Matthew Maher (actor)

{{Infobox person

| name = Matthew Maher

| image = Matthew Maher by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| caption = Maher in 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|41|2013|2|24}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/theater/new-faces-in-spring-theater.html |title=Looking Out for the Revelations |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 21, 2013 |last1=Healy |first1=Patrick |last2=McElroy |first2=Steven |last3=Soloski |first3=Alexis |last4=MacDonald |first4=Sandy}}

| birth_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.{{Cite web |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Matthew-Maher/ |title=Matthew Maher (Visual voices guide) |website=BehindTheVoiceActors.com}}

| occupation = Actor

| spouse =

| years_active = 1999–present

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}}

Matthew Maher (born 1971 or 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Dogma (1999), Jersey Girl (2004), Gone Baby Gone (2007), It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), Grand Theft Auto V (2013) Captain Marvel (2019), Funny Pages (2022), Air (2023), and Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023).

Career

Maher has an extensive theatrical career having performed at The Public Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, and Actors Theater of Louisville. Theater credits include Red-Handed Otter at Cherry Lane Theater, Uncle Vanya at Soho Repertory Theatre, Golden Child by David Henry Hwang at Signature Theatre Company, and Tales From My Parents Divorce by The Civilians.{{cite web|author=Ron Trembath|url= https://trainwreckdsociety.com/2012/10/18/matthew-maher-interview/ |title= Matthew Maher Interview |work=trainwreckdsociety.com|date=October 18, 2012}}

He has appeared occasionally in feature films, including Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Dogma (1999), Vulgar (2000), The Third Wheel (2002), Jersey Girl (2004), Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Killer Inside Me, I'm Still Here and It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), Captain Marvel (2019), Funny Pages (2022), and Air (2023).{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/matthew-maher/credits/3030100054/ |title= Matthew Maher |work=tvguide.com|access-date=April 14, 2023}}

In 2016, he starred in the Annie Baker play The Flick which debuted Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2013,{{cite web|author=Jones, Kenneth|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/175057-Annie-Bakers-The-Flick-a-Tale-of-Movie-House-Workers-Begins-World-Premiere-Run-in-NYC|title=Annie Baker's 'The Flick', a Tale of Movie-House Workers, Begins World-Premiere Run in NYC|work=Playbill|accessdate=April 15, 2014|date=February 15, 2013}} and went on to win the 2014 Pulitzer Prize.{{cite web|author=Gans, Andrew|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/189995-Annie-Bakers-The-Flick-Wins-2014-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Drama?tsrc=nx|title=Annie Baker's 'The Flick' Wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama|work=playbill.com|date=April 14, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140415063353/https://www.playbill.com/news/article/189995-Annie-Bakers-The-Flick-Wins-2014-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Drama?tsrc=nx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-04-15}} The production moved to the UK in 2016, to the Dorfman Theatre, London.{{cite web|author=Dom O'Hanlon|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/interviews/in-conversation-with-the-flick-star-matthew-maher |title= AIn Conversation with The Flick star Matthew Maher |work=londontheatre.co.uk|date=June 8, 2016}}

Filmography

class = "wikitable sortable" \|+ Film roles
Year !Title !Role !Note
1999 \|Dogma \|Bartender \|
1999 \|Bringing Out the Dead \|Mr. Oh's Friend \|
2000 \|Four Letter Words \|Jordon \|
2000 \|Vulgar \|Gino Fanelli \|
2002 \|The Third Wheel \|Hank \|
2002 \|Big Apple \|Office Worker #2 \|
2003 \|Just Another Story \| \|
2004 \|Jersey Girl \|Delivery Guy \|
2004 \|Pagans \|Store Clerk \|
2005 \|Homecoming \|Frank \|
2007 \|Gone Baby Gone \|Corwin Earle \|
2008 \|Uber Alice \|Jeremy \|Short film
2009 \|Finding Graceland \|Ricky \|Short film
2010 \|The Killer Inside Me \|Deputy Jeff Plummer \|
2010 \|The Face \|Bocce Ball Player \|Short film
2010 \|I'm Still Here \|Matt \|
2010 \|It's Kind of a Funny Story \|Humble \|
2011 \|Sweet Little Lies \| \|
2013 \|Frank the Bastard \|Worm \|
2014 \|While We're Young \|Tim \|
2014 \|A Most Violent Year \|John Dominczyk \|
2015 \|People Places Things \|Improv Partner \|
2016 \|The Finest Hours \|Carl Nickerson \|
2016 \|My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea \|Senior Kyle (voice) \|
2016 \|The Surf Report \|Bartender \|Short film
2016 \|Live by Night \|RD Pruitt \|
2017 \|The Incredible Jessica James \|Actor \|
2017 \|Cat Killer \|Tyler Krallman from Applebees \|Short film
2017 \|Lady Bird \|NYC Man on Street \|
2017 \|Testosterone: Volume One \|Bartender \|
2019 \|Captain Marvel \|Norex \|
2019 \|Marriage Story \|Theater Actor \|
2020 \|The Mimic \|The Waiter/Bartender \|
2020 \|The Outside Story \|Neil \|
2022 \|Funny Pages \|Wallace \|
2023 \|Air \|Peter Moore \|
2023 \|The Kill Room \|Nate \|
2024 \|Relay \|Hoffman \|
2025 \| The Mastermind \| Jerry \|

