Occupation Actor Role Television actor | Name Matthew Porretta Years active 1993–present | |
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Full Name Matthew Charles Porretta Movies Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Kate's Addiction Parents Frank Porretta, Roberta Palmer Siblings Greg Porretta, Frank III Porretta, Anna Porretta, Roberta Porretta Similar People Mark Blankfield, Frank Porretta, Eric Allan Kramer, Mel Brooks, James Van Patten | ||
Education Manhattan School of Music | ||
Matthew Porretta and James McCaffrey joins to the révolution (1979: Révolution cast)
Matthew Charles Porretta (born May 29, 1965) is an American television and film actor.
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- Matthew Porretta and James McCaffrey joins to the rvolution 1979 Rvolution cast
- Matthew Porretta talks about the game Control Comic Con 2018
- Life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Matthew Porretta talks about the game Control (Comic Con 2018)
Life
Porretta was born in Darien, Connecticut, into a show-biz family: his father, Frank Porretta, was a famous opera singer and musical theater actor. His mother, Roberta, is also a trained singer and was Miss Ohio 1956.
Porretta has four siblings, all of whom have found their way into show business in some form or another: His brother Frank III (the oldest sibling) has become an internationally recognized opera singer. His other brother, Greg, has guest-starred with Matthew on television. His sisters, Anna and Roberta, also dabble (Anna is a writer for Talk Soup).
Career
Porretta wasted no time in getting involved with the entertainment industry. By the age of 25 he was already a veteran of Broadway and a student at the Manhattan School of Music. In 1990 Porretta broke into television with recurring roles on shows like Wings and Beverly Hills, 90210. In 1993 he was given his first major movie role, as Will Scarlet O'Hara in Mel Brooks' spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Interestingly, Porretta would star as Robin Hood in his own TV series four years later. Since 1997 he has starred in many independent movies and been featured in commercials for McDonald's and Arrowhead Water. In 1994 he appeared in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.
In August 2009 it was revealed that he would be the voice actor of the protagonist in the video game title Alan Wake, a psychological action thriller developed by Remedy Entertainment.