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Matthew Joseph "Matt" O`Leary (born July 6, 1987) is an American actor. O`Leary was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has two older half-sisters and an older half-brother.[citation needed] O`Leary auditioned for the lead in Home Alone 3. He made his acting debut in the lead role of the 2000 made-for-television film Mom`s Got a Date with a Vampire. He was subsequently cast in the thriller Domestic Disturbance, playing the son of John Travolta`s character; the film was released in November 2001 and performed fairly at the box office, grossing $45 million. O`Leary next appeared in another thriller, Frailty, directed by Bill Paxton, and in the kids comedy Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, both of which opened in 2002 to positive reviews, gaining O`Leary recognition among teenage audiences. In 2003, O`Leary had a minor role in the final Spy Kids film, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, and also appeared in the 2004 drama The Alamo, although most of his role was reduced to one line. In 2005, O`Leary had a role in Warm Springs, a television film, and Havoc, a drama starring Anne Hathaway that was released directly to video. His most recent film roles were in Brick, a quirky thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the 2007 films Live Free or Die Hard and Death Sentence.

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