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name: "Matthew Porretta"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-porretta"
fi1m_id: "matthew-porretta"
imdb_id: "nm0691837"
tmdb_id: 53571
wikidata_id: "Q1909598"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 May 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:01:50.857421+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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# Matthew Porretta

## Identity

Matthew Porretta

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-porretta
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-porretta
- **IMDb ID:** nm0691837
- **TMDB ID:** 53571
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1909598
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Porretta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53571

Actor. Born 29 May 1965 in Darien, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 May 1965, Darien, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Matt Porretta , Matthew Charles Porretta
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 55 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Porretta, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1909598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0691837/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53571

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Robin Hood: Men in Tights*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matthew Porretta is an American actor. Born on 29 May 1965 in Darien, Connecticut, he comes from a show-business family; his father was a tenor and musical theatre actor, and his mother, Roberta, was Miss Ohio 1956.

He trained at the Manhattan School of Music and appeared on Broadway in productions including the US tour of Les Misérables and the original cast of Passion. Early television work included roles in Wings and Beverly Hills, 90210. In 1993 he played Will Scarlet O'Hara in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and from 1996 to 1998 he starred as Robin Hood in The New Adventures of Robin Hood.

Porretta is also known for voice work as the title character in the Alan Wake video game series, including Alan Wake (2010), its sequel (2023), and related titles, as well as Dr Casper Darling in Control.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), Fi1m 74, as Bryce — [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Fi1m 55, as Will Scarlet O'Hara — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed* (2026), series, as Bryce — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/maximum-pleasure-guaranteed.md)
- *Herald of Darkness* (2023), as Alan Wake (voice)
- *Wolves* (2016), as Coach Williams
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Schmock — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-blacklist.md)
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Bruce Miller
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Congressman Albom
- *Bright Falls* (2010), series, as Alan Wake (voice)
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Ian Gatins — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Dream Warrior* (2004), as Caleb
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Oscar
- *Desperate But Not Serious* (2000), as Gene
- *Kate's Addiction* (1999), as Dylan Parker
- *The New Adventures of Robin Hood* (1997), series, as Robin Hood
- *Dracula: Dead and Loving It* (1995), as Handsome Lieutenant at the Ball
- *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), as Will Scarlet O'Hara — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md)
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Dan Rubin — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Wings* (1990), series, as David Barnes
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Ludovic

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- The Game Awards − Best Performance 2019: The Game Awards − Best Performance (nominated), for *Control*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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