Matt Landers(1952-2015)
- Actor
- Production Department
- Soundtrack
Matt Landers, a graduate of Notre Dame High School, worked his first
professional season as an actor at the Surflight Summer Theater in
Beach Haven, New Jersey, in 1969. He studied at the Boston Conservatory
of Music and appeared as Jesus in "Godspell" in his first Equity
performance at the Wilbur Theater in Boston. Matt made his Broadway
debut as the first replacement in the role of Sonny in "Grease" at the
Royale Theater and was nominated for a New York Drama Desk Award for
his performance in Studs Terkel's
Working (1982).
In Hollywood Matt has starred in numerous television shows and, most
notably, as Pinkerton in
The George Carlin Show (1994).
On the big screen he has featured roles in
48 Hrs. (1982),
Die Hard (1988),
Down Periscope (1996) and starred
as Ray in the Academy Award-winning Best Live Action Short,
Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987).
The father of two daughters, Lily Kivlen and Fiona Kathleen, he resides
in New York.
