Matt DeCaro

DeCaro was born in Chicago on April 2, 1956.^[1] He studied education at the University of Illinois Chicago and taught at the Chicago Academy for the Arts.^[1] He appeared in numerous American television series, including Crime Story, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cold Case, NYPD Blue, 24, The Office, NCIS, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Boston Legal, House, Eli Stone, The Chicago Code, Boss, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Fire.

He also appeared in the films Richie Rich (1994), U.S. Marshals (1998), Mr. 3000 (2004), Eagle Eye (2008), Baby on Board (2009), and The Wise Kids (2011).^[2]

His stage work includes the Victory Gardens Theater's production of Symmetry and the role of Mr. Meyers in the world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's 1999 play Spinning into Butter.^[3] At the time of his death, he was part of the cast for a production of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.^[1]

DeCaro lived in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago with his wife, Sheila O'Callaghan, and had a son.^[1] He died from heart failure in his home on April 25, 2026, at the age of 70.^[1]