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

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Early life

Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker

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, actor

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, screenwriter

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, producer and former Executive Vice President of

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Patrick — and a sister, Beth. He and his brothers all attended the

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, where he graduated in 1990. Their parents are Leota Additional on May 5, 2017. and James F. Gunn, who is a retired partner and

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with the law firm

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in St. Louis.

Writing

In 1997, he wrote, produced, and starred in ''Man About Town'', a 22-minute film that won the

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's Short Filmmaking Award. Gunn is a political and humor writer on HBO's ''

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,'' for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Comedy/Variety Talk Series and was nominated for an Emmy five times.''Real Time with Bill Maher'' website
hbo.com; accessed November 25, 2014. Gunn played "Dan McMahon" in the 2003 film, ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunn, Matt American male film actors American male screenwriters Living people Male actors from St. Louis 1972 births Screenwriters from Missouri

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Writers from St. Louis Mass media people from St. Louis

Early life

Writing

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