Anson Mount

Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He portrays the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC show Hell on Wheels. He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series Conviction and appeared in the film Tully (2000). Early life Mount was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother, Nancy Smith, is a former professional golfer. His father, Anson Adams Mount II, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. Anson has an older brother, Anson Adams III, and two sisters, Kristin and Elizabeth, from his father's first marriage. Mount's great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War. Mount attended Dickson County High School in Dickson, Tennessee, The University of the South, and Columbia University. At The University of the South, he was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.