Daniel Eric Gold

• Name — Daniel Eric Gold • Born — 19 September 1975 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1999–present

Gold moved to Chicago after college, where he performed as Michael in Jean Cocteau's Indescretions, in Oak Park Festivals' production of Much Ado About Nothing, and in Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice. In May 1998, he landed the part of Ste in Jonathan Harvey's coming of age play Beautiful Thing at The Famous Door Theater in Chicago. The play's success there brought the whole cast to the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York, where it opened to rave reviews in February 1999. Since moving to the West Village in 2000, Gold has played several theater roles. For Craig Lucas, he performed in This Thing of Darkness at the Atlantic Theater, A Small Tragedy and a role written especially for him in The Singing Forest. He performed in Loot and Singing Forest for the regional theater Intiman in Seattle. He is a 2004 nominee for the Lucille Lortel Award for acting in Lucas' Obie Award-winning play, Small Tragedy. In June 2005, Gold was in Roundabout's The Paris Letter with John Glover and Ron Rifkin. That role was followed by Eric Bogosian's subUrbia.

Gold lives in Brooklyn. He is of English and Jewish descent.

Off-Broadway • Year — Title — Role — Venue • 1999 — Beautiful Thing — Ste — Cherry Lane Theatre • 2002 — This Thing of Darkness — Donald/Reef — Linda Gross Theater • 2004 — Small Tragedy — Christmas — Playwrights Horizons • 2005 — The — Sam Arlen/Young Sandy — Laura Pels Theatre (current) • 2006 — subUrbia — Jeff — Second Stage Theatre • 2008 — Len, Asleep in Vinyl — Max — McGinn-Cazale Theatre

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Nick — Episode: "Bang & Blame" • 2005 — Law & Order — David "D" Glass — Episode: "Flaw" • 2009–2010 — Ugly Betty — Matt Hartley — Recurring (season 3); main cast (season 4); 20 episodes • 2010 — Law & Order — Alex Conway — Episode: "Brilliant Disguise" • 2012 — Christmas with Holly — Alex Nagle — Television film • 2012 — Girls — Jessa's ex-boyfriend — Episode: "Hard Being Easy" • 2013 — Blue Bloods — Grady — Episode: "Lost and Found" • 2016 — Good Girls Revolt — Sam — Recurring • 2017 — The Blacklist — Robert Dahle — Episode: "The Apothecary" • 2017 — Chicago Fire — Mark Blakeslee — Episodes: "My Miracle", "Sixty Days" • 2018 — Titans — Bill — Episodes: "Harvest" • 2020 — Group — Henry — 7 episodes

Film roles include War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise, Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks, Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds, Birds of America again for Craig Lucas, and Spinning into Butter with Sarah Jessica Parker. Other roles include Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock and Last Night with Keira Knightley. In 2009, Gold made his TV debut in Ugly Betty as Matt Hartley, the love interest for the title character, played by America Ferrera. Gold was in the independent film Café in Philadelphia, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy. He also appears in national commercials for McDonald's and AFLAC.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — War of the Worlds — Conspiracy buff • 2007 — Charlie Wilson's War — Donnelly • 2008 — Birds of America — Gary • 2008 — Definitely, Maybe — Charlie • 2008 — Spinning into Butter — Nathan • 2009 — Taking Woodstock — Joel Rosenman • 2010 — Harvest — Seth Winters • 2010 — Last Night — Andy • 2010 — Café — Todd • 2012 — Hello I Must Be Going — Noah • 2016 — Hacker — Sye • 2017 — The Outcasts — Mr Samuels • 2023 — The Magnificent Meyersons — Daniel Meyerson