Matthew Glave (born August 19, 1963) is an American

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best known for his roles in ''

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'', '' Picket Fences'', '' Baby's Day Out'', '' ER'', '' Stargate SG-1'', ''

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'', '' Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce'', and '' Angie Tribeca''.

Early life and education

Glave was born in

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. He attended

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Career

Glave has appeared in numerous television shows, including recurring roles as Deputy Bud Skeeter on '' Picket Fences'', Dr. Dale Edson in '' ER'', Colonel Paul Emerson in '' Stargate SG-1'', and Lt. Colonel Evan Connors in ''

''. He also had a guest role on 2 episodes of ''

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'' as Curtis Williamson, a doctor who gained the Charmed Ones' powers through blood transfusions. In 1997, Glave appeared in Quincy Long's play ''The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite'' at the

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, costarring with

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and Frederick Coffin. He has also appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Will & Grace'', '' CSI'', '' Nikita'', and '' The Rookie'', among others. He played the philandering "1980's guy" fiancé Glenn Gulia to Drew Barrymore's character in 1998's ''

'', alongside

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and Drew Barrymore. He also played the brother to

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in the movie '' Rock Star'', in 2000. He played Bennington Cotwell in the 1994 film '' Baby's Day Out''. He also played antagonistic Brick Davis in the 2001 comedy film ''

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''. In 2011, he played the antagonist Dr. Olson in Disney Channel's '' The Suite Life Movie''. He also played Wayne in ''

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''. He appeared in the second episode ABC drama series ''

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'', as a wealthy Wall Street hedge fund manager Bill Harmon, in September 2011. He has also made appearances in ''

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'' and the film ''

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''. Glave also appeared in the re-imagined '' Hawaii Five-0'' TV series, guest-starring in the Season 4 episode, "Na hala a ka makua (Sins of the Father)", playing a fake FBI agent who is actually infamous gangster Julian Lynch. He starred in the 2018 feature film ''

Funny Story ''Funny Story'' is a 2018 tragicomedy film, directed by Michael J. Gallagher and co-written by Gallagher and Steve Greene. It stars Matthew Glave, Emily Bett Rickards and Jana Winternitz. The film premiered as an official selection at the 2018 Sl ...

'', written and directed by Michael J. Gallagher, which co-starred Emily Bett Rickards. The film premiered at the 2018

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in Utah, and went on to win the Audience Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival in California. Glave won the Best of the Fest, Best Actor Award at the Breckenridge Festival of Film in September 2018, and is nominated in the Leading Actor in a Feature category at the Southampton International Film Festival, due to be awarded in October 2018.

Personal life

He is married to Anita Barone, and they have two daughters, Madeline and Roxanne.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glave, Matthew 1963 births Male actors from Michigan American male film actors American male television actors Living people Ohio University alumni People from Saginaw, Michigan 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors