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Matthew Gunn (born April 22, 1972) is an American writer and actor from
''Real Time with Bill Maher'' website
hbo.com; accessed November 25, 2014. Gunn played "Dan McMahon" in the 2003 film, ''
Matthew Gunn (born April 22, 1972) is an American writer and actor from St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ...
.
Early life
Gunn has four brothers — filmmakerJames
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, actor Sean
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, screenwriter Brian
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, producer and former Executive Vice President of Artisan Entertainment
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Patrick — and a sister, Beth.
He and his brothers all attended the Jesuit St. Louis University High School, where he graduated in 1990. Their parents are Leota Additional on May 5, 2017. and James F. Gunn, who is a retired partner and corporate attorney with the law firm Thompson Coburn
Thompson Coburn LLP is a U.S. law firm with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Southern Illinois, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. The firm has been especially active in the field of product liability.
History
The firm was found ...
in St. Louis.
Writing
In 1997, he wrote, produced, and starred in ''Man About Town'', a 20-minute film that won the Sundance Film Festival's Short Filmmaking Award. Gunn was a political and humor writer on HBO's ''Real Time with Bill Maher
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,'' for which he was nominated for an Emmy five times.hbo.com; accessed November 25, 2014. Gunn played "Dan McMahon" in the 2003 film, ''
The Man Who Invented the Moon
''The Man Who Invented the Moon'' is a 2003 film by Normandie County Films written by Lee Kirk and directed by Laura Hegarty and John Colburn. The film stars Sean Gunn, Nicolette DiMaggio, Julie Dolan, and Brent Sexton and was produced by Larry ...
''.
References
Further reading
* Mary Delach Leonard. "Gunns Hit Their Target in Hollywood", ''St Louis Post-Dispatch''. March 23, 2003. page E1.External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunn, Matt American male film actors American male screenwriters Living people Male actors from St. Louis 1972 births Screenwriters from Missouri