Matt McCoy

Actor

Popular As Matt McCoy (actor)

Birthday May 20, 1958

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Austin, Texas, United States

Age 65 years old

Nationality United States

Height 6′ 1″

#12534 Most Popular

1958

Matt McCoy (born May 20, 1958) is an American actor.

His credits include L.A. Confidential as Brett Chase, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle as Michael Bartel, Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Sgt. Nick Lassard, DeepStar Six as Jim Richardson, and Lloyd Braun on Seinfeld.

McCoy was born in Austin, Texas.

1974

He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and attended Walter Johnson High School, graduating in 1974.

McCoy briefly attended University of Maryland, College Park.

He worked briefly at the Harlequin Dinner Theater in Rockville.

McCoy began acting when he appeared in two plays in the student-directed one act festival: Winners by Brian Friel, and Footsteps of Doves by Robert Anderson.

1979

Moving to New York City, he graduated from Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 1979.

1988

Since starring as Sgt. Nick Lassard in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989), his motion picture credits have included White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993), the Curtis Hanson films The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) and L.A. Confidential (1997), as well as the action comedy National Security (2003) alongside Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn.

He has worked regularly on television.

His credits include starring in the sitcom We Got It Made, and guest appearances on The Love Boat; Murder, She Wrote; Star Trek: The Next Generation; The Golden Girls; The Nanny; L.A. Law; Melrose Place; NYPD Blue; Chicago Hope; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch; Six Feet Under; The West Wing; Carnivàle; CSI: NY; Silicon Valley; True Detective; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip; Reba; and Huff.

He played Lloyd Braun in two episodes of Seinfeld.

1994

He appeared in three Bigfoot-themed movies: Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter (1994), Little Bigfoot (1997), and Abominable (2006).

2014

In 2014, McCoy began appearing as a spokesperson in commercials for The Hartford Insurance Company, identified as a customer on the "compensated endorser" principle.

2019

He once again appeared as a spokesperson in The Hartford commercials in 2019, these commercials directed towards AARP members; and in 2021, he was joined by his real-life wife Mary for at least one ad.