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Matt Craven

Highest Rated: 89% Crimson Tide (1995)

Lowest Rated: 7% Dragonfly (2002)

Birthday: Nov 10, 1956

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Birthplace: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

Although best known as a prolific supporting player, Matt Craven also enjoyed leading man status in "K2" (1991) and recurring roles in "High Incident" (ABC, 1996-97), "NCIS" (CBS, 2003-) and "Resurrection" (ABC, 2014-15). Born in Port Colborne, Ontario in 1956, Craven lost his father aged just six weeks old and was subsequently forced to leave high school in his teens and take various dead-end jobs to help support his family. Craven got the acting bug aged 20 after performing in a local production of "Dracula," and after making his screen debut in a "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-) sketch, was cast as trainee counselor Hardware in "Meatballs" (1979). Craven then starred in Oscar-nominated short "Bravery in the Field" (1979), appeared in a series of low-budget horrors, and landed the recurring parts of Richie Messina and Bobby Kratz on short-lived sitcoms "Tough Cookies" (CBS, 1986) and "Harry" (ABC, 1987), respectively. Following supporting roles in "Palais Royale" (1988), "Chattahoochee" (1989) and "Blue Steel" (1990), Craven played the mysterious chemist in "Jacob's Ladder" (1990), shared top billing as mountain climber Harold in "K2" (1991) and portrayed Lt. Dave Spradling in "A Few Good Men" (1992). After adding "Indian Summer" (1993), "Killer" (1994), "Kansas" (1995) and "Double Cross" (1995) to his resume, Craven earned critical acclaim for his performance of civic leader Seymour Weiss in "Kingfish" (1995), appeared as Lt. Roy Zimmer in "Crimson Tide" (1995) and played Officer Lenny Gayer in 32 episodes of police drama "High Incident" (ABC, 1996-97). Craven's prolific period continued with supporting big-screen parts in "The Juror" (1996), "The Final Cut" (1996), "Never Too Late" (1996), "Masterminds" (1997) and "Paulie" (1998), and the regular role of Dr. Tim Lonner in "L.A. Doctors" (CBS, 1998-99). Craven remained just as busy throughout the following decade, with notable roles including conman Beamish in "Varian's War" (2001), gambler Greg in "Bleacher Bums" (2001) and murder suspect Dusty Wright in "The Life of David Gale" (2003). He also enjoyed a three-episode stint as Gordon Price on "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009), appeared in "Dragonfly" (2002), "Timeline" (2003) and "The Statement" (2003), and was cast as lawyer George Riley in "The Lyon's Den" (NBC, 2003). Craven then played authority figures in "The Clearing" (2004), "Assault on Precinct 13" (2005) "Deja vu" (2006) and "Raines" (NBC, 2007), portrayed war criminal Hans Frank in "Karol: A Man Who Became Pope" (2005), and added "Disturbia" (2007), "Public Enemies" (2009) and "Devil" (2010) to his list of box-office hits. Craven then bagged three of his biggest roles in quick succession, Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis in "NCIS" (CBS, 2003-), Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Grant in "Justified" (FX, 2010-15) and Sheriff Fred Langston in "Resurrection" (ABC, 2014-15). He also showed up in "X-Men: First Class" (2011), "The Good Lie" (2012), "White House Down" (2013) and "Stonewall" (2015), as well as indie movies "Unless" (2016) and "Awakening the Zodiac" (2017), before being cast as small-town police officer Vickery in Gillian Flynn adaptation "Sharp Objects" (HBO, 2018-).

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Highest rated movies

89% 84% Crimson Tide
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86% 87% X-Men: First Class Watchlist 84% 89% A Few Good Men Watchlist
76% 64% Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
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72% 84% Jacob's Ladder
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71% 57% A Simple Curve
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69% 61% Lou Watchlist 69% 77% Disturbia Watchlist
63% 62% Killer
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62% 55% Paulie
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Filmography

Movies

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69% 61% Lou Unknown (Character) - 2022
42% 32% Awakening the Zodiac Harvey (Character) - 2017
55% 60% Unless Tom (Character) - 2016
9% 84% Stonewall Deputy Seymour Pine (Character) $186.4K 2015
52% 62% White House Down Agent Kellerman (Character) $73.1M 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Lie Richard Francis (Character) - 2012
86% 87% X-Men: First Class CIA Director McCone (Character) $146.4M 2011
51% 43% Devil Lustig (Character) $33.6M 2010
No Score Yet 21% American Venus Bob Lane (Character) - 2007
69% 77% Disturbia Daniel (Character) $80.1M 2007
55% 73% Déjà Vu Larry Minuti (Character) $64.0M 2006
71% 57% A Simple Curve Matthew (Character) - 2005
60% 48% Assault on Precinct 13 Officer Kevin Capra (Character) $19.9M 2005
43% 32% The Clearing Agent Fuller (Character) $5.8M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bandido Fletcher (Character) - 2004
24% 36% The Statement David Manenbaum (Character) $763.0K 2003
13% 45% Timeline Steven Kramer (Character) $19.5M 2003
19% 81% The Life of David Gale Dusty (Character) $19.6M 2003
No Score Yet 39% Bleacher Bums Greg (Character) - 2002
7% 62% Dragonfly Eric (Character) $30.1M 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scared Silent Scott Miller (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 47% Varian's War Beamish (Character) - 2001
76% 64% Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her Walter (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tempting Fate Emmett Lach (Character) - 1998
62% 55% Paulie Warren Alweather (Character) $27.0M 1998
19% 49% Masterminds Jake (Character) $1.9M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Never Too Late Carl (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 15% White Tiger John Grogan (Character) - 1996
22% 31% The Juror Boone (Character) $21.8M 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crash Rodney Powell (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 88% The Final Cut Emerson Lloyd (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kansas Matt (Character) - 1995
89% 84% Crimson Tide Lt. Roy Zimmer, Communications Officer, USS Alabama (Character) $91.4M 1995
No Score Yet 36% Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Seymour Weiss (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Cross Bernard March (Character) - 1994
63% 62% Killer Archie (Character) - 1994
58% 65% Indian Summer Jamie Ross (Character) $14.7M 1993
29% 49% K2 Harold Jameson (Character) $2.6M 1992
84% 89% A Few Good Men Lt. Dave Spradling (Character) $141.3M 1992
72% 84% Jacob's Ladder Michael (Character) $24.8M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Palais Royale Gerald Price (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 67% Agent on Ice Joey Matera (Character) - 1986
29% 42% Happy Birthday to Me Steve Maxwell (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 20% The Intruder Within Phil (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hog Wild Chrome (Character) - 1980

TV

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93% 83% Stumptown Michael McConnell (Guest Star) 2020
92% 83% Sharp Objects Vickery (Character) 2018
53% 70% Resurrection Fred Langston (Character) 2014-2015
97% 95% Justified Unknown (Guest Star) 2010-2011 2014
No Score Yet 83% NCIS Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis (Guest Star) 2011-2013
89% 90% The Pacific Dr. Grant (Guest Star) 2010
65% No Score Yet Raines Capt. Daniel Lewis (Character) 2007
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
64% No Score Yet The Lyon's Den Unknown (Character) 2003-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nuremberg Capt. Gustav Gilbert (Character) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Doctors Dr. Tim Lonner (Character) 1998-1999
No Score Yet 80% From the Earth to the Moon Tom Kelly (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Gun Stuart 'Snake Finger' Aikins (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Incident Unknown (Character) 1996-1997
63% 100% American Gothic Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Alan Wells (Character) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Littlest Hobo Unknown (Guest Star) 1980-1981 1983