Anson Adams Mount IV(born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cullen Bohannon in theAMCwesterndrama seriesHell on Wheels,as Jim Steele on theNBCseriesConviction(2006), as theMarvel ComicssuperheroBlack Boltin theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU) media franchise (appearing inInhumansandDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), and as CaptainChristopher "Chris" Pikein theStar Trektelevision seriesDiscovery,Short Treks(2019), andStrange New Worlds(2022–present).[1][2]He also starred oppositeBritney Spearsin the coming-of-age filmCrossroads(2002). He is a member of the board of directors ofMETI International.[3]
Anson Mount | |
|---|---|
 Mount at the 2018San Diego Comic-Con. | |
| Born | February 25, 1973 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse |
Darah Trang (m.2018) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
editMount's father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors toPlayboymagazine.[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 Mount III) and two sisters.[7]
Mount attended Dickson County High School inDickson, Tennessee,Sewanee: The University of the South,andColumbia University.[4]
Career
editStage
editIn 1998, Mount starred inTerrence McNally'sCorpus 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 playAtomic City,and won the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Prize for his one-act playLove Liza?[9]In 2010 he appeared inAnton Chekhov'sThree SistersatClassic Stage Company.In 2018 he appeared inRobert O'Hara'sMankindatPlaywrights Horizons.
Film
editMount made his feature film debut in 2000 as Tully Coats in the independent filmTully.
In 2009, he produced and starred in the independent filmCook County,which earned awards at several major film festivals, including Hollywood, AFI Dallas, Nashville andSXSW.
In 2022, Mount portrayedBlack Boltin theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU) filmDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,reprising his role from 2017'sInhumans.[10]
Television
editMount is widely known for his role as Cullen Bohannon onAMC's hit seriesHell on Wheels,which he also produced from 2014 to 2016.[11]
In 2017, he starred asBlack Boltin theMarvel Cinematic Universe(MCU)ABC television seriesInhumans.[1]
In 2018, he was cast as CaptainChristopher Pikeof theStarshipEnterprisein theCBSseriesStar 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 fewStar Trek: Short Treksepisodes. In May 2020, it was announced that, due in part to fans' requests,[14]he would star as Pike in the new seriesStar Trek: Strange New Worlds,which premiered on May 5, 2022.[15]
Academic
editMount is an adjunctassistant professoratColumbia University,[16]teaching audition technique for graduate actors.[17]
His non-fiction pieces have been published in the magazinesMosaic,[18]The Daily Beast[19]andCowboys & Indians,[20][21]and in theCalgary Heraldnewspaper.[22]
Personal life
editOn 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 anEpiscopalian.[26]
Credits
editFilm
editTelevision
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 | CaptainChristopher 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 |
| 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
editMount writes, produces, and hostsThe Wellpodcast with his longtime friend Branan Edgens.[33]He has served as a narrator on thePseudopodpodcast,reading theThomas Ligottistory "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- ^abAndreeva, Nellie (February 28, 2017)."'Marvel's Inhumans': 'Hell On Wheels' Anson Mount To Star As Black Bolt In ABC Series ".Deadline Hollywood.Archivedfrom the original on February 28, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 28,2017.
- ^Goldberg, Leslie (April 9, 2018)."'Star Trek: Discovery' Enlists Anson Mount As Captain Kirk's Predecessor ".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedApril 9,2018.
- ^"Anson Mount Joins Scientific Effort To Make First Contact With Aliens".TrekMovie.com.November 17, 2020.Archivedfrom the original on November 17, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 11,2021.
- ^abAnne D'Arminio, Aubry."Anson Mount".Allmovie.RetrievedMarch 27,2011.
- ^"Playboy Executive Tells Hefner Empire Details".The StarPhoenix.June 14, 1968.
- ^Hiltbrand, David (February 2, 2004)."Mount's beard perfect target for 'Line of Fire'".Chicago Tribune.Archivedfrom the original on August 1, 2015.RetrievedJanuary 11,2014.
