Anson Mount

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Biography

An intense actor, Anson Mount had several credits under his belt when he earned teen fame as Britney Spears' love interest in the coming-of-age dramedy "Crossroads" (2002). Doing his best to avoid being typecast as a lightweight hunk, Mount landed fulltime gigs on "Line of Fire" (ABC, 2003-04), "The Mountain" (The WB, 2004-05) and "Conviction" (NBC, 2006), as well as booking supporting roles in "In Her Shoes" (2005) and "Straw Dogs" (2011). He …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

February 25, 1973

Career Milestones

2012

Cast in action thriller "Safe," Jason Statham

2011

Starred on AMC Western drama "Hell on Wheels"

2011

Cast in Rod Lurie's feature remake of "Straw Dogs"

2008

Co-starred in the Lifetime movie "The Two Mr. Kissels" alongside John Stamos and Robin Tunney

2005

Appeared in Curtis Hanson's "In Her Shoes," adapted from the novel by Jennifer Weiner

2003

Cast on the ABC drama "Line of Fire," created by Rod Lurie

2002

Appeared alongside Robert De Niro in "City by the Sea"

2002

Co-starred with Britney Spears in "Crossroads"

2000

Played recurring part of a doctor on the NBC series "Third Watch"

2000

Made directorial debut with short film "Nose"

2000

Acted in featured role in "Urban Legends: The Final Cut"

2000

Starred in the well-received independent drama "Tully"

2000

Feature film debut, "Boiler Room"

1999

Made primetime debut on episode of Fox's "Ally McBeal"

1999

Played Joshua in Terrence McNally's controversial play "Corpus Christi"

Raised in White Bluff, TN