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Matt Dallas 
Dallas at the premiere for Thor in May, 2011Born Matthew Joseph Dallas
October 21, 1982
Phoenix, Arizona,
United StatesOccupation Actor Years active 2001–present Matthew Joseph "Matt" Dallas (born October 21, 1982) is an American actor, best known for playing the titular character on the ABC Family series, Kyle XY.
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Personal life
Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a play of The Ugly Duckling.
Career
Dallas has starred in several films, including Babysitter Wanted, as well as the title character in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY for three seasons. The series ended on March 16, 2009 after it was cancelled by ABC to focus on their new series Dream of the American Girls . Dallas also appeared in Living The Dream, Wannabe, Camp Daze, and Way of The Vampire. He has been a guest on the TV show Entourage.
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".
Dallas was cast in ABC's Eastwick, playing Roxie's (Rebecca Romijn) love interest.[1] On November 9, 2009, ABC declined to order any additional episodes of Eastwick, effectively cancelling the series.[2] In 2009, it was announced that Dallas would be doing the movie, Beauty and the Briefcase with Hilary Duff. Dallas will be in a indie western film called The First Ride of Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson, scheduled for release in 2012.
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 2007 The Indian Danny 2008 Babysitter Wanted Rick 2010 As Good as Dead Jake 2010 In Between Days Ashley Short 2010 Beauty & the Briefcase Seth TV movie 2011 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Henry Methvin pre-production 2011 You, Me & The Circus Max 2012 The First Ride of Wyatt Earp Bat Masterson 2012 The Ghost of Goodnight Lane filming Television
Year Title Role Notes 2005 Entourage Male Model Episode: "Chinatown" 2006–2009 Kyle XY Kyle Trager Main role 2009 Eastwick Chad Episodes 1-7 Music videos
Year Title Role Notes 2004 "Geek Love" Music video by Fan 3 2005 "Goodbye My Lover" Music video by James Blunt 2008 "Thinking of You" Love interest Music video by Katy Perry References
- ^ "Romijn's New Series Heads To Dallas". TV Guide. 2009-03-16. http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/romijns-new-series-heads-to-dallas-314.htmll. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ "Eastwick" Cancelled; "The Forgotten" Gets More Episodes, "Let's Dance" Scrapped, TV By the Numbers, November 9, 2009
External links
Categories:- Actors from Arizona
- American television actors
- People from Phoenix, Arizona
- 1982 births
- Living people
- American television actor, 1980s birth stubs
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