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Matt Malloy

Biography

An American actor and producer, Matt Malloy has built a career in film, television and radio. Born in Hamilton, New York, he was drawn to acting by his uncle, the actor Henry Gibson, and trained at the State University of New York at Purchase. He started professionally in 1988 with the television movie The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, then played the filmmaker Deke Conners in the HBO series Tanner '88. A year later came his first big-screen part, Otis in The Unbelievable Truth (1989). He broke through in the 1997 black comedy In the Company of Men, co-starring with Aaron Eckhart and Stacy Edwards and serving as a co-executive producer. Since then he has taken more than 100 film and television roles, added voice work to radio programs such as This American Life, and from 2013 to 2014 starred as Nevada Senator Louis Laffer in the political comedy Alpha House, with John Goodman.

63years old

Turns 64 on January 12in 92 days

  • Born Hamilton
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
31
Career span
34 years1989 to 2023

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  1. Big break

    Matt Malloy's break-out role came in 1997 when he co-starred with Aaron Eckhart and Stacy Edwards in the black comedy In the Company of Men, which he also co-executive produced.

  2. First role

    Malloy's acting career began in earnest in 1988 with the made-for-television movie The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and he went on to play New York City filmmaker Deke Conners in the HBO mockumentary series Tanner '88.

Matt Malloy 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. Morning Glory2010 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Ernie Appleby

    IMDb rating 6.588K votes

  2. Jeff, Who Lives at Home2011 Comedy, Dramaas Barry

    IMDb rating 6.467K votes

  3. In the Company of Men1997as Howard

    IMDb rating 7.115K votes

  4. Election1999as Vice-Principal Ron Bell

    IMDb rating 7.2112K votes

  5. Hitch2005as Pete

    IMDb rating 6.6352K votes

  6. Trust1990as Ed

    IMDb rating 7.312K votes

  7. The Stepford Wives2004as Herb Sunderson

    IMDb rating 5.473K votes

  8. Elephant2003as Mr. Luce

    IMDb rating 7.1106K votes

Most often with

Andy Tennant directed two of these films, Gus Van Sant two and Roger Michell 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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Films together

Box office

What Matt Malloy's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$972 million

26 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 31 films: 26 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas.

  • 26Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Hitch2005as Pete
    $372M38.2% of the total
  2. 2
    $136M14.0% of the total
  3. 3
    The Stepford Wives2004as Herb Sunderson
    $102M10.5% of the total
  4. 4
    Changing Lanes2002as Ron Cabot
    $95M9.8% of the total
  5. 5
    Finding Forrester2000as Bradley
    $80M8.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Morning Glory2010as Ernie Appleby
    $60M6.2% of the total
  7. 7
    $23M2.3% of the total
  8. 8
    Election1999as Vice-Principal Ron Bell
    $15M1.5% of the total
Something New (2006), $11.4 millionWedding Daze (2006), $11.3 millionCookie's Fortune (1999), $10.9 millionDrop Dead Gorgeous (1999), $10.6 millionElephant (2003), $10.0 millionState and Main (2000), $9.2 millionWind (1992), $5.5 millionThe Anniversary Party (2001), $4.9 millionJeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), $4.4 millionChoke (2008), $4.0 millionIn the Company of Men (1997), $2.8 millionThe Impostors (1998), $2.2 millionShowing Up (2023), $708,854The Unbelievable Truth (1989), $546,541Boys (1996), $516,349The United States of Leland (2003), $343,847

$89.6 millionfrom the other 18 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total