Matt Caplan is an American actor and musician in the theatre.

Career

Matt Caplan has released two studio albums and a single. Caplan has appeared on Broadway in ''

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'' as Mark Cohen, in the revival of ''South Pacific'' and in ''High Fidelity''. He has also been featured in the films

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and Painting Abby Long, and on the television show

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. Most recently, he originated the role of Tunny in the stage adaptation of

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'', which premiered at the

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in September 2009. The show ended its run in Berkeley on November 15, 2009, and the role of Tunny was taken over by

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when the show moved to Broadway. Caplan appeared in the original cast of the new Broadway musical '' Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'', in many roles, among them, school bully

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. He was also the understudy for Peter Parker/Spider-Man. After many delays and changes to the show, it officially opened June 14, 2011. Caplan exited the show January 29, 2012 and was replaced by

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. After returning to cover Peter Parker/Spider-Man multiple times throughout 2012, he returned to the production officially on November 13, 2012, replacing

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as the alternate for the role. He performed twice a week in place of lead actor

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, until December 2 when

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stepped into the part on December 4. Aside from his roles on Broadway, Caplan has also done voice-over in English dubs of anime at

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Personal life

Matt Caplan was born in New York and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In high school, he studied theater at the

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in Virginia.
As an adult, he returned to New York City to pursue an acting career. Caplan was previously married to actor

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. He has been married to actress Rebecca Mozo since October 2016 and they currently reside in Los Angeles.

Acting career

Theatre

Television

* ''

'' - Terry Walters (2008) * ''

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'' - Marine Private Paul 'McCartney' Patterson (2012) * ''Taken Away'' - Johnny (2014)

Film

* ''

'' - Dorm Buddy (2007) * ''

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'' - Takeshi (English dub) (2008)

Anime/Animation

* ''

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'' - Takeshi Noda * '' Huntik: Secrets & Seekers'' - Lok Lambert (Season 2) * '' Kurokami: The Animation'' - Raiga * ''

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'' - Seiji Sawamura * '' Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart'' - Takizawa * ''

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'' - Maki * ''

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'' - Faust VIII * '' Shura no Toki: Age of Chaos'' - Baiken Shishito, Iori Miyamoto, Souji Okita

Musical career

Studio Albums

*''Matt Caplan'' (2001) *''Overtones'' (2004)

Singles

*''Odd Evensong'' (2009)

References

External links

Official Website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caplan, Matt Living people American male musical theatre actors American male voice actors Male actors from New York City Year of birth missing (living people)