Matt Ross
Biography
Matt Ross is an American actor and filmmaker who was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and grew up in Eagle Point, Oregon. He became known to television viewers for playing Alby Grant across five seasons of Big Love and Gavin Belson on Silicon Valley, and he has appeared in films such as The Last Days of Disco (1998), American Psycho (2000) and The Aviator (2004). His part as Eddie Scott in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) brought a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for cast performance, and he played Charles Montgomery in two seasons of American Horror Story. Behind the camera, he made seven short films before his feature directing debut, 28 Hotel Rooms, screened at Sundance in 2012. He wrote and directed Captain Fantastic (2016), winning the Un Certain Regard best director prize at Cannes.
56years old
Turns 57 on January 3in 53 days
- Born Greenwich
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Matthew Brandon Ross (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 12 years1994 to 2006
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Behind the camera
Ross directed 28 Hotel Rooms, his first feature film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. He had previously directed seven short films, among them The Language of Love, shown at an earlier Sundance festival.
Behind the award
At the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Matt Ross took home the Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Director. He earned it for Captain Fantastic, the feature film he wrote and directed, which stars Viggo Mortensen.
Matt Ross movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Matt Ross's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$639 million
11 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$246M38.4% of the total
- 2$214M33.4% of the total
- 3$55M8.5% of the total
- 4$38M6.0% of the total
- 5$34M5.4% of the total
- 6$20M3.2% of the total
- 7$16M2.5% of the total
- 8$8.4M1.3% of the total
$7.6 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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