Dan Byrd
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Dan Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. Most notably, Byrd starred in the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes and the Hilary Duff film, A Cinderella Story.
[edit] Biography
Byrd was born in Marietta, Georgia. The 8 year old Byrd went to see a live performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and was inspired to become an actor.Byrd attended Marietta city schools until high school, in which he was home schooled.
Byrd's break through role came in 1998, after countless local productions and commercials, when he was cast in the Lifetime Network television series Any Day Now , starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint. His first film role was in the movie, A Cinderella Story, also in 2004 he had a starring role in Clubhouse, a new television series about baseball that was canceled shortly after its debut. In 2006, Byrd starred in two horror films, the remake of the Wes Craven classic The Hills Have Eyes (1977 film) and Mortuary. He also had a role in the crime thriller, Lonely Hearts with John Travolta and Salma Hayek. Byrd currently has two films in post-proudction, to come out this year, one an adventure film entitled Outlaw Trail and another a drama entitled Jam. Byrd also co-starred on an episode of Pepper Dennis with Rebecca Romijn, as a college student who takes "revenge" on the fraternity brothers that humiliated him during hazing, which aired April 18, 2006 on the WB.
[edit] Selected Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Any Day Now (TV) | Young Colliar Sims | |
| 2001 | Just Ask My Children (TV) | Brian Kniffen | |
| 2004 | 'Salem's Lot (TV) | Mark Petrie | Credited as Daniel Byrd |
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Carter | |
| 2004 | Clubhouse (TV) | Mike Dougherty | |
| 2004 | Checking Out | Jason Apple | |
| 2006 | Mortuary | Jonathan Doyle | |
| 2006 | The Hills Have Eyes | Bobby Carter | |
| 2007 | Lonely Hearts | Eddie Robinson | |
| 2006 | Outlaw Trail | Jess | post-production |
| 2006 | Jam | Josh | post-production |
