Matt Lindland
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
22 credits
UFC 54: Boiling Point
Movie • 2005
Self
Affliction: Banned
Movie • 2008
Self
Strikeforce: Evolution
Movie • 2009
Self
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
Movie • 2000
Self
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
Movie • 2001
Self
UFC 34: High Voltage
Movie • 2001
Self
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
Movie • 2002
Self
UFC 37: High Impact
Movie • 2002
Self
UFC 41: Onslaught
Movie • 2003
Self
UFC 43: Meltdown
Movie • 2003
Self
UFC 45: Revolution
Movie • 2003
Self
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
Movie • 2004
Self
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
Movie • 2005
Self
Fighting Politics
Movie • 2009
himself
Affliction: Day of Reckoning
Movie • 2009
Self
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II
Movie • 2010
Self
Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey
Movie • 2010
Self
Once I Was a Champion
Movie • 2011
Himself
Fight Life
Movie • 2012
Himself
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
Movie • 2002
Self
Leverage
TV • 2008
Tank Conklin
IFL Battleground
TV • 2007