Matt Craven

Born: November 10 1956
Where: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

The stage-trained actor had his breakthrough supporting Bill Murray in the low-brow summer camp comedy Meatballs.

He was also featured in the Oscar-nominated National Board of Canada short Bravery in the Field.

Other lesser roles in such forgettable efforts as Hog Wild followed before he took a break from features to concentrate on TV and the stage.

When he resumed his big screen career in 1985 with the Canadian-produced comedy That's My Baby, it appeared Craven would once again be stuck in unfulfilling parts.

That began to change when Barry Levinson cast him as a car salesman in Tin Men which he followed with a leading role as an advertising executive in the gangster comedy Palais Royale.

In 1991, he delivered a strong turn as an introspective mountain climber tackling K2 with a womanizing district attorney (Michael Biehn).

He was an inept sidekick to hitman Anthony LaPaglia in Bulletproof Heart/Killer, a communications officer in Crimson Tide and the father of a boy held hostage in Masterminds.

Recent work includes Dragonfly and The Life of David Gale and he is working on Richard Donner's Timeline as well as The Clearing with Robert Redford.