class = "wikitable sortable"

|+ Film roles

Year

!Title

!Role

!Note

1999

|Dogma

|Bartender

1999

|Bringing Out the Dead

|Mr. Oh's Friend

2000

|Four Letter Words

|Jordon

2000

|Vulgar

|Gino Fanelli

2002

|The Third Wheel

|Hank

2002

|Big Apple

|Office Worker #2

2003

|Just Another Story

2004

|Jersey Girl

|Delivery Guy

2004

|Pagans

|Store Clerk

2005

|Homecoming

|Frank

2007

|Gone Baby Gone

|Corwin Earle

2008

|Uber Alice

|Jeremy

|Short film

2009

|Finding Graceland

|Ricky

|Short film

2010

|The Killer Inside Me

|Deputy Jeff Plummer

2010

|The Face

|Bocce Ball Player

|Short film

2010

|I'm Still Here

|Matt

2010

|It's Kind of a Funny Story

|Humble

2011

|Sweet Little Lies

2013

|Frank the Bastard

|Worm

2014

|While We're Young

|Tim

2014

|A Most Violent Year

|John Dominczyk

2015

|People Places Things

|Improv Partner

2016

|The Finest Hours

|Carl Nickerson

2016

|My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

|Senior Kyle (voice)

2016

|The Surf Report

|Bartender

|Short film

2016

|Live by Night

|RD Pruitt

2017

|The Incredible Jessica James

|Actor

2017

|Cat Killer

|Tyler Krallman from Applebees

|Short film

2017

|Lady Bird

|NYC Man on Street

2017

|Testosterone: Volume One

|Bartender

2019

|Captain Marvel

|Norex

2019

|Marriage Story

|Theater Actor

2020

|The Mimic

|The Waiter/Bartender

2020

|The Outside Story

|Neil

2022

|Funny Pages

|Wallace

2023

|Air

|Peter Moore

2023

|The Kill Room

|Nate

2024

|Relay

|Hoffman

2025

| The Mastermind

| Jerry

class = "wikitable sortable" \|+ Television roles
Year !Title !Role !Notes
2001 \|Clerks \|Additional voices \|2 episodes
2004 \|The Jury \|Tim Winslow \|Episode: "Too Jung to Die"
2004 \|Law & Order: Criminal Intent \|Bo \|Episode: "In the Dark"
2006 \|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \|Tim \|Episode: "Manipulated"
2007 \|John From Cincinnati \|Dwayne \|Recurring
2008 \|Law & Order \|Antonio \|Episode: "Tango"
2009 \|The Unusuals \|Marvin Bechamel \|2 episodes
2010 \|Bored to Death \|Hostel Concierge \|Episode: "Super Ray Is Mortal!"
2013 \|Over/Under \|Danny \|TV movie
2014 \|100 Monologues \|Recovering Male \|Episode: "The Recovering Male"
2015 \|Nurse Jackie \|Matt \|3 episodes
2018 \|Mozart in the Jungle \|Alan Lawford \|Recurring (season 4)
2018 \|Elementary \|Hugo Irving \|Episode: "Nobody Lives Forever"
2018 \|New Amsterdam \|Barry / Ray DeMarco \|Episode: "Every Last Minute"
2022–2023 \|Our Flag Means Death \|Black Pete \|Main (18 episodes)
2022–2024 \|Outer Range \|Deputy Matt \|6 episodes
2023 \|Hello Tomorrow! \|Lester Costopoulos \|Reoccurring (8 episodes)
2024 \|American Horror Stories \|Eli \|Episode: "Backrooms"

class = "wikitable sortable"

|+ Television roles

Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2001

|Clerks

|Additional voices

|2 episodes

2004

|The Jury

|Tim Winslow

|Episode: "Too Jung to Die"

2004

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Bo

|Episode: "In the Dark"

2006

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Tim

|Episode: "Manipulated"

2007

|John From Cincinnati

|Dwayne

|Recurring

2008

|Law & Order

|Antonio

|Episode: "Tango"

2009

|The Unusuals

|Marvin Bechamel

|2 episodes

2010

|Bored to Death

|Hostel Concierge

|Episode: "Super Ray Is Mortal!"

