Matt Lauria
TV Actor
Famous for his roles as Ryan Wheeler on the Audience Network series Kingdom, Luke Cafferty on the NBC program Friday Night Lights, and Ryan York on NBC's Parenthood, Lauria is also known for his recurring role as Roy Merritt on Lipstick Jungle.
He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He made his screen debut in a 2007 episode of 30 Rock.
He lived in Chicago, Illinois, while filming the short lived Fox series The Chicago Code.
Born in Virginia to an artist father and a nurse mother, he grew up with two sisters and spent a large portion of his youth in Ireland. In 2006, he married musician Michelle Armstrong.
He starred in the pilot episode of a series titled Gilded Lillys that was written by Shonda Rhimes and pitched to ABC.