Anson Mount
American actor (born 1973)
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::summary American actor (born 1973) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Anson Mount by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg |
| caption | Mount at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S. |
| occupation | Actor |
| education | |
| years_active | 1999–present |
| spouse | |
| children | 2 |
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| image = Anson Mount by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg | caption = Mount at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. | birth_date = | birth_place = Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = Actor | education = | years_active = 1999–present | spouse = | children = 2
Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series Hell on Wheels, as Jim Steele on the NBC series Conviction (2006), as the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise (appearing in Inhumans and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), and as Captain Christopher Pike in the Star Trek television series Discovery, Short Treks (2019), and Strange New Worlds (2022present). He also starred opposite Britney Spears in the coming-of-age film Crossroads (2002). He is a member of the board of directors of METI International.
Early life
Mount's father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. His mother, Nancy Smith, is a former professional golfer. From his father's first marriage, Mount has an older brother (Anson Adams Mount III) and two sisters.
Mount attended Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Columbia University.
Career
Stage
In 1998, Mount starred in Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi, for which he was honored by the Drama League.
In 2008, he was a finalist for the American Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill Center in 2008 for his full-length play Atomic City, and won the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Prize for his one-act play Love Liza? In 2010 he appeared in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters at Classic Stage Company. In 2018 he appeared in Robert O'Hara's Mankind at Playwrights Horizons.
Film
Mount made his feature film debut in 2000 as Tully Coats in the independent film Tully.
In 2009, he produced and starred in the independent film Cook County, which earned awards at several major film festivals, including Hollywood, AFI Dallas, Nashville and SXSW.
In 2022, Mount portrayed Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, reprising his role from 2017's Inhumans.
Television
Mount is known for his role as Cullen Bohannon on AMC's series Hell on Wheels, which he also produced from 2014 to 2016.
In 2017, he starred as Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) ABC television series Inhumans.
In 2018, he was cast as Captain Christopher Pike of the Starship Enterprise in the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery. His performance was well received, and inspired a petition for a Pike spin-off series. In 2019, he reprised his role as Pike in a few Star Trek: Short Treks episodes. In May 2020, it was announced that, due in part to fans' requests, he would return as Pike in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered on May 5, 2022.
Academic
Mount is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University, teaching audition technique for graduate actors.
His non-fiction pieces have been published in the magazines Mosaic, The Daily Beast and Cowboys & Indians, and in the Calgary Herald newspaper.
Personal life
On July 8, 2017, Mount announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, photographer Darah Trang. They were married on February 20, 2018, and have a daughter, who was born in December 2021. He is an Episcopalian.
Credits
Film
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Kevin Wah | Episode: "Civil War" |
| Sex and the City | Gregory | Episode: "Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women" | |
| 2000–2001 | Third Watch | Dr. Montville | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | Smallville | Paul Hayden | Episode: "Precipice" |
| 2003-2004 | Line of Fire | Roy Ravelle | 13 episodes |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Tony Macken | Episode: "Not Landing" |
| 2004–2005 | The Mountain | Will Carver | 13 episodes |
| 2005 | Lost | Kevin | Episode: "Man of Science, Man of Faith" |
| 2006 | Conviction | Jim Steele | |
| 2007 | Law & Order | Reverend James Sterling | Episode: "Church" |
| The Cure | Darren Elliot | ||
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Vitas | Episode: "Gray Hour" |
| 2011–2016 | Hell On Wheels | Cullen Bohannon | Lead role; 55 episodes |
| 2013 | Red Widow | Evan Walraven | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Inhumans | Black Bolt | Lead role; 8 episodes |
| 2019 | Star Trek: Discovery | Captain Christopher Pike | Series regular; 14 episodes |
| 2019–2023 | The Ready Room | Himself | 4 episodes |
| 2019 | Star Trek: Short Treks | Captain Christopher Pike | 3 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Dota: Dragon's Blood | Kaden | Voice role; 12 episodes |
| 2022present | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Captain Christopher Pike | Main role; 30 episodes |
| Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Series (2022) | |||
| Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series (2024) | |||
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Theater
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| Year | Production | Theater | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Cymbeline | Delacorte Theater | Iachimo/Jupiter |
| Cymbeline | Delacorte Theater | Frenchman/Roman Captain | |
| Corpus Christi | New York City Center/ Stage I | Joshua | |
| The Caucasian Chalk Circle | La MaMa E.T.C. | ||
| 2002 | Elle | Zipper Theatre | photographer |
| 2008 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Macha Theater | Richard Roma |
| 2009 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Acorn Theater | Captain Adam Brant |
| 2010 | Fifth of July | Bay Street Theatre | Kenneth Talley Jr. |
| 2011 | Three Sisters | East 13th Street/CSC Theatre | Solyony |
| 2013 | Venus in Fur | Singapore Repertory Theatre-DBS Arts Centre | Thomas |
| 2018 | Mankind | Playwrights Horizons | Mark |
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As producer/director/writer
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| Year | Production | type | Producer/Director/Writer | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cook County | film | Producer/starring | Dallas International Film Festival 2008 |
| Atomic City | theater | Dramaturg/playwright | ||
| 2009 | In Stereo | short | Producer | |
| 2011 | Love Liza? | theater | Playwright | Maxim Mazumdar New Play Prize |
| 2013 | Last Time We Checked | short | Executive producer/Director/Writer | |
| 2015–2016 | Hell on Wheels | TV | Producer | Alberta Film & Television Awards 2015 |
| Rosie Awards: Best Dramatic Series | ||||
| Alberta Film & Television Awards 2016 | ||||
| Rosie Awards: Best Dramatic Series | ||||
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Podcast
Mount writes, produces, and hosts The Well podcast with his longtime friend Branan Edgens. He has served as a narrator on the Pseudopod podcast, reading the Thomas Ligotti story "The Town Manager".
