Matt Olmstead

Biography

Matt Olmstead is a producer and writer.

Career Overview

Matt Olmstead has 26 screen credits in a career dating back to 1993. Signature works include Chicago Justice, The Circle, The Tattooed Heart. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

26

Birth Date

1969-02-14 00:00:00

Known For

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  Chicago Justice
• 

  The Circle
• 

  The Tattooed Heart
• 

  Lifted
• 

  Wake
• Interpretation

Frequent Collaborators

• Philip Winchester (1 collaborations)
• Jon Seda (1 collaborations)
• Joelle Carter (1 collaborations)
• Monica Barbaro (1 collaborations)
• Carl Weathers (1 collaborations)
• Noah Schnapp (1 collaborations)
• Ryan Phillippe (1 collaborations)
• Jonah Hwang (1 collaborations)
• Seth Lee (1 collaborations)
• Brooke Fontana (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (8 credits)

  • FBI: International

    executive producer

    production

    - Gaijin (2) (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Herbivore Man (1) (2025) ... executive producer production

    - We're Out of Here (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Flinch Now and It's Over (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Lone Wolf (2025) ... executive producer production
    2021
  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    - He Was a Stabler (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Off the Books (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Fail Safe (2025) ... executive producer production

    - Beautiful Disaster (2025) ... executive producer production
    2021
  • Chicago Med

    executive producer

    production

    - Heaven Help Us (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Hell Breaks Loose (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Exit Strategies (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Things Left Unsaid (2026) ... executive producer production

    - Altered States (2026) ... executive producer production
    2015
  • Chicago P.D.

    - Fork in the Road (2017) ... executive producer production

    - Army of One (2017) ... executive producer production

    - Fagin (2017) ... executive producer production

    - Grasping for Salvation (2017) ... executive producer production

    - Last Minute Resistance (2017) ... executive producer production
    2014
  • Prison Break: The Final Break

    executive producer

    production
    2009
  • Prison Break

    - Killing Your Number (2009) ... executive producer production

    - Rate of Exchange (2009) ... executive producer production

    - Cowboys and Indians (2009) ... executive producer production

    - S.O.B. (2009) ... executive producer production

    - VS. (2009) ... executive producer production
    2005
  • NYPD 2069

    producer

    production
    2004
  • NYPD Blue

    executive producer

    production

    - Who's Your Daddy? (2004) ... executive producer production

    - What's Your Poison? (2004) ... executive producer production

    - Traylor Trash (2004) ... executive producer production

    - Peeler? I Hardly Knew Her (2004) ... executive producer production

    - The Brothers Grim (2004) ... executive producer production
    1993

• creators (3 credits)

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    creator

    creators
    2021
  • Chicago Med

    creator

    creators
    2015
  • Chicago P.D.

    creator

    creators
    2014

• writing (15 credits)

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    - He Was a Stabler (2025) ... story writing

    - Off the Books (2025) ... story writing

    - What Happens in Puglia (II) (2021) ... story writing
    2021
  • FBI: International

    - Gaijin (2) (2025) ... writer writing

    - Herbivore Man (1) (2025) ... writer writing

    - The Kill Floor (2025) ... writer writing

    - A Leader, Not a Tourist (2024) ... writer writing

    - Tuxhorn (2024) ... writer writing
    2021
  • The Tattooed Heart

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • Chicago Justice

    writer

    writing

    - Tycoon (2017) ... writer writing

    - Fool Me Twice (2017) ... writer writing

    - AQD (2017) ... writer writing

    - Drill (2017) ... writer writing

    - Comma (2017) ... writer writing
    2017
  • The Circle

    writer

    writing
    2016
  • Lifted

    writer

    writing
    2015
  • Chicago P.D.

    - Emotional Proximity (II) (2017) ... writer writing

    - A Shot Heard Round the World (2016) ... writer writing

    - The Silos (2016) ... writer writing

    - Justice (2016) ... teleplay writing

    - The Cases That Need to Be Solved (2016) ... writer writing
    2014
  • Wake

    writer

    writing
    2012
  • Chicago Fire

    - The Last One for Mom (2016) ... story writing

    - What Happened to Courtney (2016) ... writer writing

    - We Called Her Jellybean (I) (2015) ... story writing

    - I Am the Apocalypse (2015) ... story writing

    - Forgive You Anything (2015) ... story writing
    2012
  • Lie to Me

    - Darkness and Light (2010) ... writer writing

    - Grievous Bodily Harm (2009) ... writer writing
    2009
  • Interpretation

    writer

    writing
    2008
  • Prison Break

    - Killing Your Number (2009) ... writer writing

    - The Sunshine State (2008) ... writer writing

    - Scylla (2008) ... writer writing

    - The Art of the Deal (2008) ... writer writing

    - Dirt Nap (2008) ... writer writing
    2005
  • NYPD 2069

    writer

    writing
    2004
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    - Daydream Believer (III) (2015) ... story writing
    1999
  • NYPD Blue

    - Who's Your Daddy? (2004) ... story writing

    - Who's Your Daddy? (2004) ... teleplay writing

    - Traylor Trash (2004) ... story writing

    - Traylor Trash (2004) ... teleplay writing

    - On the Fence (2004) ... story writing
    1993