Matt Gulbranson

A West Point graduate and veteran of Desert Storm, Matt has been a professional actor since 1995 and is one of the most versatile performers in film and television.

A former colonel, he served in the Army for more than 27 years as a Military Police and Russia Eurasia Foreign Area Officer, and has extensive military, diplomatic, and intelligence experience and is fluent in the Russian language.

Matt served with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; was the Army Attaché in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the Office of Defense Cooperation Chief in Armenia and Moldova; served as the military advisor to the OSCE in Austria and Moldova, and In Vienna he monitored Russian activities in the Joint Consultative Group and the Forum for Security Cooperation.

In Chisinau, Moldova, he traveled daily to the breakaway republic of Prinistrovia to report on political, economic and military developments to help facilitate future reconciliation and merger with Moldova.

He served as the Russian Airborne Brigade liaison for the Stabilization Forces Commander in Bosnia and worked with peace-keeping forces from all over Europe.

He also has immense experience in nuclear and conventional arms control, having served as an inspector/monitor for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty in Russia, and is very familiar with the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the Dayton Accords and the Vienna Document. At the Joint Staff J2, Matt reported on nuclear weapons developments and proliferation directly to the G2, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Secretary of Defense.

Matt is well versed in inter-agency policy, intelligence reporting, analysis, and collection, as well as political-military analysis, security cooperation, counter-proliferation, and international affairs.

Matt has four children - Ashley, Gregory, Camryn, and Kirsten.