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Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2004 film A Cinderella Story, the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the 2010 films Easy A and Norman, and the sitcoms Aliens in America and Cougar Town.

Dan Byrd
Byrd in February 2012
Born	Daniel Byrd (1985-11-20) November 20, 1985 (age 36) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present

Life and career

Byrd was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] the son of Rachel and Jeff Byrd, and was raised in Marietta, Georgia.[2] He began acting at a young age. His feature film debut 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 TNT miniseries Salem's Lot, playing schoolboy Mark Petrie.

In 2004, Byrd co-starred in A Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff. He played Carter Farrell, the method acting best friend of Duff's Cinderella character Sam Montgomery. The project was followed by short-lived CBS series Clubhouse.

In 2006, Byrd starred in Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes, based on Wes Craven's original 1977 cult classic film. Also in 2006, Byrd starred opposite John Travolta in the period crime thriller Lonely Hearts.[3] The story follows real-life killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez,[3] 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 played his troubled son.[3]

Byrd was set to appear in the 2007 remake of Revenge of the Nerds,[4] but after three weeks of filming, the project was cancelled.[5] He then went on to star in the CW comedy Aliens in America,[6] which follows a Wisconsin homemaker who arranges to host a foreign exchange student, believing the visitor will help her shy son (played by Byrd) become more popular. However, the show only lasted one season.[7]

In October 2008, Entertainment Weekly reported that Byrd had been cast in Heroes in a recurring role as Sylar's (Zachary Quinto) apprentice.[8] He plays Luke Campbell, who has the ability to emit microwave pulses. He appeared in three episodes during "Volume 4: Fugitives". Byrd also appeared in an episode of ABC Family's Greek as Clark Duke's character's high school friend.

In 2009, Byrd began starring in the comedy series Cougar Town, as Travis Cobb the son of Courteney Cox's character. The show ran for three seasons on ABC before transitioning to TBS for the remainder of its run. [9][10]

In 2010, Byrd co-starred in Easy A opposite Emma Stone. He played Brandon, a gay friend of Stone's character Olive Penderghast, whom she pretends to have sex with at a house party to boost their social standings.[11]

He stars as the title character in the 2010 film Norman,[12] a film which follows the story of a high school senior who perpetuates a lie that he is terminally ill with cancer to gain sympathy from his peers.[12]

Recent television credits include Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and The Good Doctor.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	The First of May	Cory
	The Price of a Broken Heart	Eric Hutlemeyer
2000	28 Days	Dan
2001	Judging Amy	Todd	Episode: "Adoption Day"
	The Fighting Fitzgeralds	Young Patrick	Episode: "Pilot
	Just Ask My Children	Brian Kniffen	Television film
	ER	Russ	Episode: "If I Should Fall from Grace"
2002	Untitled Eric Gilliland Project	Himself
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jake Bradley	Episode: "Burden of Proof"
	Firestarter: Rekindled	Paul
	Any Day Now	Young Colliar Sims	61 episodes
	The Nightmare Room	Drew	2 episodes
	State of Grace	Kenny Moss	2 episodes
	Boomtown	Eddie Colson	Episode: "The Squeeze"
	Touched by an Angel	Scott Hardwick	Episode: "Jump!"
2003	Presidio Med	Curtis Altman	Episode: "Breathless"
	The Guardian	Jeremy Hetherington	2 episodes
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Scott Brooks	Episode: "State of Grace"
	Salem's Lot	Mark Petrie	2 episodes
	A Cinderella Story	Carter Farrell
2005	Are We There Yet?	Himself
	Checking Out	Jason Apple
	Mortuary	Jonathan Doyle
2004–2005	Clubhouse	Scott Hardwick	11 episodes
2006	The Hills Have Eyes	Bobby Carter
	Jam	Josh
	Pepper Dennis	Frat boy	Episode: "Frat Boys May Lose Their Manhood"
	Lonely Hearts	Eddie Robinson
	Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy	Jess
2007	Ghost Whisperer	Jason Bennett	Episode: "The Walk-In"
	Boston Legal	Edward Scanlon	Episode: "Trial of the Century"
2007–2008	Aliens in America	Justin Tolchuck	18 episodes
2008	Greek	Kirk	Episode: "Three's a Crowd"
	Heroes	Luke Campbell	3 episodes
2009–2015	Cougar Town	Travis Cobb	102 episodes
2010	Norman	Norman Long
	Easy A	Brandon
2011	Community	Greendale Team Member	Episode: "For a Few Paintballs More"; uncredited
2012	Suburgatory	Josh Sherman	Episode: "Out in the Burbs"
2014	Mad Men	Wayne Barnes	Episode: "Time Zones"
2015	Scandal	Virgil Plunkett	2 episodes
2015	Sisters	Patrick Campbell
2017	Doomsday	Nate	Television film
2018	The Good Cop	Donovan Demark	Episode: "Who Cut Mrs. Ackroyd in Half?"
2018–2019	The Good Doctor	Tyler Durness	2 episodes
2019	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Josh Hoffman	Episode: "Kimmy is in a Love Square!"
2020	Utopia	Ian	8 episodes
2021-2022	Young Sheldon	Pastor Rob	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

Awards Won:

• 2000: Burbank International Children's Film Festival: Best Child Actor for The First of May[13]
• 2000: Young Artist Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Any Day Now[14]
• 2010: Rhode Island International Film Festival: Best Actor for Norman[15]

Awards Nominations:

• 2001: Young Artist Award: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Any Day Now[16]
• 2005: Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special- Leading Young Actor for Salem's Lot[17]

References

External links

• Dan Byrd at IMDb
• Dan Byrd at AllMovie
• Interview with Dan Byrd about A Cinderella Story

На других языках

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[de] Dan Byrd

Dan Byrd (* 20. November 1985 in Marietta, Georgia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Dan Byrd

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[ru] Берд, Дэн

Дэн Берд (англ. Dan Byrd, род. 20 ноября 1985 года) — американский актёр.

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