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name: "Matt Salinger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-salinger"
fi1m_id: "matt-salinger"
imdb_id: "nm0758413"
tmdb_id: 76234
wikidata_id: "Q3182914"
roles: []
born: "13 February 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:51:19.360674+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."
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# Matt Salinger

## Identity

Matt Salinger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-salinger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-salinger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0758413
- **TMDB ID:** 76234
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3182914
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Salinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76234

Actor. Born 13 February 1960 in Windsor, Vermont, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 13 February 1960, Windsor, Vermont, USA
- **Active:** 1984–2007
- **Also known as:** Matthew Salinger
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 38 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Salinger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758413/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76234

## Biography

Matt Salinger is an American actor and producer. Born in Windsor, Vermont, he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in art history and drama after attending Phillips Academy Andover and briefly studying at Princeton University. He began his career on stage, making his Off-Broadway debut in 1983 before his film debut as Danny Burke in *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984).

Salinger is known for his title role in *Captain America* (1990) and appearances in films such as *What Dreams May Come* (1998) and *The Ice Road* (2021), as well as television roles in series including *House* (2010), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *24*. He has also worked as a producer on several projects and is the son of author J. D. Salinger.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, as Lieutenant — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), Fi1m 38, as Danny Burke — [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Paris Christmas Waltz* (2023), as Angelo
- *The Ice Road* (2021), as CEO Thomason
- *A Call to Spy* (2020), as William Donovan
- *Misty Button* (2019), as Funeral Guest
- *Wetware* (2018), as Mashita
- *Love After Love* (2018), as Michael
- *Endless Night* (2015), as Spalding
- *Learning to Drive* (2014), as Peter
- *Harvest* (2011), as Professor Wickstrom
- *New York Street Games* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Pistol Whipped* (2008), as Dealer
- *Cashmere Mafia* (2008), series, as Gary Pell
- *Love Comes Lately* (2007), Co-Producer
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Lieutenant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Black Dawn* (2006), as Myshkin
- *The Marksman* (2005), as General Parent
- *Bigger Than the Sky* (2005), as Mal Gunn
- *House* (2004), series, as Malkin — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Under the Tuscan Sun* (2003), as Colleague
- *Plan B* (2002), Producer
- *The Year That Trembled* (2002), as Professor Jeff Griggs
- *24* (2001), series, as Mark Kanar — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Bill Phillips
- *Meeting Daddy* (2000), Producer
- *Four Dogs Playing Poker* (2000), Producer
- *A Stranger in the Kingdom* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Seth Webster
- *Let the Devil Wear Black* (1999), as Cop #1 · Producer
- *What Dreams May Come* (1998), as Reverend Hanley
- *Sink Or Swim* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Little City* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Mojave Moon* (1996), Producer
- *Fortunes of War* (1994), as Peter Kernan · Producer
- *Babyfever* (1994), as James
- *Second Chances* (1993), series, as Mike Chulack
- *Firehawk* (1993), as Tex
- *Picket Fences* (1992), series, as Dr. Danny Shreve
- *Captain America* (1990), as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- *Options* (1989), as Donald Anderson
- *Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder* (1988), as Young Andrew Jackson
- *CBS Summer Playhouse* (1987), series, as James Cabot Barrington
- *Deadly Deception* (1987), as Jack Shoat
- *Manhunt for Claude Dallas* (1986), as Claude Dallas Jr.
- *Blood & Orchids* (1986), series, as Bryce Parker
- *Power* (1986), as Phillip Aarons
- *Revenge of the Nerds* (1984), as Danny Burke — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/revenge-of-the-nerds.md)

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