Matt Walton

Matt Walton
Walton at the 2018 Montclair Film Festival
Born
Hampton, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1997–present
SpouseAlecia Hurst
Children2

Matthew "Matt" R. Walton is an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for his role as Elijah Clarke on One Life to Live.

Early life

Walton was born in Hampton, New Jersey, and attended Boston Conservatory, where he received a degree as a Musical Theater major and a Directing minor. After graduation he returned to New York City and studied with Wynn Handman, Tony Spiridakis, Stephan Jobes and acting coaches Anthony Abeson, Seth Barrish and Bob Krakower.

Career

Stage

Walton made his New York City debut Off-Broadway starring as Berger in the 30th anniversary production of Hair in 1997, and later reprised the role in Boston and at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, New York.

This performance in Hair led to roles in Off-Broadway premieres, including The Tailor Made Man, The Sweepers, We're All Dead, Rush's Dream, Gorilla Man, and The Framer.

He also played leads in New York and regional revivals of Beirut, Grease, Violet, Boy's Life, A Few Good Men, Proposals, Italian American Reconciliation, and Human Error.

He starred[when?] in the Off-Broadway production of Under My Skin, written by Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser.

Parfumerie[when?] at The Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills.

It's Just Sex[when?] at the Actor's Temple in New York City.

Boeing-Boeing[when?] at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey

Television and film

Walton's first television roles were on the soap operas Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children. Starting in 2009, he played Elijah Clarke on One Life to Live for 18 months.

Walton also played guest roles on Rescue Me, Royal Pains, Cashmere Mafia, The Bronx is Burning, and several episodes of Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Walton has appeared in over two dozen films, including Burn After Reading, Gigantic, and Armless.

Walton also played sportscaster Alex Reiser on the Comedy Central show Onion SportsDome, which premiered in January 2011.

Commercial and voice acting

Walton has acted in a number of ad campaigns, notably for Advil Cold and Sinus, Rooms to Go, Lowe's, Barclays, Speed Stick, Castrol, Old Navy and Optimum.

He has worked as a voice-over artist in over 100 TV and radio commercials, promos and narrations for The Biography Channel, A&E Network, Bravo, the Travel Channel, Independent Film Channel, and Oxygen. He has also done the narration for a number of audiobooks, including Spider-Man 2, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and Second Chance.

Online

Walton is a regular at CollegeHumor and gained national attention in the "Gangnam Style" parody "Mitt Romney Style".

