Known for

Acting

Born

May 17, 1970 (56 years old)

Place of birth

Oregon City, Oregon, USA

Matt Lindland

Matthew James Lindland is an American retired mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler, speaker, actor, coach, entrepreneur and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008. He also started an apparel company named Dirty Boxer. In mixed martial arts, Lindland competed primarily in the Middleweight division for the UFC, Strikeforce. Affliction, the IFL, Cage Rage, the WFA, and BodogFIGHT. Lindland appears in the award-winning MMA documentary Fight Life, released in 2013. The film was directed by James Z. Feng and produced by RiLL Films. Matt Lindland and Ed Herman guest starred on the TV series Leverage on July 22, 2011. Lindland played an MMA fighter. Lindland has also appeared in the HBO hit television show Oz, acting and performing stunts. He was also featured in the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen film New York Minute, again acting and performing stunts

Titles

Leverage

Series • 2008

UFC 43: Meltdown

Movie • 2003

UFC 29: Defense of the Belts

Movie • 2000

UFC 36: Worlds Collide

Movie • 2002

Affliction: Day of Reckoning

Movie • 2009

UFC 39: The Warriors Return

Movie • 2002

UFC 31: Locked & Loaded

Movie • 2001

UFC 34: High Voltage

Movie • 2001

UFC 37: High Impact

Movie • 2002

UFC 41: Onslaught

Movie • 2003

UFC 45: Revolution

Movie • 2003

Affliction: Banned

Movie • 2008