Matt Borlenghi

Matt Borlenghi is an American actor, best known for his roles as Brian Bodine on All My Children^[1] from 1991 to 1993 and 1996, as Russ on The Jeff Foxworthy Show, as Rich Casey on Police Academy: The Series and as Lyle on Cobra Kai.^[2]

Matt Borlenghi
Borlenghi at the 8th Annual Hack n' Smack Celebrity Golf Tournament in 2011
Nationality	American
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Heather Borlenghi ​ (m. 2003)​

Career

Borlenghi came to national attention playing Brian Bodine on All My Children in the early 1990s.^[3] His character was the main romantic interest of Hayley Vaughan, played by Kelly Ripa, until he quit the show in 1993 in favor of doing comedy TV.^[4] However, later in 1996, he did make a brief return to stir things up between Hayley and new boyfriend Mateo (Mark Consuelos).

Borlenghi also played Ziggy Deadmarsh on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in 2002, and Mayor Anthony Marino on NBC Days of Our Lives.

Borlenghi spent several years starring on various sitcoms, such as The Jeff Foxworthy Show, in which he portrayed Jeff Foxworthy's assistant Russ Francis; Pig Sty on UPN; Party Girl on FOX; and Police Academy: The Series. He also guest-starred on Melissa and Joey and other shows. He directed a short film, Jack, which won him awards on the film festival circuit. He played the title role in the adaptation independent film Jack Rio, which he also co-wrote and produced with director Gregori J. Martin ("The Bay"), and more recently starred in "Branded" and "Lethal Admirer".

Borlenghi also creates, develops, and produces reality TV shows, such as Postmortem in Vegas for LMN / A&E Networks and just completed a one-hour law enforcement drama pilot script revolving around a federal agency, "ATF".

Borlenghi moved^[when?] to Atlanta, Georgia to become a part of the filming community there and to teach acting to kids though adults and had recurring roles on two shows that film there, the Netflix series Cobra Kai and Champaign ILL. In addition, he starred as Bobby DeBarge's real-life manager Bernd Lichter in The Bobby DeBarge Story, a huge hit on TV One network. Borlenghi also plays a role in the new video game MAFIA: Definitive Edition, as Sergio Morello.

Filmography

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1989	TV 101	Brian Cornelius	1 episode
1991	Hunter	Dirk Lawson	2 epsidodes
1991-1996	All My Children	Brian Bodine	26 episodes
1993	The John Larroquette Show	Bobby	1 episode
1993-1996	Married... with Children	Various	2 episodes
1994	Hot Line	Paul	1 episode
1995	ER	Jimmy Falco	1 episode
	Pig Sty	Johnny Barzano	13 episodes
1995-1996	The Jeff Foxworthy Show	Russ Francis	12 episodes
1996	Party Girl	O'Neal	4 episodes
1997-1998	Police Academy: The Series	Rich Casey	26 episodes
1999	Pacific Blue	Milo	1 episode
2002	The Bold and the Beautiful	Ziggy Deadmarsh	29 episodes
2006	Standoff	Maurice Temple	1 episode
	Without a Trace	Guard	1 episode
2007	Dexter	Headhunter	Episode: "Morning Comes"
2008	Days of Our Lives	Mayor Anthony Marino	12 episodes
	Life	Lenny	1 episode
2010	Melissa & Joey	Duane Halderman	1 episode
2015	Rosewood	Gino Smith	1 episode
2016	Castle	Rollins	1 episode
	Mistresses	Defense Attorney	1 episode
	Murder in the First	Suit	1 episode
2018	Champaign ILL	Steve	2 episodes
2019	Dynasty	Rick	1 episode
2020	Stargirl	Ed Reilly	1 episode
2018 - 2024	Cobra Kai	Lyle	5 episodes

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Canibal Hookers	Dwight
1988	The American Scream	Brent Benziger
1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	Jock
1999	Kate's Addiction	Ezra
2000	The Crew	Young Joey "Bats" Pistella
	Krocodylus	Zack Jardine	Also known as Bloodsurf
2002	Spider's Web	Bob Smooth
	Psychic Murders	Ramon
2004	Dinocroc	Tom Banning
2005	Venice Underground	Detective Bobby D.
2006	Bloody Mary	Bobby
	Alpha Dog	John Kirschner	Uncredited
	Jack	Jack	Short, also director and writer
2007	Cougar Club	Bartender
	The Hit	Robbie Jr.	Short
2008	Jack Rio	Tommy Jamison/ Jack Rio	Also writer (story) and producer
	Skeletons in the Desert	Detective Luciano
2009	Three7Nine	Frank	Short
2011	Camel Spiders	Brad Mullins	TV film
	Gil's Brother	Bob	Short
2014	Tentacle 8	Rolland Towne
	Eat with Me	Drunk Steve
2016	The Turn	Tom
2017	Branded	Agent Pogue
2018	The Bobby DeBarge Story	Bernd	TV film
	A Friend's Obsession	Pete
2019	Eye For An Eye	Detective Hicks	TV film
2021	Alabama Girl	Detective Cameron
2022	"115 Grains"	Detective Miller

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1993	Daytime Emmy Awards	All My Children	Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
	Soap Opera Digest Awards		Hottest Male Star	Nominated
			Outstanding Younger Leading Actor	Won
2006	Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival	Jack	Best Short Film	Won

References

1. Fitzpatrick, Jackie (1993-04-18). "Amid the Sales, Show Time at the Mall". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
2. "Matt Borlenghi talks latest projects on Good Day Atlanta". FOX 5 Atlanta. 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
3. Ryon, Ruth (2003-04-06). "Beach Boy leaves the waterfront". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
4. Maloney, Michael (2015-10-09). "Kelly Ripa and Co-Stars Recall Her Time on 'All My Children'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-06-14.

External links

• Matt Borlenghi at IMDb
• Matt Borlenghi at AllMovie