Matt McGorry
Matt McGorry
Matthew David "Matt" McGorryis an American actor. He is best known for his roles as John Bennett in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black and Asher Millstone on ABC's How to Get Away with Murder...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth12 April 1986
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
bland playing romantic straight
It'll be interesting to see if I ever have to play a typical, bland romantic interest. I'm quirky, and playing it kind of straight and bland doesn't interest me a whole lot.
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When you're used to being at a point where you're deadlifting close to 600 pounds, getting to be 5.5 percent body fat and seeing veins in places you shouldn't see them, it kind of skews your understanding of what is normal and OK.
best freedom
A place of freedom is the best place to have the most creativity.
days jeans occasions spend suits tank trainer wear
As for my personal style, I like comfort a lot, like jeans and T-shirts. Having been a trainer for so long, I spend a lot of my days in tank tops, shorts, and T-shirts. Still, I do like the occasions where I get to wear suits and make that a thing.
fully good invested job
Acting with someone else, I can't tell how good they are because if I'm doing my job right, I'm just fully invested in everything that person's saying.
trainer
I was a personal trainer for about a decade. I competed in powerlifting, and I did a bodybuilding competition. I was heavily entrenched in the personal training world.
grounded grounding offense people preference psychology resonates watching
For me, my preference for comedy is grounding it in the psychology of the character, and not just kind of making faces. Even when it's a crazy character, grounded comedy resonates more with people because it doesn't look like you're watching someone do vaudeville. No offense to vaudeville.
people
I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.
people photos tend
I tend to be shy in asking people for photos - other actors that I really like and admire.
chick funny good honestly love
I honestly love any good chick flick, as long as it's a good movie or pretty funny. 'Love Actually' is a no-brainer.
grew
I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker.
embrace great humor learning strange
I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.
camp early great plays school
I feel like my early experiences of acting, and I think a lot of other actors' too, are probably at camp or school plays where you get to have great range. At camp, I remember getting to play a 50-year-old man.
dudes
I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.