---
name: "Matt O'Leary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-oleary"
fi1m_id: "matt-oleary"
imdb_id: "nm0641610"
tmdb_id: 71467
wikidata_id: "Q549308"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 July 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:26:47.001630+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 O'Leary

## Identity

Matt O'Leary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-oleary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-oleary
- **IMDb ID:** nm0641610
- **TMDB ID:** 71467
- **Wikidata ID:** Q549308
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_O%27Leary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71467

Actor. Born 6 July 1987 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1987, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2006–2013
- **Also known as:** Matthew O’Leary
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (2), 2010s 55 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $648m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_O%27Leary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549308, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71467

## Biography

Matt O'Leary is an American actor born on 6 July 1987 in Chicago, Illinois. He began his career with a lead role in the Disney Channel television film *Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire* (2000) and appeared in supporting parts in *Domestic Disturbance* (2001) and *Frailty* (2001).

He played Gary Giggles in *Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams* (2002) and *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003). O'Leary is known for his role as The Brain in the neo-noir film *Brick* (2005). Other credits include *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), *Natural Selection* (2011), for which he shared the Breakthrough Performance award at the SXSW Film Festival, and *Time Lapse* (2014).

His later work encompasses *The Lone Ranger* (2013), *Skyscraper* (2018) and television appearances in *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2019). O'Leary's acting career spanned from 2000 to 2019.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Lone Ranger* (2013), Fi1m 55, as Skinny — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lone-ranger.md)
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), Fi1m 65, as Clay — [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *Brick* (2006), Fi1m 81, as The Brain — [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, as Henry Fuller
- *Welcome to Marwen* (2018), as Lieutenant Benz / Carl
- *Medal of Honor* (2018), series, as Lyle Conaway
- *Moronga* (2018), as Peluco
- *Caught* (2018), as Dad
- *Skyscraper* (2018), as Skinny Hacker
- *Halfway There* (2017), as Sam Harris
- *Bokeh* (2017), as Riley
- *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, as Cole
- *The Submarine Kid* (2016), as Toad
- *ToY* (2015), as Jonas - Transexual Prostitute
- *Stung* (2015), as Paul
- *The Canary* (2015), as Orville
- *Two-Bit Waltz* (2014), as Max
- *Time Lapse* (2014), as Finn
- *Drones* (2013), as Jack Bowles
- *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, as Pax
- *Pawn Shop Chronicles* (2013), as Lamar
- *The Lone Ranger* (2013), as Skinny — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lone-ranger.md)
- *Eden* (2013), as Vaughan
- *Fat Kid Rules The World* (2012), as Marcus
- *Major Crimes* (2012), series, as Alex Wilson — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/major-crimes.md)
- *In Time* (2011), as Moser
- *Cinema Verite* (2011), as Cameron
- *Natural Selection* (2011), as Raymond
- *Mother's Day* (2010), as Jonathan 'Johnny' Koffin
- *Sorority Row* (2009), as Garret Bradley
- *American Bully* (2009), as Brandon O'Leary
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, as Bobby
- *American Son* (2008), as Jake
- *Solstice* (2008), as Mark
- *Death Sentence* (2007), as Joe Darley
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), as Clay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *Brick* (2006), as The Brain — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/brick.md)
- *Havoc* (2005), as Eric
- *Warm Springs* (2005), as Fred Botts
- *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003), as Gary Giggles
- *Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams* (2002), as Gary Giggles
- *Frailty* (2002), as Young Fenton
- *Domestic Disturbance* (2001), as Danny Morrison
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Ethan Garrett
- *Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire* (2000), as Adam Hansen
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Dan Forester
- *Caterpillar*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Matt O'Leary](https://film.one/media/person/99463/gallery-8439d9a9e4d5.jpg) Matt O'Leary — Robin Dearest, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Fat-Kid-Premiere-025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Spencer Fornaciari of The MacGuffin interviews actress Jamie Chung and actor Matt O'Leary from the drama Eden at SXSW 2012. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/99463/gallery-7b715e24789a.png) Spencer Fornaciari of The MacGuffin interviews actress Jamie Chung and actor Matt O'Leary from the drama Eden at SXSW 2012. (2013) — The MacGuffin, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Jamie_Chung_Matt_O%27Leary_SXSW_Interview.png/1280px-Jamie_Chung_Matt_O%27Leary_SXSW_Interview.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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