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Matt Olmstead(I)

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  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Matt Olmstead is known for Chicago P.D. (2014), FBI: International (2021) and Prison Break (2005). He is married to Dawn Olmstead.
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    • Known for

    Chicago P.D. (2014)
    Chicago P.D.
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Jesse Lee Soffer, Christina Wolfe, Carter Redwood, Eva-Jane Willis, and Vinessa Vidotto in FBI: International (2021)
    FBI: International
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)
    Prison Break
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
    Law & Order: Organized Crime
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Furious
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)
      Chicago Med
      7.6
      TV Series
      • created by
      • 2015–2025
    • Chicago P.D. (2014)
      Chicago P.D.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by
      • teleplay by ...
      • 2014–2025
    • Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
      Law & Order: Organized Crime
      7.7
      TV Series
      • created by
      • story by
      • 2021–2025
    • Jesse Lee Soffer, Christina Wolfe, Carter Redwood, Eva-Jane Willis, and Vinessa Vidotto in FBI: International (2021)
      FBI: International
      6.6
      TV Series
      • teleplay by
      • written by
      • story by
      • 2021–2025
    • Michael Ealy, Cobie Smulders, and Jake Johnson in Stumptown (2019)
      Stumptown
      7.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2019–2020
    • Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Ricky Schroder, Henry Simmons, Bill Brochtrup, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (2019)
      NYPD Blue
      8.6
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Morrison, Sheldon Wong Schwartz, and Madison Wolfe in The Tattooed Heart (2019)
      The Tattooed Heart
      7.5
      Short
      • written by
      • 2019
    • The Crossing (2018)
      The Crossing
      7.1
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2018
    • Ryan Phillippe and Noah Schnapp in The Circle (2018)
      The Circle
      6.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Carl Weathers, Joelle Carter, Jon Seda, Philip Winchester, and Monica Barbaro in Chicago Justice (2017)
      Chicago Justice
      6.8
      TV Series
      • developed by
      • 2017
    • David Eigenberg, Christian Stolte, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Jocelyn Hudon in Chicago Fire (2012)
      Chicago Fire
      8.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • teleplay by
      • story by
      • 2012–2016
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • story by
      • 2015
    • Lifted (2015)
      Lifted
      7.7
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Wake (2012)
      Wake
      7.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Laz Alonso, Malcolm Goodwin, Domenick Lombardozzi, Brooke Nevin, Jimmi Simpson, and Serinda Swan in Breakout Kings (2011)
      Breakout Kings
      7.2
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by
      • 2011–2012

    Producer

    • Southern Bastards
      • executive producer (showrunner)
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Furious
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)
      Chicago Med
      7.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2025
    • Christopher Meloni in Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)
      Law & Order: Organized Crime
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Jesse Lee Soffer, Christina Wolfe, Carter Redwood, Eva-Jane Willis, and Vinessa Vidotto in FBI: International (2021)
      FBI: International
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021–2025
    • Michael Ealy, Cobie Smulders, and Jake Johnson in Stumptown (2019)
      Stumptown
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • consulting producer
      • 2019–2020
    • Kim Delaney, Dennis Franz, James McDaniel, Ricky Schroder, Henry Simmons, Bill Brochtrup, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (2019)
      NYPD Blue
      8.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer (2019)
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Morrison, Sheldon Wong Schwartz, and Madison Wolfe in The Tattooed Heart (2019)
      The Tattooed Heart
      7.5
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • The Crossing (2018)
      The Crossing
      7.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Chicago P.D. (2014)
      Chicago P.D.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014–2017
    • David Eigenberg, Christian Stolte, Hanako Greensmith, Taylor Kinney, Joe Minoso, Miranda Rae Mayo, and Jocelyn Hudon in Chicago Fire (2012)
      Chicago Fire
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2012–2017
    • Carl Weathers, Joelle Carter, Jon Seda, Philip Winchester, and Monica Barbaro in Chicago Justice (2017)
      Chicago Justice
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Laz Alonso, Malcolm Goodwin, Domenick Lombardozzi, Brooke Nevin, Jimmi Simpson, and Serinda Swan in Breakout Kings (2011)
      Breakout Kings
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2011–2012
    • Tim Roth in Lie to Me (2009)
      Lie to Me
      8.0
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2009–2010
    • Michael Rapaport, Muse Watson, Stacy Keach, Paul Adelstein, Barbara Eve Harris, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Leon Russom, Wade Williams, Amaury Nolasco, and Marshall Allman in Prison Break (2005)
      Prison Break
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2005–2009
    • Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, and Sarah Wayne Callies in Prison Break (2005)
      Prison Break: The Final Break
      7.8
      Video
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Blind Justice (2005)
      Blind Justice
      6.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2005

    Additional Crew

    • Chicago P.D. (2014)
      Chicago P.D.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • consultant
      • 2017–2021

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      • Dawn Olmstead? - present

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