Anson Mount

Anson Mount
Anson Adams Mount IVis an American actor. He portrays the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC show Hell on Wheels. He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series Conviction and appeared in the film Tully...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 February 1973
CountryUnited States of America
handed school structure suddenly until
When you're in school until you're 25 and you get out and suddenly structure is not handed to you, if you're smart you realize that you need to create structure for yourself.
corner grew gun hunting living
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
men able be-a-man
I like being able to be a man.
guy tough pretension
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
horse people personality
Different horses have different personalities. They're just like people.
horse experts riding
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.
television tvs cable-tv
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
hero people villain
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
taken construction destruction
We've taken a show about destruction and turned it into a show about construction.
character southern
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.
doe fame
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
character love-is long
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.