Matt Czuchry

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Matt Czuchry
Birth name Matthew Charles Czuchry
Born May 20, 1977 (age 29)
Flag of United States Manchester, New Hampshire
Notable roles Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls
Jamie Farrel on Hack

Matthew Charles Czuchry [ˈzuk.ɹi], born May 20, 1977 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA is an American actor. He grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. His father, Andy, is a professor at East Tennessee State University and his mother, Sandra, is a homemaker. He has two brothers, Mike and AJ, and a sister, Karen.

Czuchry graduated with honors in 1999 from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science. He won the Mr. College of Charleston pageant in 1998. He went to school on a tennis scholarship, was captain of the men's tennis team, and was an NCAA ranked player in the Southern Conference. He took one theater class in college, and his professor encouraged him to change his major to drama. Additionally, Czuchry studied acting with Belita Moreno, star of the comedy series George Lopez.

It was during his first role, in The WB's Young Americans, that he met Kate Bosworth. He dated Bosworth from 2000 to 2002.

Czuchry is best known for his role as Logan Huntzberger on the television show Gilmore Girls on The CW. The character is a privileged young man who, during studies at Yale University, becomes romantically involved with Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel). As of the seventh season, the couple is in a transatlantic relationship, as Logan works in London while Rory finishes school back home.

Prior to this role, Czuchry had a recurring guest role on the CBS drama Hack and starred in the pilot of UPN's Jake 2.0. He has also appeared in the movies Eight Legged Freaks and Slap Her, She's French. In addition, he has appeared in the cult favorite TV show Freaks and Geeks as well as on 7th Heaven, The Practice, and Veronica Mars.


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[edit] TV

Year Title Role
2004 Gilmore Girls Logan Huntzberger
2004 Hack Jamie Farrel
2000 Young Americans Sean McGrail

[edit] Movies

Year Movie Role
2006 Hooked Scotty
2004 Em & Me Chase
2003 Advantage Hart October
2002 A Midsummer Night's Rave Evan
2002 Eight Legged Freaks Bret
2002 Slap Her... She's French! Kyle Fuller
2002 Swimming Upstream Morris Bird III

[edit] Notable guest appearances

Year Title Role
2006 Veronica Mars Norman Phipps
2006 Justice League Unlimited Brainiac 5
2003 Jake 2.0 Darin Metcalf
2002 7th Heaven Carl
2002 The Practice Skip Hyman
2000 Opposite Sex Kurt
2000 Freaks and Geeks Teenage Guy #1

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