---
name: "Matt Gerald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-gerald"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 May 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T08:25:49.683954+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Matt Gerald

Actor. Born 2 May 1970 in Miami, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 May 1970, Miami, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** مت جرالد, Matthew Gerald
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (2), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7,179m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gerald, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1889482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/98215

## Coming up

- *Animals* (2026-10-09) — [page](https://film.one/film/animals.md)
- *Avatar 4* (2029-12-19), as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
- *Avatar 5* (2031-12-17), as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avatar*](https://film.one/film/avatar.md) (70)

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## Biography

Matt Gerald is an American actor. Born on 2 May 1970 in Miami, Florida, he is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

He is known for his role as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet in James Cameron's *Avatar* (2009) and its sequels, including *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022). Other film credits include *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), *San Andreas* (2015), *Bright* (2017) and *Rampage* (2018). On television he has appeared in *Dexter* (2012) as Ray Speltzer and as Melvin Potter in *Daredevil* (2015–2018). He is also credited in the 2026 film *Animals*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Fi1m 58, as Recom Wainfleet — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Fi1m 68, as Recom Wainfleet — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Avatar* (2009), Fi1m 70, as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Fi1m 61, as SWAT Team Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avatar 5* (2031), as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
- *Avatar 4* (2029), as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
- *Animals* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/animals.md)
- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), as Recom Wainfleet — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Cash Out* (2024), as Captain Fabrizio
- *Lioness* (2023), series, as Cody, Cody J
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), as Recom Wainfleet — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Mayor of Kingstown* (2021), series, as Davidson
- *L.A.'s Finest* (2019), series, as Duke Ingram
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Trey Hollis
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, as Grant Horton
- *Rampage* (2018), as Zammit
- *The Oath* (2018), series, as Kilvinski
- *Bright* (2017), as Hicks
- *Shot Caller* (2017), as Phil Cole
- *Restored Me* (2016), as Detective Derek Shane
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Hank
- *Solace* (2015), as Sloman
- *San Andreas* (2015), as Harrison
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, as Melvin Potter
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Owen Sugar
- *Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King* (2014), as White Power Dave
- *Intelligence* (2014), series, as Lt. John Norris
- *Escape Plan* (2013), as Roag
- *The Frozen Ground* (2013), as Ed Stauber
- *G.I. Joe: Retaliation* (2013), as Havoc
- *Freelancers* (2012), as Billy Morrison
- *Red Dawn* (2012), as Hodges
- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Arbok
- *Elektra Luxx* (2011), as Michael Ortiz
- *Faster* (2010), as Driver's Brother
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Warrick
- *Avatar* (2009), as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Victor Janklow
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Jimmy Wolfinsky
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Marshal Johnson
- *Choke* (2008), as Detective Ryan
- *Life* (2007), series, as Krebbs
- *Saving Grace* (2007), series, as X
- *Dexter* (2006), series, as Ray Speltzer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md)
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Beau Dauber
- *In The Mix* (2005), as Jackie
- *xXx: State of the Union* (2005), as Liebo
- *S.W.A.T.* (2003), as Nick
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), as SWAT Team Leader — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Roger Graham
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Dan Wilson
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Tommy Hisk — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Vincent Lafoon
- *Tigerland* (2000), as Sgt. Eveland
- *Magnolia* (1999), as Officer #2 — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)
- *The Minus Man* (1999), as Arresting Officer
- *Judas Kiss* (1998), as Agent #1
- *Starstruck* (1998), as Patrolman

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