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Matthew Glave

Matthew Glave

Birthday: 1963-08-19 | Place of Birth: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Matthew Glave (born August 19, 1963, Saginaw, Michigan) is an American actor who is a self-taught performer and graduate of Ohio University. He has been active since 1991, building a career across both film and television with a particular talent for memorable supporting roles. He is best known for playing the smarmy Wall Street fiancé Glenn Gulia in The Wedding Singer (1998) and for recurring roles on Picket Fences, ER, Stargate SG-1, Army Wives, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Angie Tribeca, Better Things, and The Rookie. He has been married to actress Anita Barone since 2000; they have two daughters, Madeline and Roxanne. His notable film credits include Baby's Day Out (1994) (Joe Pantoliano, Barry Bostwick), G.I. Jane (1997) (Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) (John Cusack, Dan Aykroyd), The Wedding Singer (1998) (Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore), Corky Romano (2001) (Danny DeVito, Michael J. Fox), Rock Star (2001) (Mark Wahlberg, Brian Tyler), Get Smart (2008) (Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway), Argo (2012) (Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston), The Thinning (2016) (Aaron Eckhart, Michael C. Hall), First Man (2018) (Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy), The Way Back (2020) (Ben Affleck, Garrett Hedlund), and Safety (2020) (Julian Edelman, Harrison Ford).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
The Leader

as    Joseph Nettles

2023
Big George Foreman

as    Howard Cosell

2022
I Believe in Santa

as    Grant

2020
Safety

as    Coach Bowden

2020
Leave 'em Laughing

as    Dick Shawn

2020
International Falls

as    Gary

2018
The Thinning: New World Order

as    Governor Redding

2018
Dirt

as    Harvey Pearson

2018
Funny Story

as    Waiter

2016
The Thinning

as    Governor Redding

2016
Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero

as    Hank Shannity

2011
The Suite Life Movie

as    Dr. Olsen

2009
House Broken

as    Hector

2008
Visioneers

as    Rodger

2007
The List

as    Phillip

2006
Entity: Nine

as    Alex Wayland

2006
Lost in Plainview

as    J.W.

2005
Life on a Stick

as    Rick Lackerson

2001
Corky Romano

as    Agent Brick Davis

2001
Ricochet River

as    Frank Jukor

1999
Mutiny

as    Lt. Kirby

1998
The Wedding Singer

as    Glenn Gulia

1998
Legalese

as    Kurt Lee

1998
Plump Fiction

as    Nicky Cox