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Anson Mount Biography
Birth Name:
Anson Adams Mount IV
Birth Place:
Prospect Heights, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor, writer, producer
Fast Facts
- His great-great-great-grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel
- His father, also named Anson Mount, was a longtime editor at Playboy magazine; his mother, Nancy Smith, was a professional golfer
- Robert De Niro talked him into taking the costarring role in the 2002 Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads
- A 2004 state resolution honored him as a Distinguished Son of Dickson County and the State of Tennessee
- Favorite living poet is Andrew Hudgins, with whom he's studied
Relationships
- Anson Adams Mount II -- Father
- Mary Petty Mount -- Grandmother
- Anson A. Mount III -- Half Brother
- Elizabeth -- Half Sister
- Kristin Mount -- Half Sister
- Nancy League Smith -- Mother