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Matt McGorry
American actor (born 1986)
Matthew David McGorry (born April 12, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for playing John Bennett in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Asher Millstone in the ABC legal thriller series How to Get Away with Murder.
Matt McGorry | |
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| Born | Matthew David McGorry (1986-04-12) April 12, 1986 (age 38) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Emerson College |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
McGorry was born and raised in Manhattan, New York, and began performing at age nine.[1] He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York, and then graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008.[2]
Fitness
McGorry began his career as a personal trainer, fitness writer for Men's Journal, and competitive bodybuilder.[3]
Acting
On television, McGorry made his debut in 2011 on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. He later appeared in guest-starring roles on Person of Interest, Gossip Girl, and Royal Pains before breaking out in a recurring role from 2013 to 2015 on the Netflix dramedy series Orange Is the New Black as corrections officer John Bennett in 2013.[4][5]
In 2014, McGorry was cast as series regular Asher Millstone[6] on Shonda Rhimes' drama series How to Get Away with Murder,[7] a role he played for 90 episodes up until 2020.[8] In the same year, he was cast in the indie drama How He Fell in Love.[9]
In 2022, McGorry starred as Mark Higgins for 8 episodes in Archive 81.
McGorry is heterosexual and polyamorous, but stated in a 2018 Man Talk roundtable that he had experimented with men when he was younger, adding, "like a lot of straight boys I experimented with other boys. But that is so common and no one talks about it [...] I don't think it was sexual, and I am straight, never found myself attracted to boys [...] I had so much shame about that, for years after, thinking 'I'm going to be famous one day, maybe, and someone's going to find and it's going to become this thing and it's going to destroy me."[10][11][12]
McGorry is a police and prison abolitionist and a feminist[13][14] and is interested in various social issues.[2][15]
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Thursday | Grey Malcolm | |
| Gizor & Gorm | Gorm | Short film | |
| 2008 | Killian | Duncan | |
| 2010 | Public Access | Vlado | |
| Afghan Hound | Tom | ||
| 2015 | Ratter | Michael | |
| How He Fell in Love | Travis | ||
| Loserville | Coach Casey Harris | ||
| Say My Name | Dancer & Actor | Music video (by Peking Duk) | |
| 2018 | Step Sisters | Dane | |
| 2020 | Uncorked | Harvard | |
| Death of a Telemarketer | Andy | Also executive producer | |
| 2021 | Good on Paper | Brett | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | One Life to Live | Spider Man | 3 episodes |
| Person of Interest | EMT No. 1 | Episode: "Foe" | |
| 2012 | Gossip Girl | Personal Shopper | Episode: "Crazy, Cupid, Love" |
| Royal Pains | EMT | Episode: "You Give Love a Bad Name" | |
| 2013 | Elementary | Officer Sam Klecko | Episode: "Details" |
| 2013–15 | Orange Is the New Black | John Bennett | 25 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
| 2014–20 | How to Get Away with Murder | Asher Millstone | 90 episodes |
| 2015 | Public Morals | Mr. Ford | Episode: "A Fine Line" |
| 2017 | Lip Sync Battle | Himself | Episode: "Matt McGorry vs. Bellamy Young" |
| 2022 | Archive 81 | Mark Higgins | 8 episodes |
| 2022 | Big Shot | Coach Blake | Episode: "Moving On" |
- Depper, Jenny (August 19, 2013). "8 Facts About 'Orange Is the New Black' Star Matt McGorry". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- "TV 'Orange Is the New Black': Matt McGorry on playing cute guard Bennett and being a piece of meat". Entertainment Weekly. July 29, 2013.
- Parker, Maggie. "Trainer Turned Actor Matt McGorry on Changing Careers". Men's Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- Franich, Darren (July 29, 2013). "'Orange is the New Black': Matt McGorry, a.k.a. Bennett, speaks". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- Franich, Darren (April 25, 2014). "'Orange Is the New Black': Inside the Daya-Bennett-Pornstache triangle". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- "Matt McGorry as Asher Millstone ACTOR BIOGRAPHY". ABC. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Andreeva, Nellie (January 31, 2014). "Matt McGorry Cast in ABC 'Murder' Pilot, Mike Colter in TNT's 'Agent X'". Deadline.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- "Matt McGorry". IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Couch, Aaron (April 22, 2014). "'Orange Is The New Black' Star Joins Indie Drama 'How He Fell in Love' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- Stroude, Will (August 9, 2021). "MATT MCGORRY FELT SHAME 'FOR YEARS' AFTER EXPERIMENTING SEXUALLY WITH GUYS". Attitude. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Shatto, Rachel (August 9, 2021). "Matt McGorry Felt 'Shame' After Sexually Experimenting With Guys". Pride. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- "Feminist Matt McGorry talks consent: We're taught to 'just keep going until you get a no'". YouTube. April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Paiella, Gabriella (April 29, 2016). "THE WOKEST BAE APR. 29, 2016 Matt McGorry Will Out-Feminist You If It Kills Him". The Cut. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
- Sola, Katie (March 6, 2015). "'Orange Is The New Black' Actor Matt McGorry: 'I AM A FEMINIST'". HuffPost. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- Matt McGorry at IMDb