Anson Mount

Biography: Anson Mount made his feature film debut in the starring role of Tully Coats in the independent film "Tully." Mount most recently appeared in Miramax's "The Battle of Shaker Heights," the subject of HBO's "Project Greenlight." Other film credits include "Crossroads," opposite Britney Spears, "City By the Sea," starring Robert DeNiro and directed by Michael Caton-Jones, "Boiler Room", the independent film "Poolhall Junkies," opposite Christopher Walken, and "Urban Legend: Final Cut." Mount also recently completed directing his first film, a silent short entitled "Nose," which he also wrote and starred in. The film also stars Alan Cumming, Lea DeLaria and Patrick Breen.

On television, Mount starred most recently in "Conviction" on NBC. Conviction debuted on Friday, March 3rd, 2006 and lasted only 13 episodes because it could not get an audience due to it's being pitted against Numb3rs. Mount also grabbed attention for his recurring role on NBC's "Third Watch," as well as for guest appearances on such critically acclaimed series as "Sex in the City" and "Ally McBeal."

Mount received the 1998 Drama League Award for originating and starring as Joshua in the off-Broadway production of Terrence McNally's controversial play, "Corpus Christi." He also performed in the Public Theater's production of "Cymbeline," and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" at La Mama/ETC, both directed by Andrei Serban. Mount holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from Columbia University and currently resides in New York and Santa Monica.

"The Cure" is an up and coming FOX Network series in which Mount will be playing Darren Elliot. "The Cure" is in currently in pre-production. … Expand