Matt Gunn
Born
Matthew Gunn

(1972-04-22) April 22, 1972 (age 51)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Occupation(s)Writer, actor
SpouseMichelle Gunn (née Martin)
ChildrenMax Gunn, Grace Gunn
RelativesJames Gunn (brother)
Sean Gunn (brother)
Brian Gunn (brother)
Mark Gunn (paternal cousin)

Matthew Gunn (born April 22, 1972) is an American writer and actor from St. Louis, Missouri.

Early life

Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker James, actor Sean, screenwriter Brian, producer and former Executive Vice President of Artisan Entertainment Patrick — and a sister, Beth.[1][2][3]

[4] He and his brothers all attended the Jesuit St. Louis University High School, where he graduated in 1990.[4] Their parents are Leota[5] and James F. Gunn, who is a retired partner and corporate attorney with the law firm Thompson Coburn in St. Louis.[6]

Writing

In 1997, he wrote, produced, and starred in Man About Town, a 22-minute film that won the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking Award.[7] Gunn is a political and humor writer on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Comedy/Variety Talk Series and was nominated for an Emmy five times.[8] Gunn played "Dan McMahon" in the 2003 film, The Man Who Invented the Moon.

References

  1. ^ Gunn, James (July 5, 2015). "My brother Brian's dream about..." Twitter. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Patrick Gunn profile, qualiacapital.com; accessed December 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Gunn, James (December 21, 2014). "My sister Beth gave me..." Twitter. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Notable Alumni: SLUH". St. Louis University High School. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2014. James Gunn '84, filmmaker and screenwriter; Brian Gunn '88, screenwriter; Matt Gunn '90, writer for HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher; Sean Gunn '92, actor.
  5. ^ Lovece, Frank (May 4, 2017). "James Gunn says 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' a family affair". Newsday. New York City / Long Island. Archived from the original on May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017. Additional on May 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Williams, Joe (July 31, 2014). "St. Louis director James Gunn goes galactic". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Man About Town IMDB entry". May 2017.
  8. ^ Real Time with Bill Maher website, hbo.com; accessed November 25, 2014.

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