Matt McNamara | |
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First appearance | Pilot (episode 1.01) |
Last appearance | Hiro Yoshimura (episode 6.19) |
Created by | Ryan Murphy |
Portrayed by | John Hensley |
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Nickname(s) | Matt, Matty |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Student, Mime, Armed Robber, Carpet Shop Employee, Surgeon |
Family |
Christian Troy (biological father) Julia McNamara (mother) Sean McNamara (legal father) Emme Lowell (paternal half-sister) Annie McNamara (maternal half-sister) Conor McNamara (maternal half-brother) |
Spouse(s) | Kimber Henry (ex-wife) |
Children | Jenna McNamara (daughter, with Kimber) |
Relatives | Gail Pollack (biological grandmother) Erica Noughton (grandmother) Thomas McNamara (legal grandfather) Colleen McNamara (legal grandmother) Max Pollack (biological half-uncle) Sarah Pollack (biological half-aunt) Kimber Henry Troy (stepmother) |
Matthew "Matt" McNamara is a fictional character on the American television series Nip/Tuck, portrayed by John Hensley.
Matthew "Matt" McNamara, was raised as the son of Julia and Sean McNamara, although his biological father is Christian Troy, a man he regards as an uncle. Matt has two half-sisters, Annie (whose father is Sean and mother is Julia) and Emme Lowell (daughter of Christian with a woman named Darlene Lowell) and a younger half-brother, Conor (son of Sean and Julia). He is approximately 16 years of age at the beginning of the show's first season. Although he is not as much of a ruffian in the beginning, it is implied that he was a delinquent in his early years, as Sean says to Christian, "I've spent too many years trying to corral your bad genetics".
Matt worries about sex with his girlfriend, Vanessa, and her possible reaction to his foreskin. He tells his parents that he wants to have a circumcision; Sean declines to perform the procedure, telling Matt there is nothing wrong with not being circumcised. However, when Vanessa is turned off, Matt decides to circumcise himself after reading a 'how-to guide' on the Internet. Unsurprisingly, his attempt goes wrong and Sean and Christian are forced to perform the operation properly. After the surgery, Matt discovers that Vanessa was not turned off by his foreskin but is in fact a lesbian and having an affair with a popular cheerleader, Ridley. When Ridley shows signs of wanting to end their affair, Vanessa asks Matt to have a threesome with them to keep Ridley interested. The threesomes continue, until Sean and Julia find out and have a family intervention with Ridley and Vanessa's parents. Weeks later, Matt and his friend Henry commit a hit and run while under the influence of marijuana. Both cover up their involvement, but both grow attached to the victim, an outsider whose strict Christian Scientist mother won't allow her to have the necessary surgery to repair her injuries.