Matt Lindland
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
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Fight Life as Himself
- 2011 · Once I Was a Champion as Himself
- 2010 · Strikeforce: Henderson vs. Babalu II as Self
- 2010 · Strikeforce Challengers 8: Lindland vs. Casey as Self
- 2009 · Strikeforce: Evolution as Self
- 2009 · Affliction: Day of Reckoning as Self
- 2009 · Fighting Politics as himself
- 2008 · Leverage as Tank Conklin
- 2008 · Affliction: Banned as Self
- 2007 · IFL Battleground as
- 2005 · UFC 54: Boiling Point as Self
- 2005 · UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell 2 as Self
- 2004 · UFC 49: Unfinished Business as Self
- 2003 · UFC 45: Revolution as Self
- 2003 · UFC 43: Meltdown as Self
- 2003 · UFC 41: Onslaught as Self
- 2002 · UFC 39: The Warriors Return as Self
- 2002 · UFC 37: High Impact as Self
- 2002 · UFC 36: Worlds Collide as Self
- 2001 · UFC 34: High Voltage as Self
- 2001 · UFC 31: Locked & Loaded as Self
- 2000 · UFC 29: Defense of the Belts as Self