Matthew Davis

For other people named Matthew Davis, see Matthew Davis (disambiguation).

Matthew Davis
Born	Matthew W. Davis May 8, 1978 (1978-05-08) (age 33) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Matthew W. Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor.

Life and career

Davis was born in Salt Lake City. He attended Woods Cross High School,^[1] and the University of Utah.

Davis is best known for having played Warner Huntington III, boyfriend of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) in the smash hit comedy Legally Blonde (2001) (opposite Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair). Other notable film credits include Blue Crush (2002) (opposite Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez), Tigerland (2000) (opposite Colin Farrell) and BloodRayne (2005).

He is currently starring in The Vampire Diaries as high school history teacher/vampire hunter Alaric Saltzman, he also featured in the ABC drama What About Brian (2006–7) as "Adam Hillman".

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
	Tigerland	Private Jim Paxton
2001	Pearl Harbor	Joe
	Legally Blonde	Warner Huntington III	Michael
2002	Below	Odell
	Lone Star State of Mind	Jimbo
	Blue Crush	Matt Tollman
2003	Something Better	Skip
2004	Seeing Other People	Donald
	Shadow of Fear	Harrison French
	Heights	Mark
2005	Into the Sun	Sean Mack
	BloodRayne	Sebastian
2006	Bottoms Up	Johnny Cocktail
	Mentor	Carter
2007	Wasting Away	Mike
2009	Finding Bliss	Jeff Drake
	S. Darko	Pastor John Wayne
2011	Waiting for Forever	Aaron
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2007	What About Brian	Adam Hillman	Regular role: 24 Episodes
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	PJ
2009	Limelight	David
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries	Alaric Saltzman	Recurring role Season 1: Episodes 9 - 13 Series Regular Season 1: Episode 14 - Present
2010	In Plain Sight	Lewis Folwer
2010	Damages	Josh Reston

References

1. ^ Pierce, Scott D. (April 13, 2006). "Another lovable jerk — Actor/Utah native Matthew Davis plays bad guys you love to hate". Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/635199441/Another-lovable-jerk--ActorUtah-native-Matthew-Davis-plays-bad-guys-you-love-to-hate.html. Retrieved December 27, 2009. 

External links

• Matthew Davis at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Davis, Matthew
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Date of birth	May 8, 1978
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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