteryas Michael

    IMDb rating 7.4131K votes

  3. Disturbia2007as Daniel Brecht

    IMDb rating 6.8277K votes

  4. Deja Vu2006as Minuti

    IMDb rating 7.1348K votes

  5. The Life of David Gale2003as Dusty Wright

    IMDb rating 7.5133K votes

  6. Devil2010as Lustig

    IMDb rating 6.3168K votes

  7. X-Men: First Class2011as CIA Director McCone

    IMDb rating 7.7774K votes

  8. A Few Good Men1992as Lt. Dave Spradling

    IMDb rating 7.8322K votes

Most often with

Tony Scott directed two of these films, Roland Emmerich two and Roger Christian two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Michael Biehn, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Michael BiehnCaleb Landry Jones, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Caleb Landry JonesLisa Langlois, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Lisa LangloisJack Blum, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Jack BlumRichard Jenkins, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Richard JenkinsKevin Pollak, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Kevin PollakTony ScottDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Tony ScottRoland EmmerichDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Roland EmmerichRoger ChristianDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Roger Christian

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Box office

What Matt Craven's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.6 billion

24 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 36 films: 24 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 24Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 3Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Top grosser

X-Men: First Class2011as CIA Director McCone$354 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 85% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    X-Men: First Class2011as CIA Director McCone
    $354M22.3% of the total
  2. 2
    A Few Good Men1992as Lt. Dave Spradling
    $243M15.3% of the total
  3. 3
    White House Down2013as Agent Kellerman
    $205M12.9% of the total
  4. 4
    Deja Vu2006as Minuti
    $181M11.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Crimson Tide1995as Zimmer
    $157M9.9% of the total
  6. 6
    Disturbia2007as Daniel Brecht
    $118M7.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Dragonfly2002as Eric
    $52M3.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Timeline2003as Steven Kramer
    $44M2.8% of the total
The Life of David Gale (2003), $39.0 millionAssault on Precinct 13 (2005), $35.3 millionDevil (2010), $33.6 millionPaulie (1998), $26.9 millionJacob's Ladder (1990), $26.1 millionThe Juror (1996), $22.8 millionThe Clearing (2004), $12.5 millionThe Longshots (2008), $11.8 millionHappy Birthday to Me (1981), $10.6 millionBlue Steel (1990), $8.2 millionK2 (1991), $3.1 millionMasterminds (1997), $1.9 millionThings You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), $1.4 millionChattahoochee (1989), $259,486Stonewall (2015), $187,674Stolen Girl (2025), $92,691

$234 millionfrom the other 16 films with a worldwide figure, 15% of the total

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