Matt Dallas

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Matt Dallas
File:Matt Dallas 2011.jpg
Dallas at the world premiere for Thor in Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles
Born Matthew Joseph Dallas
(1982-10-21) October 21, 1982 (age 41)
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Blue Hamilton (m. 2015)
Children 1

Matthew Joseph "Matt" Dallas (born October 21, 1982) is an American actor, best known for playing the title character on the ABC Family series Kyle XY.

Early life

Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He has two younger brothers and one younger sister.[1] He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a production of the play The Ugly Duckling.

Career

Dallas has starred in several films, and has played the title character in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY for three seasons. The series ended on March 16, 2009 after it was canceled by ABC.[2] Dallas also appeared in Camp Slaughter (2005), Living The Dream (2006), and Babysitter Wanted (2008). He has been a guest on the TV show Entourage.[3]

In 2004, Dallas starred in Fan_3's music video for "Geek Love". In 2005, Dallas starred with Mischa Barton in James Blunt's music video for "Goodbye My Lover" and in 2008 he starred in Katy Perry's music video for "Thinking of You".[4]

Dallas was cast in ABC's Eastwick, playing Roxie's (Rebecca Romijn) love interest.[5] On November 9, 2009, ABC declined to order any additional episodes of Eastwick, effectively cancelling the series.[6] In 2009, it was announced that Dallas would be appearing in the movie Beauty and the Briefcase with Hilary Duff.[7] Dallas was in an indie western film called The First Ride of Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson, which was released on March 6, 2012.[8]

In 2012, Dallas starred as Max in the musical love story movie You, Me & The Circus.[9] He played the role of Bat Masterson in an action packed western movie Wyatt Earp's Revenge with Val Kilmer.[10] He also starred as Lance Leigh in the Hallmark movie Naughty or Nice with Hilarie Burton.[11] Dallas played the role of Scott Orenhauser in the indie syfy thriller film Life Tracker.[12] Dallas had a recurring role in ABC Family show Baby Daddy, where he played Riley's (Chelsea Kane) love interest.[13]

In 2014, Dallas starred in the horror comedy movie Ghost of Goodnight Lane.[14]

In 2015, Dallas starred as Jake in the web series Anne & Jake.[15] The series was released on YouTube on November 11, 2015.[16]

Personal life

On July 5, 2015, Dallas married musician Blue Hamilton, his partner of five years.[17][18] [19][20] On December 22, 2015, Dallas and Hamilton announced on their YouTube channel that they had adopted their two-year old son, Crow.[21]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Way of the Vampire Todd
2005 Camp Slaughter Mario
2005 Wannabe Monkee Dancer #1
2006 Living the Dream Michael
2006 Shugar Shank Evan Short film
2007 The Indian Danny Monaco Film Festival Award for Best Newcomer
2008 Babysitter Wanted Rick
2010 As Good as Dead Jake
2010 In Between Days Ashley Short film
2010 Beauty & the Briefcase Seth Television movie
2011 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Henry Methvin
2012 You, Me & The Circus Max
2012 The First Ride of Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson
2012 Naughty or Nice Lance Leigh Television movie
2013 Into The Heart of America Documentarian Documentary
2013 Isolated Ambassador
2013 Life Tracker Scott Orenhouser
2014 The Ghost of Goodnight Lane Ben
2014 1% ERS (short) Ryan Short film
Dig Craig Short film
2015 Where Are You, Bobby Browning? Bobby Browning Post-production
2015 Tell Me Your Name Pastor John Post-production
2016 Alaska Is a Drag Declan Post-production
Phantasmagoria Donald Gordon Pre-production
Thunder Road SPC. Darryl Sparks Announced
Paradox Caleb Pre-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Entourage Male model Episode: "Chinatown"
2006–2009 Kyle XY Kyle Trager / Young Adam Baylin Main role
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2007–08)
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama Series
2009 Eastwick Chad Burton Recurring role (6 episodes)
2013–2014 Baby Daddy Fitch Douglas Recurring role (5 episodes)
2015 Anne & Jake Jake web-series

Music videos

Year Title Role Notes
2004 "Geek Love" Geek Music video by Fan 3
2005 "Goodbye My Lover" Music video by James Blunt
2009 "Thinking of You" Love interest Music video by Katy Perry
2014 "It's My Belly Button" Kyle XY Music video by Rhett and Link

References

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  6. "Eastwick" Cancelled; "The Forgotten" Gets More Episodes, "Let's Dance" Scrapped, TV By the Numbers, November 9, 2009
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