- Dan Byrd
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Dan Byrd Born Daniel Byrd
November 20, 1985
Marietta, Georgia U.S.Occupation Actor Years active 1999–present Daniel "Dan" Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the CW original comedy series Aliens in America, A Cinderella Story alongside Hillary Duff, ABC's Cougar Town, and the 2010 movie Easy A.
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Life and career
Byrd was born in Marietta, Georgia,[1] and began acting at a young age. His first screen role was in the 1999 film The First of May, which starred Julie Harris and Mickey Rooney. He then went on to make a string of appearances in television series such as Judging Amy, Any Day Now, ER, and Touched By An Angel before gaining his first break-out role in the T.N.T. mini-series Salem's Lot playing schoolboy Mark Petrie. The two part mini-series also starred Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, James Cromwell and Donald Sutherland.
Also in 2004, Byrd appeared in A Cinderella Story alongside Hilary Duff. The project was followed by short-lived C.B.S. series, Clubhouse, alongside Mare Winningham, Michael Jai White, John Ortiz and Christopher Lloyd.
In 2006, Byrd starred in Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes. The film, based on Wes Craven's original 1977 cult classic film, costarred Aaron Stanford, Emilie de Ravin, Vinessa Shaw, Ted Levine and Kathleen Quinlan
Also in 2006, Byrd also starred alongside John Travolta in the period crime thriller Lonely Hearts.[2] The story followed real-life killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez (played by Salma Hayek and Jared Leto respectively),[2] who develop a twisted infatuation with each other as they travel the country luring unsuspecting victims through personal ads in the newspaper. Travolta played the lead detective on the case and Byrd his troubled son.[2] James Gandolfini also stars.[2]
Byrd was set to appear in the 2007 remake of Revenge of the Nerds[3] produced by McG's Wonderland Productions and Fox Atomic, but after three weeks of filming, the project was canceled.[4] He then went on to star in The CW comedy Aliens in America[5] which follows a Wisconsin homemaker who arranges to host a foreign exchange student, believing the visitor will help her shy son (Byrd) become more popular. However, the show only lasted one season.[6]
In October 2008, Entertainment Weekly reported that Byrd had been cast in Heroes in a recurring role as Sylar's (Zachary Quinto) apprentice.[7] He plays Luke Campbell and has the ability to emit microwave pulses. He is committed to appearing in at least three episodes during Heroes' "Volume 4: Fugitives". Byrd also appeared in an episode of ABC Family's Greek as Dale's (Clark Duke) high school friend.
In 2010, he played the supporting role of Brandon, a gay teenager who pretends to have sex with Emma Stone's character in Easy A.[8]
Currently in post-production is a film called Norman in which Byrd plays the title character.[9] The story follows a high school senior who perpetuates a lie that he is terminally ill with cancer to gain sympathy from his peers.[9] Academy Award nominee Richard Jenkins plays his father. Emily VanCamp and Adam Goldberg also star.[9]
Byrd's current television role is in the ABC comedy series Cougar Town, as the son of the main character played by Courteney Cox.[10][11]
Filmography
Year Title Role 1999 The First of May Cory 1999 The Price of a Broken Heart Eric Hutlemeyer 2000 28 Days Dan 2001 Adoption Day Todd 2001 Pilot Young Patrick 2001 Just Ask My Children Brian Kniffen 2001 ER Russ 2002 Untitled Eric Gilliland Project Himself 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jake Bradley 2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled Paul 2002 Any Day Now Young Colliar Sims 2002 The Nightmare Room Drew 2002 State of Grace Kenny Moss 2002 Boomtown Eddie Colson 2002 Touched by an Angel Scott Hardwick 2005 Are We There Yet? Himself 2003 Presidio Med Curtis Altman 2003 The Guardian Jeremy Hetherington 2004 Joan of Arcadia Scott Brooks 2004 Salem's Lot Mark Petrie 2004 A Cinderella Story Carter Farrell 2005 Checking Out Jason Apple 2005 Mortuary Jonathan Doyle 2004–2005 Clubhouse Scott Hardwick 2006 The Hills Have Eyes Bobby Carter 2006 Jam Josh 2006 Pepper Dennis Frat boy 2006 Lonely Hearts Eddie Robinson 2006 Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Jess 2007 Ghost Whisperer Jason Bennett 2007 Boston Legal Edward Scanlon 2007–2008 Aliens in America Justin Tolchuck 2008 Greek Kirk 2008 Heroes Luke Campbell 2009–present Cougar Town Travis Cobb 2010 Norman Norman Long 2010 Easy A Brandon Awards and nominations
Awards Won:
- 2000: Burbank International Children's Film Festival: Best Child Actor for The First of May[12]
- 2000: Young Artist Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Any Day Now[13]
- 2010: Rhode Island International Film Festival: Best Actor for Norman[14]
Awards Nominations:
- 2001: Young Artist Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Any Day Now[15]
- 2005: Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special- Leading Young Actor for Salem's Lot[16]
References
- ^ "Dan Byrd". TV.com. CBS Interactive Inc. http://www.tv.com/dan-byrd/person/1896/biography.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b c d Holden, Stephen (April 13, 2007). "Lonely Hearts (2006) Cops Trail Creeps on the Lam". New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/movies/13hear.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "'Revenge Of The Nerds' Remake Ceases Production". KillerMovies. November 24, 2006. http://www.killermovies.com/r/revengeofthenerds/articles/6735.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Grossberg, Josh (Nov. 22, 2006). "No Revenge for New Nerds". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b53817_No_Revenge_for_New_Nerds.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ dos Santos, Kristin (Oct. 22, 2007). "Aliens in America's Dan Byrd Talks Teenage Angst, Midwestern Accents and 13-Hour Days". E! Online. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b3930_aliens_in_americas_dan_byrd_talks.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Aliens in America: CW Cancels Low-rated Sitcom". TV Series Finale. http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/aliens-in-america-cw-cancels-low-rated-sitcom/. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Ausiello, Michael (Oct 23 2008). "'Heroes' Exclusive: 'Aliens in America' Star Goes Bad". Entertainment Weekly. http://insidetv.ew.com/2008/10/23/dan-byrd-joins/. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Markovitz, Adam (Sep 03, 2010). "Easy A (2010) A teen comedy enters virgin territory". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20416290,00.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Bates, D.B.. "Norman (2010)". The Parallax Review. http://www.theparallaxreview.com/ciff_2010/norman.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Cougar Town - Bios". ABC.com. http://abc.go.com/shows/cougar-town/bios. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ Hinckley, David (September 23, 2009). "Courteney Cox and 'Cougar Town' just boy-toying with us in premiere of new ABC comedy". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_courteney_cox_and_cougar_town_just_boytoying_with_us_in_premiere_of_new_abc_come.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "Burbank International Children's Film Festival - Best Film Awards 2000". BurbankFilm.org. http://www.burbankfilm.org/awards.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "21st Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms21.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "2010 Film Festival Award Winners Announced". RIIFF Awards. August 15, 2010. http://www.film-festival.org/award10.php. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "22nd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms22A.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
- ^ "26th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms26.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
External links
- Dan Byrd at the Internet Movie Database
- Dan Byrd at AllRovi
- Interview with Byrd about A Cinderella Story
Categories:- 1985 births
- Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American film actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Marietta, Georgia
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