Matt Mulhern (born July 21, 1960) is an American actor and historian who has starred in such films as '' One Crazy Summer'' and ''

Biloxi Blues ''Biloxi Blues'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. It portrays the conflict of Sergeant Merwin J. Toomey and Arnold Epstein, one of many privates enlisted in the military stationed in Biloxi, Mississippi, seen through the eyes of E ...

'', and such television series such as ''

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'', '' JAG'', and '' Rescue Me'' (playing Lt. John Stackhouse). Mulhern attended Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Mulhern was trained as an actor by William Esper at Mason Gross School of the Arts of Rutgers University, where he received a BFA in Acting in 1982. He was first cast as Joseph Wykowski in Neil Simon's Tony Award winning ''

''. From there, he went on to a film, TV, and theater career as an actor, appearing in films such as '' One Crazy Summer'', ''

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'', '' Junior'', ''

Walking to the Waterline ''Walking to the Waterline'' is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Matt Mulhern and starring Matt Mulhern, Alan Ruck, Matthew Broderick, and Hallie Foote. The film premiered at the Florida Film Festival on June 13, 1998. The fil ...

'', ''Infinity'', ''

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'', and others. New York theater credits include: ''The One-Armed Man'' at Ensemble Studio Theater, ''Surviving Grace'' at the Union Square Theater, ''The Night

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Died'' at the Orpheum Theater, ''Wasted'' at the WPA. Regional appearances at La Jolla Playhouse in '' The Glass Menagerie'', ''The Habitation of Dragons'', at Pittsburgh Public Theater, the National Tour of '' Death of a Salesman'' as Biff opposite Hal Holbrook, and ''The Orphans Home Cycle'' at Hartford Stage. On TV, Mulhern played Lieutenant Eugene "Gene" Holowachuk on the top-ten CBS hit ''

'' from 1989 through 1993. Other guest appearances include NBC's ''Third Watch'', ''Law and Order'', ''Law and Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Law and Order: Special Victims Unit'',''The Education of Max Bickford'' and ''Ed''; a recurring role on FX's '' Rescue Me''; and appearances on

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's Fringe; and CBS's ''CSI'', ''Blue Bloods''. He has written and directed two films, ''

'', in which he also acted, and '' Duane Hopwood'', starring David Schwimmer, which

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named one of 2005's best films. He also wrote a novel, ''Crossing Open Spaces'', published by CreateSpace in March 2009. After a 35-year career he left acting, writing, and directing in 2015, and received a master's degree in history from City College-CUNY in 2019. He is currently pursuing a PhD. in history at

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. Mulhern lives north of New York City with his wife, Karen, an interior designer, trained at UCLA and NYC's Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA). He and Karen have two grown sons, Connor, a composer, and Jack, an actor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulhern, Matt 1960 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Philadelphia Pascack Hills High School alumni