Matt Lauria

Matt Lauria (born June 22, 1982) is an American actor and musician. He portrays Ben Newton on Apple TV+'s Dickinson.

Biography
Lauria was born in Virginia and moved to Ireland with his family when he was seven. Lauria moved back to the U.S. to attend high school. He received his formal acting training from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in their drama conservatory. He holds a BFA degree in drama. Lauria is also an avid electric guitarist.

He made his television debut on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock in 2007. He is best known for his roles as Luke Cafferty on the NBC/DirecTV drama Friday Night Lights, Ryan York on the NBC family drama Parenthood, and starred as Ryan Wheeler on the Audience drama Kingdom.