Matt Lindland
Acting
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
Films (20)
Fight Life
2012
Once I Was a Champion
2011
Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II
2010
Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey
2010
Strikeforce: Evolution
2009
Affliction: Day of Reckoning
2009
Fighting Politics
2009
Affliction: Banned
2008
UFC 54: Boiling Point
2005
UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2
2005
UFC 49: Unfinished Business
2004
UFC 45: Revolution
2003
UFC 43: Meltdown
2003
UFC 41: Onslaught
2003
UFC 39: The Warriors Return
2002
UFC 37: High Impact
2002
UFC 36: Worlds Collide
2002
UFC 34: High Voltage
2001
UFC 31: Locked & Loaded
2001
UFC 29: Defense of the Belts
2000