Matthew Letscher (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, director
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.Letscher was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the older
brother to actor Brian Letscher. He attended college at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the Sigma
Nu fraternity and a drama major. He is married to Jennifer, with two
children.Letscher got his first professional acting job with a role in
The Tropic Pickle, during the second season of Jeff Daniels' Purple
Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Letscher impressed Daniels
enough that the veteran arranged a meeting for Letscher with Ron
Maxwell, the director of Gettysburg. After appearing in a small role,
Letscher took advice from Daniels and moved to Los Angeles. 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 season and a half. He went on to appear as series
regular in Living in Captivity in 1998. The same year, he appeared in
the film The Mask of Zorro as the villain 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 Theatre in the world premiere of Landford Wilson's
play Rain Dance.
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.Letscher was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the older
brother to actor Brian Letscher. He attended college at the University
of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a member of the Sigma
Nu fraternity and a drama major. He is married to Jennifer, with two
children.Letscher got his first professional acting job with a role in
The Tropic Pickle, during the second season of Jeff Daniels' Purple
Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Letscher impressed Daniels
enough that the veteran arranged a meeting for Letscher with Ron
Maxwell, the director of Gettysburg. After appearing in a small role,
Letscher took advice from Daniels and moved to Los Angeles. 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 season and a half. He went on to appear as series
regular in Living in Captivity in 1998. The same year, he appeared in
the film The Mask of Zorro as the villain 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 Theatre in the world premiere of Landford Wilson's
play Rain Dance.
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