- ^Brian Fegter (November 6, 2011)."Anson Mount Q&A".AMC.RetrievedNovember 16,2011.
- ^Winer-Bernheimer, Linda (October 14, 1998)."'Corpus Christi' Opens in a Storm ".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^"Alumni".Sewanee: The University of the South.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Garbutt, Emily (May 5, 2022)."The Illuminati members in Doctor Strange 2, listed and explained".Total Film.GamesRadar+.Archivedfrom the original on May 5, 2022.RetrievedMay 5,2022.
- ^"Hell on Wheels Reigns as AMC's Second Highest Rated Original Series".AMC.Archived fromthe originalon August 11, 2020.RetrievedNovember 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.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Lovett, Jamie (April 24, 2019)."'Star Trek' Fans Flood Social Media With Support for Captain Pike Spinoff ".ComicBook.com.RetrievedNovember 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.RetrievedMay 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.RetrievedMay 15,2020.
- ^"Anson Mount".Columbia - School of the Arts.Archived fromthe originalon December 25, 2019.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Dunaway, Michael (July 31, 2014)."Anson Mount Talks Hell on Wheels, Supremacy and Liberal Arts Education".Paste.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Mount, Anson (March 23, 2011)."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.ISSN1925-5683.S2CID142588539.
- ^Mount, Anson (November 13, 2016)."An Open Letter to Celebrities Threatening to Leave the Nation".RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Mount, Anson (November 1, 2016)."The Professionals at 50".Cowboys & Indians.No. November/December 2016.ISSN1069-8876.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Mount, Anson (May 6, 2019)."The Borders of Night".Cowboys & Indians.No. May/June 2019.ISSN1069-8876.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^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.Archivedfrom the original on July 23, 2016.RetrievedMarch 26,2022.
- ^"Anson Mount on Instagram:" SHE SAID MAYBE!!! "".Instagram.Archived fromthe originalon December 24, 2021.RetrievedApril 2,2018.
- ^"Anson Mount on Instagram:" Done went'n did it "".Instagram.Archived fromthe originalon December 24, 2021.RetrievedApril 2,2018.
- ^Powell, David (December 20, 2021)."Anson Mount announces the birth of his daughter Clover on December 4th".Daily Star Trek News.Archivedfrom the original on January 11, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 11,2022.
- ^Staff, TrekMovie com."Anson Mount Open To Pike Show, But Returning To Star Trek Would Require" Creative Conversations "".TrekMovie.com.RetrievedJuly 1,2022.
- ^Couch, Aaron (July 21, 2021)."DC's 'Injustice' Sets Cast for Animated Movie (Exclusive)".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^Grobar, Matt (May 9, 2022)."Cinedigm Acquires CIA Thriller 'MK Ultra' Starring Anson Mount, Jaime Ray Newman And Jason Patric".Deadline Hollywood.RetrievedOctober 10,2022.
- ^Sperling, Nicole (August 1, 2021)."Can Paramount+ Succeed? One Producer Hopes to Make It So".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.RetrievedAugust 5,2021.
- ^"Saturn Awards Nominations: 'The Batman', 'Nightmare Alley', 'Spider-Man', 'Better Call Saul' Top List".Deadline Hollywood.August 12, 2022.RetrievedAugust 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.RetrievedDecember 6,2023.
- ^"Anson Mount".WOMENFASHFILM BLOG.RetrievedNovember 10,2019.
- ^Garris, Blake (October 10, 2017)."Anson Mount & Branan Edgens Join the Marvel Podcast".Marvel New Media.RetrievedMarch 26,2022.
- ^Studios, Clockpunk (August 3, 2018)."PseudoPod 605: The Town Manager".PseudoPod.RetrievedMay 16,2020.
- ^"Anson Mount (visual voices guide)".Behind The Voice Actors.RetrievedFebruary 8,2022.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 credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^Co, Alex (August 26, 2014)."The Evil Within Voice Cast Announced by Bethesda in New Video, Includes Familiar Hollywood Names".PlayStation LifeStyle.RetrievedMarch 26,2022.
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