Matt Czuchry

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Matt Czuchry

Born Matthew Charles Czuchry
May 20, 1977 (1977-05-20) (age 31)
Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

Matthew Charles Czuchry ([ˈzuk.ɹi]; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Czuchry was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and 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. His height is 5' 10" (1.77 m). He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1995. 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. Czuchry 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. Czuchry 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.

[edit] Career

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 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).

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. In 2008, he appeared in four episodes of Friday Night Lights.

From September 11th to October 28th 2007, Czuchry performed in Wendy Wasserstein's play Third along with Christine Lahti at the Geffen Playhouse.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] TV

Year Title Role
2008 Friday Night Lights Chris Kennedy
2004-2007 Gilmore Girls Logan Huntzberger
2004 Hack Jamie Farrel
2000 Young Americans (TV Series) 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
Eight Legged Freaks Bret
Slap Her... She's French Kyle Fuller
Swimming Upstream Morris Bird III

[edit] Notable guest appearances

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

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