Matthew John Armstrong
Encyclopedia
Matthew John Armstrong is an American actor
.
as Ted Sprague and a single episode
of House
. He also had a long running role on American Dreams
. He attended Naperville Central High School
in Naperville
, Illinois, where he played football and was the two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the DuPage Valley Conference.
for the automobile insurance
provider GEICO
, due to his hairstyle and facial hair resembling the makeup used for the caveman characters. Armstrong noted this misconception in an interview with Entertainment Weekly
stating, "For the record, I am not the GEICO caveman."
Armstrong is also frequently mistaken for Michael C. Hall from the Showtime television series Dexter.
, the actress who portrays Sandra Bennet on Heroes.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
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Career
He was most recently seen in the television series HeroesHeroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
as Ted Sprague and a single episode
Hunting (House)
"Hunting" is the seventh episode of the second season of House, which premiered on the Fox network on November 22, 2005.-Plot:Wilson picks up House while they discuss House's theft of Stacy's treatment notes. Wilson isn't pleased, particularly when he finds out Stacy and Mark aren't having sex...
of House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
. He also had a long running role on American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...
. He attended Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School
Naperville Central High School is a public four-year comprehensive school ranked in the top 3% of high schools nationally by US News and World Report, covering grades nine through twelve in Naperville, Illinois, a suburb southwest of Chicago in the United States...
in Naperville
Naperville, Illinois
Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will Counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,853. It is the fifth largest city in the state, behind Chicago,...
, Illinois, where he played football and was the two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the DuPage Valley Conference.
Cavemen misconception
Armstrong reportedly has been mistaken as one of the actors who portray cavemen in a popular series of commercialsGEICO Cavemen
The GEICO Cavemen are trademarked characters of GEICO in a series of television advertisements for the auto insurance company GEICO, that have aired from 2004 to present. The campaign was created by Joe Lawson of The Martin Agency. In 2004, GEICO began an advertising campaign featuring...
for the automobile insurance
Vehicle insurance
Vehicle insurance is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and other road vehicles. Its primary use is to provide financial protection against physical damage and/or bodily injury resulting from traffic collisions and against liability that could also arise therefrom...
provider GEICO
GEICO
The Government Employees Insurance Company is an auto insurance company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that as of 2007 provided coverage for more than 10 million motor vehicles owned by more than 9 million policy holders. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance...
, due to his hairstyle and facial hair resembling the makeup used for the caveman characters. Armstrong noted this misconception in an interview with Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
stating, "For the record, I am not the GEICO caveman."
Armstrong is also frequently mistaken for Michael C. Hall from the Showtime television series Dexter.
Personal life
He is married to Ashley CrowAshley Crow
Ashley Diane Crow is an American actress. She is most known for her role of Sandra Bennet on the television show Heroes.-Life and career:...
, the actress who portrays Sandra Bennet on Heroes.