Video games
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| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Evil Within | Sebastian Castellanos | title=Anson Mount (visual voices guide) |
| 2015 | The Assignment (DLC) | Cameo | |
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References
References
- Andreeva, Nellie. (February 28, 2017). "'Marvel's Inhumans': 'Hell On Wheels' Anson Mount To Star As Black Bolt In ABC Series". [[Deadline Hollywood]].
- Goldberg, Leslie. (April 9, 2018). "'Star Trek: Discovery' Enlists Anson Mount As Captain Kirk's Predecessor". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
- (November 17, 2020). "Anson Mount Joins Scientific Effort To Make First Contact With Aliens".
- Anne D'Arminio, Aubry. "Anson Mount". [[Allmovie]].
- (June 14, 1968). "Playboy Executive Tells Hefner Empire Details". [[The StarPhoenix]].
- Hiltbrand, David. (February 2, 2004). "Mount's beard perfect target for 'Line of Fire'". [[Chicago Tribune]].
- Brian Fegter. (November 6, 2011). "Anson Mount Q&A". AMC.
- Winer-Bernheimer, Linda. (October 14, 1998). "'Corpus Christi' Opens in a Storm". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- "Alumni". [[Sewanee: The University of the South]].
- Garbutt, Emily. (May 5, 2022). "The Illuminati members in Doctor Strange 2, listed and explained". [[GamesRadar+]].
- "Hell on Wheels Reigns as AMC's Second Highest Rated Original Series". [[AMC (TV channel).
- Pockross, Adam. (March 24, 2019). "Star Trek: Discovery cast on Pike's legacy, catching up with canon and Season 2's jaw-dropping conclusion".
- Lovett, Jamie. (April 24, 2019). "'Star Trek' Fans Flood Social Media With Support for Captain Pike Spinoff".
- (May 15, 2020). "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds To Follow Captain Pike, Spock, And Number One On The U.S.S. Enterprise".
- Otterson, Joe. (May 15, 2020). "'Star Trek' Series Starring Ethan Peck as Spock, Anson Mount a Capt. Pike Set at CBS All Access".
- "Anson Mount".
- Dunaway, Michael. (July 31, 2014). "Anson Mount Talks Hell on Wheels, Supremacy and Liberal Arts Education".
- Mount, Anson. (March 23, 2011). "Reflection on the Santorini Voice Symposium". Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature.
- Mount, Anson. (November 13, 2016). "An Open Letter to Celebrities Threatening to Leave the Nation".
- Mount, Anson. (November 1, 2016). "The Professionals at 50".
- Mount, Anson. (May 6, 2019). "The Borders of Night".
- Mount, Anson. (July 22, 2016). "Dear Calgary: Actor Anson Mount says thank you to his adopted home during production of Hell on Wheels". [[Calgary Herald]].
- "Anson Mount on Instagram: "SHE SAID MAYBE!!!"".
- "Anson Mount on Instagram: "Done went'n did it"".
- Powell, David. (December 20, 2021). "Anson Mount announces the birth of his daughter Clover on December 4th".
- Staff, TrekMovie com. "Anson Mount Open To Pike Show, But Returning To Star Trek Would Require "Creative Conversations"".
- Couch, Aaron. (July 21, 2021). "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)".
- Grobar, Matt. (May 9, 2022). "Cinedigm Acquires CIA Thriller 'MK Ultra' Starring Anson Mount, Jaime Ray Newman And Jason Patric".
- Sperling, Nicole. (August 1, 2021). "Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So.". The New York Times.
- (August 12, 2022). "Saturn Awards Nominations: 'The Batman', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Spider-Man', 'Better Call Saul' Top List".
- Hipes, Patrick. (December 6, 2023). "'Avatar: The Way Of Water', 'Oppenheimer', 'Star Trek' Series Lead Nominations For Genre-Focused Saturn Awards".
- "Anson Mount".
- Garris, Blake. (October 10, 2017). "Anson Mount & Branan Edgens Join the Marvel Podcast". [[Marvel Entertainment#Marvel New Media.
- (August 3, 2018). "PseudoPod 605: The Town Manager".
- "Anson Mount (visual voices guide)".
- Co, Alex. (August 26, 2014). "The Evil Within Voice Cast Announced by Bethesda in New Video, Includes Familiar Hollywood Names". PlayStation LifeStyle.
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