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Matt Gerald

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ1889482 ↗
Source-derived summary

Matt Gerald (born May 2, 1970) is an American actor and screenwriter.

Biography

Gerald was born in Miami, Florida. A graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, he is best known for his Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) roles as White Power Dave in All Hail the King (2014) and Melvin Potter in Netflix's Daredevil (2015–2018) and as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet in James Cameron's science-fiction Avatar film franchise.

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The public source identifies “Matt Gerald” as american actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matt, Gerald and American.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1970, 2014, 2015, 2018—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matt, Gerald and American providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1889482. The first chronological checks are 1970, 2014, 2015 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Matt Gerald” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.