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Matt may be best known for his role as the lighthearted gay beekeeping Special Agent Gabe Clements on ABC's 2016 critically acclaimed The Family starring Joan Allen, but he has worked steadily for the last 20 years appearing on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in tv/film including recent guest starring roles on Bull and Elementary and supporting roles in the upcoming features Chappaquiddick and Twelve.

Matt co-founded the Rude Mechanicals theater company in NYC and served as a leader in the company throughout its 12-year span. The award winning company produced work by Vaclav Havel, William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett, and premiered work by Don DeLillo, Will Eno, Caryl Churchill, Charles Mee Jr. and many others. Matt also served as associate artistic director at Mile Square Theatre. He has received critical acclaim for his many varied stage roles ranging from the desperately comic (Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Shultz in Circle Mirror Transformation, Michael in Valparaiso, Simon in Our Town) to the alpha bully (Alan in God of Carnage, Hamm in Endgame, Robert in Betrayal) and everywhere in between. In Craig Wright's The Pavilion, Matt played the Narrator portraying over 25 characters--all "deliciously" (NJ Star Ledger).

Before becoming an actor, Matt taught junior high at PS 171 in East Harlem where he also served as the school's Dean of Discipline and coach of the Girl's Basketball team. In the summer after his last year of teaching, Matt took his first acting class, and a few years later received his MFA from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He has a BA from the College of the Holy Cross. He lives in the NYC area with his wife and 2 daughters.

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Matthew Lawler STAGE CREDITS

[Off-Broadway]
Original Production, 2017
Performer

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1997
Soldier

Andrei Prozorov (Understudy)

Kulygin (Understudy)


Matthew Lawler Movies

The Jimmy Show
[ 2001 ] Dr. Burke
Anything But Love
[ 2002 ] Ted
Happy End
[ 2003 ] Tommy Helbeck
Filmic Achievement
[ 2005 ] Buck Felty
Slippery Slope
[ 2006 ] Film Lab Worker
The Good Student
[ 2006 ] Unit Cop 1
Knight and Day
[ 2010 ] Pserby Agent
Coward
[ 2014 ] Agent Matt
God's Pocket
[ 2014 ] Officer Arbuckle
Chappaquiddick
[ 2017 ] Dun Gifford Matt Lawler
Twelve
[ 2019 ] Coach John
The Block Island Sound
[ 2020 ] Officer McGarry
I'm Not Him
[ 2021 ] Kevin Flynn

Matthew Lawler TV Shows

Law & Order
Roger Brown, Rudy, Gerry

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Photo Flash: Ken Urban's NIBBLER Celebrates Opening Night Off-Broadway


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Photo Flash: First Look at Ken Urban's NIBBLER, Opening Tonight Off-Broadway


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Scoop: THE FAMILY on ABC - Sunday, May 8, 2016


Get all the scoop on THE FAMILY, airing on ABC on Sunday, May 8, 2016!

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Matthew Lawler FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Matthew Lawler been in?

Matthew Lawler has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.

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