Matthew Davis

Matthew "Matt" W. Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor who portrays Alaric Saltzman on Template:The Vampire Diaries. He's best known for his roles on TV show What About Brian and movies Blue Crush and Legally Blonde. He has also done a lot other movies.

Biography

Davis was born on May 8, 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Woods Cross High School in Woods Cross, Utah where he was raised. Matt first became interested in acting while attending the University of Utah. Post-college, Davis moved to New York to further his studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first starring role came in 2000, when he was only 22, with Colin Farrell in Tigerland. In March 2008, Matt began dating actress Leelee Sobieski. In September of the same year, they got married, but filed for divorce just two months later - The divorce was finalised in February 2009. In August 2012, Matt began dating Afghan-American actress, Azita Ghanizada.

Filmography

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Matt Davis

YEAR	TV/MOVIE	ROLE
2000	Tigerland	Pvt. Jim Paxton
	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Travis Stark/Trevor Stark
2001	Pearl Harbor	Joe
	Legally Blonde	Warner Huntington III
2002	Lone Star of Mind	Jimbo
	Blue Crush	Matt Tollman
	Below	O'Dell
2003	Something Better	Skip
2004	Seeing Other People	Donald
	Shadow of Fear	Harrison French
2005	Heights	Mark
	Into the Sun	Sean Mack
	BloodRayne	Sebastian
2006	Mentor	Carter
	Bottoms Up	Johnny Cocktail
	What About Brian	Adam Hillman
2007	Wasting Away	Mike
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	PJ Bartlett
2009	Limelight	David
	Finding Bliss	Jeff Drake
	In Plain Sight	Lewis Folwer
	S. Darko	Pastor John Wayne
	The Vampire Diaries	Alaric Saltzman
2010	Damages	Josh Reston
	Waiting for Forever	Aaron
	Cult	Jeff Sefton

Trivia

He likes the colours red and blue.
Matt's Twitter alter-ego is Ernesto Riley.
He first went for the role of Logan but he got the role of Alaric who killed Logan (his first vampire kill).
He, Kat Graham, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley are the only cast members that played 3 different characters (Matt played Alaric, Klaus and Silas).