Matt Barr

Matt Barr
Born Matthew Jerome Barr[1]
February 14, 1984 (1984-02-14) (age 28)[2]
Allen, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actor, model
Years active 2004-present
Website
www.mattbarr.net

Matthew Jerome "Matt" Barr (born February 14, 1984) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief, Ian Banks in One Tree Hill, Christopher Sullivan in the mystery horror series Harper's Island, and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats.

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Early life

Matthew Jerome Barr was born on February 14, 1984 in Allen, Texas, United States.[2] He was active in the Allen High School theater program, and had major roles in many school plays and musical theater productions. This included the role of Tommy in Meredith Wilson's The Music Man, and a court jester in the school's madrigal dinner. Barr was also working on the film "Levelland" while in his senior year.[3]

Career

Some of Barr's roles include playing Ian Banks, Peyton Sawyer's (played by Hilarie Burton) stalker on One Tree Hill. Barr has also portrayed guest and recurring roles on popular television series ER, Bones, The O.C. and Commander in Chief. He starred in Saving the King as the King's brother.

Barr appeared in the 2008 film The House Bunny as Tyler, one of the university's students.

He portrayed David "Puck" Rainey, one of the alumni of The Real World: San Francisco, in Pedro, Nick Oceano's 2008 biographical film on the life of AIDS educator Pedro Zamora.[4][5] Barr recent starred on mystery horror series Harper's Island as Christopher Sullivan. In between 2009 and 2010 he guest starred in American hit series such as Castle, Trauma, Friday Night Lights,[6] and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[7] In 2010, he joined the CW series Hellcats as Dan.

In 2010, Matt was cast as a series regular in the CW series Hellcats,[8] playing Dan Patch. The series premiered on September 8, 2010. He also has a role as Billy "The Kid" Rhodes on the USA network TV series Necessary Roughness in 2011.[9]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2003 Levelland Zach Stanley
2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Brandon Vandecamp
2007 Ten Inch Hero Brad
2007 Protecting the King David Stanley
2009 Open Your Eyes Jesus Short film
2009 The House Bunny Tyler
2009 Pedro David "Puck" Rainey

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 ER Billy Episode 10.14: "Impulse Control"
2004 CSI: Miami Cell Phone Bomber Episode 2.21: "Not Landing"
2005 Medium 17 Year Old Boy Episode 1.01: "Pilot"
2005 American Dreams Nick Episode 3.15: "California Dreamin'"
2005 Over There Cracker Episode 1.01: "Over There"
2005 Head Cases Will Episode 1.03: "Malpractice Makes Perfect"
2005 Commander in Chief Mike Fleming 5 episodes
2006 Bones Logan Corman Episode 1.13: "The Woman in the Garden"
2006 The O.C. Wes Seyfried Episode 3.22: "The College Try"
2006 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Hooker Royce Made-for-TV movie
2006–2007 One Tree Hill Ian "Psycho Derek" Banks 7 episodes
2007 CSI: NY Thomas Brighton Episode 3.15: "Some Buried Bones"
2008 Swingtown Matt Episode 1.12: "Surprise!"
2009 Sex Ed: The Series Dean Pilot; not picked up for series
2009 Gossip Girl Keith van der Woodsen Episode 2.24: "Valley Girls"
2009 Harper's Island Christopher "Sully" Sullivan 13 episodes
2009 Castle Travis McBoyd Episode 2.03: "Inventing the Girl"
2009 The Big Bang Theory Mike Episode 3.05: "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"
2009 Trauma Troy Carnahan Episode 1.08: "M'aidez"
Episode 1.09: "Thank You"
2010 Friday Night Lights Ryan Lowry Episode 4.09: "The Lights in Carroll Park"
Episode 4.10: "I Can't"
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bellermine Quisk Episode 10.16: "The Panty Sniffer"
2010–2011 Hellcats Dan Patch Main cast
2011 Necessary Roughness Billy "The Kid" Rhodes

References

  1. ^ Matt Barr at TV.com; Accessed September 14, 2010
  2. ^ a b Biography page at MattBarr.net; Accessed September 14, 2010
  3. ^ Memoirs of a Former Personal Acquaintance
  4. ^ Pedro official site
  5. ^ Cast and crew page of Pedro
  6. ^ "Fancast: Matt Bar to Appear on FNL" Friday Night Lights Fan; January 5, 2010
  7. ^ "CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (TIME CHANGE)" The Futon Critic; Accessed September 14, 2010
  8. ^ "OTH Alums Join CW’s Hellcats" TV.com; May 20, 2010
  9. ^ http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/24/3177854/necessary-roughness-is-prescription.html#tvgFrameid%3Dtvg_f_1%26message%3Dsize|687

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