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 "Chris" Pike in the Star Trek television series Discovery, Short Treks (2019), and Strange New Worlds (2022–present).[1][2] 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.[3]
Anson Mount | |
|---|---|
 Mount at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. | |
| Born | February 25, 1973 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse | Darah Trang (m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life edit
Mount's father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine.[4][5] His mother, Nancy Smith, is a former professional golfer.[6] From his father's first marriage, Mount has an older brother (Anson Adams III) and two sisters.[7]
Mount attended Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, Sewanee: The University of the South, and Columbia University.[4]
Career edit
Stage edit
In 1998, Mount starred in Terrence McNally's Corpus Christi, for which he was honored by the Drama League.[8]
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?[9] 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 edit
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.[10]
Television edit
Mount is widely known for his role as Cullen Bohannon on AMC's hit series Hell on Wheels, which he also produced from 2014 to 2016.[11]
In 2017, he starred as Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) ABC television series Inhumans.[1]
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,[12] and inspired a popular petition for a Pike spin-off series.[13] 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,[14] he would star as Pike in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered on May 5, 2022.[15]
Academic edit
Mount is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University,[16] teaching audition technique for graduate actors.[17]
His non-fiction pieces have been published in the magazines Mosaic,[18] The Daily Beast[19] and Cowboys & Indians,[20][21] and in the Calgary Herald newspaper.[22]
Personal life edit
On July 8, 2017, Mount announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend,[23] photographer Darah Trang. They were married on February 20, 2018,[24] and have a daughter, who was born in December 2021.[25] He is an Episcopalian.[26]
Credits edit
Film edit
Television edit
| 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" |
| 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–present | Dota: Dragon's Blood | Kaden | Voice role; 7 episodes |
| 2022–present[29] | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Captain Christopher Pike | Main role; 20 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Streaming Series (2022)[30] Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series (2024)[31] |
Theater edit
| 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 |
As producer/director/writer edit
| Year | Production | type | Producer/Director/Writer | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Cook County | film | Producer/starring | Dallas International Film Festival 2008 Special Jury Prize Hollywood Film Awards 2008 Hollywood Discovery Award - Best Feature Film Nashville Film Festival 2008 Best of Festival Award - Honorable Mention The SXSW Film Awards 2008 The Audience Award Sidewalk Film Festival 2008 Best Feature Film |
| Atomic City[citation needed] | theature | Dramaturg/playwright | ||
| 2009 | In Stereo | short | Producer | |
| 2011 | Love Liza?[32] | theature | 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 |
Podcast edit
Mount writes, produces, and hosts The Well podcast with his longtime friend Branan Edgens.[33] He has served as a narrator on the Pseudopod podcast, reading the Thomas Ligotti story "The Town Manager".[34]
Video games edit
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Evil Within | Sebastian Castellanos | [35][36] |
| 2015 | The Assignment (DLC) | Cameo |
References edit
- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (February 28, 2017). "'Marvel's Inhumans': 'Hell On Wheels' Anson Mount To Star As Black Bolt In ABC Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ Goldberg, Leslie (April 9, 2018). "'Star Trek: Discovery' Enlists Anson Mount As Captain Kirk's Predecessor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
- ^ "Anson Mount Joins Scientific Effort To Make First Contact With Aliens". TrekMovie.com. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-17. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ a b Anne D'Arminio, Aubry. "Anson Mount". Allmovie. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ "Playboy Executive Tells Hefner Empire Details". The StarPhoenix. 14 June 1968.
- ^ Hiltbrand, David (2004-02-02). "Mount's beard perfect target for 'Line of Fire'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
- ^ Brian Fegter (2011-11-06). "Anson Mount Q&A". AMC. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ Winer-Bernheimer, Linda (1998-10-14). "'Corpus Christi' Opens in a Storm". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ "Alumni". Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Garbutt, Emily (May 5, 2022). "The Illuminati members in Doctor Strange 2, listed and explained". Total Film. GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ "Hell on Wheels Reigns as AMC's Second Highest Rated Original Series". AMC. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Pockross, Adam (March 24, 2019). "Star Trek: Discovery cast on Pike's legacy, catching up with canon and Season 2's jaw-dropping conclusion". Syfy Wire. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Lovett, Jamie (2019-04-24). "'Star Trek' Fans Flood Social Media With Support for Captain Pike Spinoff". ComicBook.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds To Follow Captain Pike, Spock, And Number One On The U.S.S. Enterprise". CBS.com. May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (May 15, 2020). "'Star Trek' Series Starring Ethan Peck as Spock, Anson Mount a Capt. Pike Set at CBS All Access". Variety. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "Anson Mount". Columbia - School of the Arts. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Dunaway, Michael (2014-07-31). "Anson Mount Talks Hell on Wheels, Supremacy and Liberal Arts Education". Paste. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Mount, Anson (2011-03-23). "Reflection on the Santorini Voice Symposium". Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. 44 (1): 196–197. doi:10.1353/mos.2011.a418772. ISSN 1925-5683. S2CID 142588539.
- ^ Mount, Anson (2016-11-13). "An Open Letter to Celebrities Threatening to Leave the Nation". Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Mount, Anson (2016-11-01). "The Professionals at 50". Cowboys & Indians. No. November/December 2016. ISSN 1069-8876. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Mount, Anson (2019-05-06). "The Borders of Night". Cowboys & Indians. No. May/June 2019. ISSN 1069-8876. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Mount, Anson (2016-07-22). "Dear Calgary: Actor Anson Mount says thank you to his adopted home during production of Hell on Wheels". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ "Anson Mount on Instagram: "SHE SAID MAYBE!!!"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "Anson Mount on Instagram: "Done went'n did it"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ Powell, David (2021-12-20). "Anson Mount announces the birth of his daughter Clover on December 4th". Daily Star Trek News. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ Staff, TrekMovie com. "Anson Mount Open To Pike Show, But Returning To Star Trek Would Require "Creative Conversations"". TrekMovie.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Couch, Aaron (July 21, 2021). "DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (9 May 2022). "Cinedigm Acquires CIA Thriller 'MK Ultra' Starring Anson Mount, Jaime Ray Newman And Jason Patric". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ Sperling, Nicole (2021-08-01). "Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Saturn Awards Nominations: 'The Batman', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Spider-Man', 'Better Call Saul' Top List". Deadline Hollywood. August 12, 2022. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 6, 2023). "'Avatar: The Way Of Water', 'Oppenheimer', 'Star Trek' Series Lead Nominations For Genre-Focused Saturn Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Anson Mount". WOMENFASHFILM BLOG. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Garris, Blake (2017-10-10). "Anson Mount & Branan Edgens Join the Marvel Podcast". Marvel New Media. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ^ Studios, Clockpunk (3 August 2018). "PseudoPod 605: The Town Manager". PseudoPod. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Anson Mount (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 February 2022. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Co, Alex (2014-08-26). "The Evil Within Voice Cast Announced by Bethesda in New Video, Includes Familiar Hollywood Names". PlayStation LifeStyle. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
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