2013

|Over/Under

|Danny

|TV movie

2014

|100 Monologues

|Recovering Male

|Episode: "The Recovering Male"

2015

|Nurse Jackie

|Matt

|3 episodes

2018

|Mozart in the Jungle

|Alan Lawford

|Recurring (season 4)

2018

|Elementary

|Hugo Irving

|Episode: "Nobody Lives Forever"

2018

|New Amsterdam

|Barry / Ray DeMarco

|Episode: "Every Last Minute"

2022–2023

|Our Flag Means Death

|Black Pete

|Main (18 episodes)

2022–2024

|Outer Range

|Deputy Matt

|6 episodes

2023

|Hello Tomorrow!

|Lester Costopoulos

|Reoccurring (8 episodes)

2024

|American Horror Stories

|Eli

|Episode: "Backrooms"

class = "wikitable sortable" \|+ Video game role
Year !Title !Role
2013 \|Grand Theft Auto V \|Wade Hebert

class = "wikitable sortable"

|+ Video game role

Year

!Title

!Role

2013

|Grand Theft Auto V

|Wade Hebert

Theater (partial)

Richard III (2004, The Public Theater) (Christopher/2nd Murderer)
The School for Lies (2011, Classic Stage Company) (Acaste)
Golden Child (2012, Signature Theatre) (Reverend Baines)
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (2013, Playwrights Horizons) (Matt)
The Flick (2013, Playwrights Horizons; 2015, Barrow Street Theatre; 2016, National Theatre) (Sam)
Othello (2016, New York Theatre Workshop) (Roderigo)
King Lear (2019, Cort Theatre) (Oswald)

Awards and accolades

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scope="col"\| Year ! scope="col"\| Award ! scope="col"\| Category ! scope="col"\| Nominee(s) ! scope="col"\| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Ref heading}}
1999 \| Obie Awards \| Performance \| The Race of the Ark Tattoo \| {{won}} \| {{cite news \|url=https://playbill.com/article/actor-matthew-maher-wins-an-obie-award-for-ark-tattoo-com-81967 \|title=Actor Matthew Maher Wins an OBIE Award for Ark Tattoo \|first=Robert \|last=Simonson \|work=Playbill \|date=May 17, 1999 \|access-date=August 26, 2024 }}{{cite web \|url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1990s/year-99/ \|title=Winners 1999 \|publisher=Obie Awards \|date= \|access-date=August 26, 2024 }}
2013 \| Obie Awards \| colspan="2" \| Sustained Excellence in Performance \| {{won}} \| {{cite web \|url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/2010s/year-13/ \|title=Winners 2013 \|publisher=Obie Awards \|date= \|access-date=August 26, 2024 }}
2022 \| Peabody Awards \| Entertainment \| Our Flag Means Death \| {{nom}} \| {{Cite web \|last=Voyles \|first=Blake \|date=September 20, 2023 \|title=83rd Peabody Award Nominees \|url=https://peabodyawards.com/awards/nominees/ \|publisher=Peabody Awards \|access-date=September 20, 2023 }}
2023 \| Chlotrudis Awards \| Best Supporting Actor \| Funny Pages \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web \|url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/2023-29th-annual-awards/#sactor \|title=2023, 29th Annual Awards \|publisher=Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films \|date=March 20, 2023 \|access-date=August 28, 2024 }}

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scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Award

! scope="col"| Category

! scope="col"| Nominee(s)

! scope="col"| Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}}

1999

| Obie Awards

| Performance

| The Race of the Ark Tattoo

| {{won}}

| {{cite news |url=https://playbill.com/article/actor-matthew-maher-wins-an-obie-award-for-ark-tattoo-com-81967 |title=Actor Matthew Maher Wins an OBIE Award for Ark Tattoo |first=Robert |last=Simonson |work=Playbill |date=May 17, 1999 |access-date=August 26, 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1990s/year-99/ |title=Winners 1999 |publisher=Obie Awards |date= |access-date=August 26, 2024 }}

2013

| Obie Awards

| colspan="2" | Sustained Excellence in Performance

| {{won}}

| {{cite web |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/2010s/year-13/ |title=Winners 2013 |publisher=Obie Awards |date= |access-date=August 26, 2024 }}

2022

| Peabody Awards

| Entertainment

| Our Flag Means Death

| {{nom}}

| {{Cite web |last=Voyles |first=Blake |date=September 20, 2023 |title=83rd Peabody Award Nominees |url=https://peabodyawards.com/awards/nominees/ |publisher=Peabody Awards |access-date=September 20, 2023 }}

2023

| Chlotrudis Awards

| Best Supporting Actor

| Funny Pages

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/2023-29th-annual-awards/#sactor |title=2023, 29th Annual Awards |publisher=Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films |date=March 20, 2023 |access-date=August 28, 2024 }}

References

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Category:1970s births

Category:Living people

Category:American male television actors

Category:American male stage actors

Category:Obie Award recipients

Category:Male actors from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)