Matt Czuchry

Matt Czuchry
Promotional image from Gilmore Girls
Born	Matthew Charles Czuchry May 20, 1977 (1977-05-20) (age 32) Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

Matthew Charles Czuchry (pronounced /ˈzʊkri/;^{[citation needed]} born May 20, 1977) is an American actor.

Biography

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' 9 1/2" (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.

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

Czuchry was cast as the lead role (Tucker Max) in the upcoming film adaptation of Max's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.^[1]

Czuchry's next project is CBS' show The Good Wife, in which he portrays a Harvard graduate and a junior associate at a law firm. The show has been picked up for series, for CBS' fall 2009 schedule. It airs Tuesday at 10PM and also stars Julianna Margulies.

Filmography

TV

Movies

Notable guest appearances

References

External links

• Matt Czuchry at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt Czuchry at TV.com
• Matt Czuchry Interview on Fashion 411 on KarmaAir.com
• Matt Czuchry cast bio on The CW
• Interview with the Arizona Star
• Interview with The Millie Lewis Actors Models & Talent Competition (AMTC)
• Interview with KriSeLen
• Matt Czuchry Central English fansite