Personal life

Walton is married to Alecia and has 2 children.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2003 200 American Conrad
2006 Flannel Pajamas Dr. Butler Uncredited
2007 Montclair Matt
Holier than Thou Miles Short film
The Agency Mark Marley TV movie
2008 Death in Love Young Father
Burn After Reading Morning Show Host
We Pedal Uphill Anthony
Gigantic Conner Williams
Moonlight and Mistletoe Ben Richards TV movie
Favorite Son Robert Mason
2009 True North Green Short film
Loving Leah Carter TV movie
Sherri Stu
2010 Armless Dr. Richard Phillips
Sim City Mayor Mayor CollegeHumor short film
2011 The Fall of Dyna-Woman Dr. Robert Miller Short film
We Are the 1% Dr. Robert Miller CollegeHumor short film
2012 Mitt Romney Style Mitt Romney CollegeHumor short film
Reunion Paul Short film
2014 Wish You Were Officer Johnson Short film
Beach Pillows City Dad
Charlie Dr. Phillips Short film
The Sisterhood of Night Reporter
Saint Janet Scott
Hardbat Jeff Short film
2015 Born Kyle Short film
Stuck Jonathan Short film
Trouble Larry Melman
Cry Baby Cry Short film
2016 Money Monster An Anchorman
The Purge: Election Year Reporter #1
2017 The Misogynists Grant
2018 The Downside Larry Melman Short film
How to Train Your Husband or (How to Pick Your Second Husband First) Jack
2019 The Irishman TV Host
2021 Pretenders Hannah's Dad Executive producer
Next Stop, Christmas George Reynolds TV movie
2022 Heaven, I Suppose Doctor Short film
2023 No Hard Feelings Irate Bar Customer
Herd Governor Diraldi Co-producer
The Luckiest Man Alive Bobby Short film
2024 Marvin Is Sorry Tag Taggart Short film
2025 The Housemaid Lynch
2026 Seniors Pete Short film
Our Lives After Sid Short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jack Episode: "Starved"
2006 All My Children Terry 'T' McDermott 6 episodes
2007 The Bronx Is Burning Jim McMullen 2 episodes
2008 Cashmere Mafia Mike Episode: "Conference Call"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Det. Peary Episode: "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
Guiding Light Dalton Reid 2 episodes
Law & Order Trooper Thomas Volchek Episode: "Knock Off"
2009 Rescue Me Harris Episode: "Perspective"
2009-2010 One Life to Live Elijah Clark/Elijah Kent 138 episodes
2010 Royal Pains Dennis "DB" Brown Episode: "Mano a Mano"
2011 Onion SportsDome Alex Reiser Series regular
10 episodes
Jake and Amir CollegeHumor CEO Alan Avery Episode: "Jake and Amir: Fired"
2012 Blue Bloods Kevin Schmidt Episode: "The Uniform"
Jest Originals Mitt Romney 2 episodes
Made in Jersey Stiles Episode: "Payday"
2013 Think Tank Brimage 5 episodes
2014 Drop Dead Diva Breakers' Attorney Episode: "Cheers & Jeers"
Person of Interest Maybank Episode: "Beta"
The Mysteries of Laura Reporter Store Episode: "The Mystery of the Sex Scandal"
2015 Devious Maids Mr. Atwood Episode: "Cries and Whispers"
Limitless Jeffrey Vachs Episode: "The Legend of Marcos Ramos"
2016 Youthful Daze Drew's Dad, Luke Castle 78 episodes
The Good Wife Ian Gillan Episode: "Targets"
Notorious Darin Mills 6 episodes
2017 The Blacklist: Redemption Gable Lang Episode: "Hostages"
Mindhunter Anchorman Episode: "Ear to Ear"
2018 The Resident Spalding Massero Episode: "The Elopement"
Instinct Dr. Damian Grant Episode: "Heartless"
The Affair Police Officer Episode 2
FBI Carter Pope Episode: "Pilot"
2019 American Soul Dick Clark 2 episodes
Madam Secretary Shawn Olson Episode: "Deepfake"
2019-2020 Tell Me a Story Clay Callaway 3 episodes
2021 Younger New Day USA Co-Host Episode: "It's the End of the World, Worm Girl"
Halston Jeff Watkin Episode: "The Sweet Smell of Success"
Wu-Tang: An American Saga Dominick Olivito Episode: "Little Ghetto Boys"
The Last O.G. Hunter Episode: "The Negotiator"
2022 Chicago Fire Alan Cutler Episode: "Finish What You Started"
The Blacklist Spencer Waters Episode: "The Whaler (No. 165)"
2024 FBI: Most Wanted Mr. Haggarty Episode: "Varsity Blues"

Video games

Year Title Role
2002 Asheron's Call 2
2003 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Policeman, Cleaner, Commando
2003 Manhunt Swat 2
2007 Manhunt 2 The Watchdogs member
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV The Crowd of Liberty City
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Albert Mason

References

  1. ↑ "Theatre Mirror Reviews - "Hair!"".
  2. ↑ "More Than Three Decades Later, 'Hair' Still Lets the Sunshine In". The New York Times. 26 August 2001.
  3. ↑ "A CurtainUp Review, The Tailor-Made Man".
  4. ↑ "Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - The Sweepers - 4/2/02".
  5. ↑ "Big Names Go Musical (What Rhymes With Oedipus?)". The New York Times. 25 November 2003.
  6. ↑ Smith, Kerrie. "Gorilla Man: Puberty Can Be So Unkind".
  7. ↑ "The Framer".
  8. ↑ "Grease (Casa Mañana Production, 2000) - Ovrtur".
  9. ↑ "Under My Skin".
  10. ↑ "Parfumerie: Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Adultery as Aperitif, Served by 6 Amateurs and a Pro". The New York Times. 3 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "What's a Cad to Do With Three Fiancées?". The New York Times. 29 January 2012.
  13. ↑ Gore, Scotty (11 June 2009). "Walton Becomes 'One Life's' Newest Leading Man".
  14. ↑ O'Brien, Walter (December 25, 2010). "Matt Walton, a New Jersey native, to co-host Comedy Central Onion sports show". Courier News. Bridgewater Township, NJ. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  15. ↑ Pierce, Scott D. (January 6, 2011). "'The Onion SportsDome' skewers 'SportsCenter'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Matt Walton narrated audio books at Simply Audiobooks - Simply Audiobooks".
  17. ↑ CollegeHumor (8 October 2012). "Mitt Romney Style (Gangnam Style Parody)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ https://www.tvguide.com/news/matt-walton-baby-1022175/
  19. ↑ Jest Originals