Matt Lindland
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
Filmography
2012
- Fight Life as Himself
2011
- Once I Was a Champion as Himself
2010
2009
- Affliction: Day of Reckoning as Self
- Strikeforce: Evolution as Self
- Fighting Politics as himself
2008
- Leverage as Tank Conklin
- Affliction: Banned as Self
2007
2005
- UFC 54: Boiling Point as Self
- UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 as Self
2004
- UFC 49: Unfinished Business as Self
2003
- UFC 43: Meltdown as Self
- UFC 45: Revolution as Self
- UFC 41: Onslaught as Self
2002
- UFC 39: The Warriors Return as Self
- UFC 36: Worlds Collide as Self
- UFC 37: High Impact as Self
2001
- UFC 31: Locked & Loaded as Self
- UFC 34: High Voltage as Self
2000
- UFC 29: Defense of the Belts as Self