Last Updated on March 25, 2023

Matt Letscher Biography

Matt Letscher (Matthew Letscher) is an American actor and playwright, known for his roles as Captain Harrison Love in the 1998 American swashbuckler film The Mask of Zorro and as Colonel Adelbert Ames in the 2003 American film Gods and Generals.

He co-starred in the 2016 Michael Bay film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, playing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. He has also portrayed Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash in The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.

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Matt Letscher Age

Letscher was born on June 26, 1970, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, U.S. He is 48 years old as of 2018.

Matt Letscher Family

Letscher has a brother, Brian Letscher an actor who they grew up with in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.

Matt Letscher Wife

Letscher and his wife Jennifer Letscher married on September 5, 1998. The couple have two children.

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Matt Letscher Career

Letscher got his first professional acting career with a role in The Tropic Pickle, in the second season of Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Letscher impressed Daniels enough that the veteran arranged a meeting for him with Ron Maxwell, the director of Gettysburg. After appearing in a small role, he took advice from Daniels and moved to Los Angeles and he quickly found work in guest roles on television.

In 1995, Letscher was cast as the naive television writer in the Nancy Travis sitcom Almost Perfect, which lasted for a one season and half. He kept on appearing as series regular in Living in Captivity in 1998. The same year, he appeared in the film The Mask of Zorro as Captain Harrison Love. He appeared in the miniseries Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot and in the television films King of Texas, The Beach Boys: An American Family, When Billie Beat Bobby, and Stolen Innocence. He also reunited with Daniels in Gods and Generals (the prequel of Gettysburg) and Daniels’ directorial effort Super Sucker. Letscher also returned to The Purple Rose Theater in the world premiere of Landford Wilson’s play Rain Dance.

In 2002, the comedy pilot Good Morning, Miami was picked up by NBC as part of Must See TV Thursday comedy block, but Burke Moses was replaced by Letscher and a second pilot had to be filmed. The romantic comedy sitcom featured him as a smarmy former network anchor who was the primary romantic rival to main character Jake Silver (Mark Feuerstein) for the affection of Dylan (Ashley Williams). Despite the series receiving negative reviews and critics, Letscher and Constance Zimmer were standouts in the series and eventually paired up as a combative couple in the second season. The show was canceled midway though its second season due to low ratings.

His performance in Good Morning, Miami led to him being cast in the lead in the film Straight-Jacket, opposite Carrie Preston, about a gay Hollywood actor forced to marry a beard in the 1950s. His flair for classical farce also led to him being cast in the leading role of Capt. Jack Absolute in the Lincoln Center Theater production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals. Letscher was praised for his perfect performance and his costar Robert Easton referred to Letscher as “a perfect classical actor.”

Letscher was in the cast of Joey and had a recurring role on The New Adventures of Old Christine and numerous guest starring roles. After appearing as a kind neighbor in Alan Ball’s Towelhead, Letscher was cast in Eli Stone, as prophet Nathan Stone’s kind-hearted older brother. Despite low ratings, the dramedy series had loyal fans and critical acclaim, earning it a second season which included a larger role for Letscher. His work on Greg Berlanti’s Eli Stone leads to his arc on Berlanti’s Brothers & Sisters as a love interest for the married Kitty Walker.

In 2012, he starred in the series Bent and Scandal and was cast in the series The Carrie Diaries as Tom Bradshaw, Carrie Bradshaw’s widowed father, which premiered in 2013. He appeared in the 2013 films, Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot (about The West Memphis Three) and Spike Jonze’s comedy Her, opposite Amy Adams. Since 2015, Letscher has been portraying Professor Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, initially in a recurring role on The Flash and reprised his role as a series regular in season two of Legends of Tomorrow.

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