Matt Lauria
Biography
Matt Lauria is an American actor and musician who moved to Ireland with his family as a child and trained at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he earned a BFA in drama. Within weeks of arriving in New York City he made his television debut on 30 Rock in 2007, then took a recurring part on Lipstick Jungle. His first starring role came as Luke Cafferty on Friday Night Lights, which he stayed with until 2011, and he went on to play Ryan York on Parenthood and Ryan Wheeler on Kingdom. He appeared in the action thrillers Miss Bala (2019) and Shaft (2019), had roles on Tell Me A Story and Little Birds, and from 2021 played Josh Folsom on a hit series.
44years old
Turns 45 on August 15in 277 days
- Born Oak Lawn
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Matthew Lauria
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 4 years2019 to 2023
Every film, newest first
- 202380 for BradyIMDb rating 5.9
- 2022To LeslieIMDb rating 7.1
- 2019Miss BalaIMDb rating 5.8
- 2019ShaftIMDb rating 6.4
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First role
For Friday Night Lights, the Emmy award-winning NBC/DirecTV drama, Lauria took on his first starring part: Luke Cafferty, who wore #44 for the East Dillon Lions. Filming required him to relocate to Pflugerville, Texas.
First role
Soon after Lauria moved to New York City, he landed his first television role, playing Winthrop on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.
Early training
Lauria got his formal acting training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, studying in its drama conservatory and earning a BFA in drama there.
Matt Lauria movies on Netflix
Worked with
Matt Lauria made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Stephen Root's page
Allison Janney's page
Anthony Mackie's page
Jane Fonda's page
Bob Balaban's page
All films by Tim Story
Michael MorrisDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Michael Morris
All films by Catherine Hardwicke
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