Daniel Eric Gold (born September 19, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. He attended Lee Strasberg's Theater Institute as a teenager, and went on to graduate from Penn State in 1996, with a degree in Theater Arts.
Career
Theater Gold moved to Chicago after college, where he performed as Michael in Jean Cocteau's Indescretions, in Oak Park Festivals' production of Much Ado About Nothing, and in Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice. In May 1998, he landed the part of Ste in Jonathan Harvey's coming of age play Beautiful Thing at The Famous Door Theater in Chicago. The play's success there brought the whole cast to the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York, where it opened to rave reviews in February 1999.
Since moving to the West Village in 2000, Gold has played several theater roles. For Craig Lucas, he performed in This Thing of Darkness at the Atlantic Theater, A Small Tragedy and a role written especially for him in The Singing Forest. He performed in Loot and Singing Forest for the regional theater Intiman in Seattle.
He is a 2004 nominee for the Lucille Lortel Award for acting in Lucas' Obie Award-winning play, Small Tragedy. In June 2005, Gold was in Roundabout's The Paris Letter with John Glover and Ron Rifkin. That role was followed by Eric Bogosian's subUrbia.
Film and television Film roles include War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise, Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks, Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds, Birds of America again for Craig Lucas, and Spinning into Butter with Sarah Jessica Parker. Other roles include Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock and Last Night with Keira Knightley.
In 2009, Gold made his TV debut in Ugly Betty as Matt Hartley, the love interest for the title character, played by America Ferrera.
Gold was in the independent film Café in Philadelphia, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy.
He also appears in national commercials for McDonald's and AFLAC.
Personal life Gold lives in Brooklyn. He is of English and Jewish descent.
Theatre +Off-Broadway Year Title Role Venue 1999 Beautiful Thing Ste Cherry Lane Theatre 2002 This Thing of Darkness Donald/Reef Linda Gross Theater 2004 Small Tragedy Christmas Playwrights Horizons 2005 Sam Arlen/Young Sandy Laura Pels Theatre (current) 2006 subUrbia Jeff Second Stage Theatre 2008 Len, Asleep in Vinyl Max McGinn-Cazale Theatre
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 War of the Worlds Conspiracy buff 2007 Charlie Wilson's War Donnelly 2008 Birds of America Gary 2008 Definitely, Maybe Charlie 2008 Spinning into Butter Nathan 2009 Taking Woodstock Joel Rosenman 2010 Harvest Seth Winters 2010 Last Night Andy 2010 Café Todd 2012 Hello I Must Be Going Noah 2016 Hacker Sye 2017 The Outcasts Mr Samuels 2023 The Magnificent Meyersons Daniel Meyerson
Television
Year Title Role Notes 2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Nick Episode: "Bang & Blame" 2005 Law & Order David "D" Glass Episode: "Flaw" 2009–2010 Ugly Betty Matt Hartley Recurring (season 3); main cast (season 4); 20 episodes 2010 Law & Order Alex Conway Episode: "Brilliant Disguise" 2012 Christmas with Holly Alex Nagle Television film 2012 Girls Jessa's ex-boyfriend Episode: "Hard Being Easy" 2013 Blue Bloods Grady Episode: "Lost and Found" 2016 Good Girls Revolt Sam Recurring 2017 The Blacklist Robert Dahle Episode: "The Apothecary" 2017 Chicago Fire Mark Blakeslee Episodes: "My Miracle", "Sixty Days" 2018 Titans Bill Episodes: "Harvest" 2020 Group Henry 7 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Result 2003–2004 Obie Award for Outstanding Performance Small Tragedy 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor Small Tragedy
References
External links
Daniel Eric Gold at Internet Off-Broadway Database