Matt Czuchry

Matt Czuchry
Czuchry at the PaleyFest 2015 panel for The Good Wife
Born	Matthew Charles Czuchry (1977-05-20) May 20, 1977 (age 39) Manchester, NH
Alma mater	College of Charleston (B.A.)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Matthew Charles "Matt" Czuchry (/ˈzʊkri/; born May 20, 1977) is an American actor. His best known roles include Logan Huntzberger on The WB television series Gilmore Girls (2004–07) and Cary Agos on the CBS television drama The Good Wife (2009–16).

Czuchry was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, and grew up in Johnson City, Tennessee. His father, Andrew Czuchry, is a professor at East Tennessee State University, and his mother, Sandra, is a housewife. He is of Ukrainian descent on his father's side. He has two brothers and a sister.

He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1995. Czuchry graduated with honors in 1999 from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science. He won the Mr College of Charleston pageant in 1998. Czuchry attended college on a tennis scholarship, captained the men's tennis team, and was an NCAA ranked player in the Southern Conference. On the April 29, 2016 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, he said that before becoming an actor he took the Law School Admission Test and did poorly.

Czuchry took one theater class in college, and his professor encouraged him to change his major to drama. It was during his first role on The WB's Young Americans that he met Kate Bosworth, whom he dated from 2000 to 2002. He also did guest spots on Freaks and Geeks, 7th Heaven, The Practice, Veronica Mars and Friday Night Lights. After recurring on the CBS television drama Hack and starring in the UPN pilot Jake 2.0, Czuchry received his breakthrough role as Logan Huntzberger on the television series Gilmore Girls in 2004. His role was initially recurring during the series' fifth season before being upgraded to a series regular during the sixth season.