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Matthew Gunn (born April 22, 1972) is an American writer and actor from
St. Louis, Missouri
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.
Early life
Gunn has four brothers — filmmaker
James
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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
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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.
''Real Time with Bill Maher'' website
hbo.com; accessed November 25, 2014. Gunn played "Dan McMahon" in the 2003 film, ''The Man Who Invented the Moon
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''.
References
Further reading
* Mary Delach Leonard. "Gunns Hit Their Target in Hollywood", ''St Louis Post-Dispatch''. March 23, 2003. page E1.
External links
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American male film actors
American male screenwriters
Living people
Male actors from St. Louis
1972 births
Screenwriters from Missouri