Anson Mount
Birthday: 25 February 1973, White Bluff, Tennessee, USA
Birth Name: Anson Adams Mount IV
Height: 183 cm
Anson is an American actor, born in Mount Prospect, IL and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother is Nancy Smith, a former professional golfer. His father Anson Adams Mount II was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. Anson has an older brother Anson Adams III and a sister Kristin from his father's first marriage...
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Anson is an American actor, born in Mount Prospect, IL and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother is Nancy Smith, a former professional golfer. His father Anson Adams Mount II was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. Anson has an older brother Anson Adams III and a sister Kristin from his father's first marriage. His great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War. Anson attended the University of the South and Columbia University for MFA Acting Program from 1995-1998. Show less «
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
I love getting paid to ride a horse.
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
I don't go to movies for redemption - if I want that, I'll go to church!
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his m...Show more »
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot. Show less «
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long per...Show more »
I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time. Show less «
Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've ...Show more »
In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood. Show less «
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil W...Show more »
I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War. Show less «
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggra...Show more »
It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized. Show less «
You don't need to like your protagonists.
You don't need to like your protagonists.
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.
I like being able to be a man.
I like being able to be a man.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 ...Show more »
About once a year, I do these long-distance relays with some friends of mine, and it takes about 27 or 28 hours to complete it. Show less «
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people.
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
I'm a goofball.
I'm a goofball.
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody e...Show more »
I can't claim I'm truly a man's man, I'm just as much of a dork and a crybaby sometimes as anybody else. Show less «
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an exper...Show more »
I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert. Show less «
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm...Show more »
I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up. Show less «
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.
Anson Mount's FILMOGRAPHY
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
