Matthew Jerome Barr (born February 14, 1984) is an American actor, best-known as Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys (2012), Danny McNamara in the CBS/Paramount+ action–adventure television series Blood & Treasure (2019–2022),[1] and Hoyt Rawlins in Walker (2021–2024) and its prequel Walker: Independence (2022–2023).

Matt Barr
Born
Matthew Jerome Barr

(1984-02-14) February 14, 1984 (age 40)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2003–present
Spouse
Kylie Duff
(m. 2023)

Barr also played Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief (2005), Ian Banks in One Tree Hill (2006–2007), Christopher Sullivan in the mystery-horror limited series Harper's Island (2009), and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats (2010–2011).

Early life

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Matthew Jerome Barr[2] was born on February 14, 1984, in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas,[3] to Mike Barr, a former football coach at Purdue University and Southern Methodist University, who is now in the real estate business, and DeDe Barr, a portrait artist. Barr has a younger brother, Luke, and sister, Sara. When Barr was in fourth grade, his family moved to Fairview, Texas, another Dallas suburb. Barr's paternal grandfather, Jerome Barr, was born Barzilauskas/Barziloski; a generational name to the Lithuanian surname Bardzilauskas.

Barr was active in the Allen High School theater program, and had major roles in many school plays and musical theater productions. This included the role of Tommy in Meredith Willson's The Music Man, and a court jester in the school's madrigal dinner.

While a high school senior, Barr learned that Richard Linklater was planning a film about football in Austin, Friday Night Lights. He auditioned for a role. Although this movie ended up being put on hold for another two years and Linklater was replaced by Peter Berg as director, Barr made some favorable impressions. Producer Ann Walker Mclay, Linklater, and collaborator and director Clark Lee Walker offered him the lead role in their film Levelland that was being shot in Austin in the late spring and early summer of 2002.

Half a year after the filming of Levelland ended, in January 2003, Barr moved to Los Angeles, where his first acting job was a scene on the television show ER.[4]

Career

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Some of Barr's roles include playing Ian Banks, Peyton Sawyer's (played by Hilarie Burton) stalker on One Tree Hill. Barr has also portrayed guest and recurring roles on popular television series ER, Bones, The O.C. and Commander in Chief. He starred as David Stanley in the direct to DVD film Protecting the King as Elvis Presley's youngest step-brother. Barr appeared in the 2008 film The House Bunny as Tyler, one of the university students.[citation needed]

He portrayed David "Puck" Rainey, one of the alumni of The Real World: San Francisco, in Pedro, Nick Oceano's 2008 biographical film on the life of AIDS educator Pedro Zamora.[5][6] In 2009, Barr co-starred in the mystery/horror miniseries Harper's Island as Christopher "Sully" Sullivan. Between 2009 and 2010, he guest starred in many TV series, such as Castle, Trauma, Friday Night Lights,[7] and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.[8]

Barr was cast as a series regular in the CW series Hellcats,[9] playing Dan Patch, in 2010. The series premiered on September 8, 2010. However, after one season the series was cancelled.[10] He had a role as Billy "The Kid" Rhodes on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness in 2011.[11][12] In 2012, Barr assumed a leading role, starring in the Kevin Costner miniseries Hatfields & McCoys for the History Channel. He portrayed Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield, who fell in love with Roseanna McCoy.[13] In 2013, he portrayed Christopher Porco in the TV movie Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story.

In 2014, Barr appeared in a recurring role on Sleepy Hollow as Nick Hawley in season 2.[14]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Levelland Zach Stanley
2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Brandon Vandecamp
2007 Ten Inch Hero Brad
Protecting the King David Stanley
2008 Open Your Eyes Jesus Short film
The House Bunny Tyler
Pedro David "Puck" Rainey
2012 Seven Below Adam
2013 Parkland Paul Mikkelson
2016 Undrafted Anthony
2017 Wild Man Zuber Driver
The Layover Ryan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 ER Billy Episode: "Impulse Control"
CSI: Miami Cell phone bomber Episode: "Not Landing"
2005 Medium 17-year-old boy Episode: "Pilot"
American Dreams Nick Episode: "California Dreamin'"
Over There Cracker Episode: "Pilot"
Head Cases Will Episode: "Malpractice Makes Perfect"
Commander in Chief Mike Fleming Recurring role; 5 episodes
2006 Bones Logan Corman Episode: "The Woman in the Garden"
The O.C. Wes Seyfried Episode: "The College Try"
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Hooker Royce Television film
2006–2007 One Tree Hill Ian "Psycho Derek" Banks Recurring role; 7 episodes
2007 CSI: NY Thomas Brighton Episode: "Some Buried Bones"
2008 Swingtown Matt Episode: "Surprise!"
2009 Harper's Island Christopher "Sully" Sullivan Main role; 13 episodes
Gossip Girl Keith van der Woodsen Episode: "Valley Girls"
Castle Travis McBoyd Episode: "Inventing the Girl"
The Big Bang Theory Mike (uncredited) Episode: "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"
Trauma Troy Carnahan 2 episodes
2010 Friday Night Lights Ryan Lowry 2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bellermine Quisk Episode: "The Panty Sniffer"
2010–2011 Hellcats Dan Patch Main role; 18 episodes
2011 Necessary Roughness Billy "The Kid" Rhodes Episode: "Spinning Out"
2012 Hatfields & McCoys Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield Main role; 3 episodes
2013 Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story Christopher Porco Television film
2014–2015 Sleepy Hollow Nick Hawley Main role; 9 episodes
2016 The Interestings Goodman Wolf Main role
2017 Dating Game Killer Detective Ryan Main role
2017–2018 Valor Captain Leland Gallo Lead role
2019–2023 Blood & Treasure Danny McNamara Lead role
2021–2024 Walker Hoyt Rawlins Recurring role
2022–2023 Walker: Independence Lead role[15]
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Sex Ed: The Series Dean Main cast; 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "'Blood & Treasure': Matt Barr To Star In CBS Action Summer Series". Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Matt Barr". TV.com. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  3. ^ "Biography". mattbarr.net. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  4. ^ Helmick-Richardson, Peggy (July 2007). "Fairview's Matt Barr - One Man Acting Out His Dream". Allen Image. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  5. ^ Pedro. official site. Pedrothemovie.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-31.
  6. ^ Cast and crew page of "Pedro". Pedrothemovie.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-31.
  7. ^ "Fancast: Matt Bar to Appear on FNL" Archived 2010-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Friday Night Lights Fan; January 5, 2010
  8. ^ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Time Change)" The Futon Critic; Accessed September 14, 2010
  9. ^ "OTH Alums Join CW's Hellcats" TV.com; May 20, 2010
  10. ^ Stanhope, Kate (May 17, 2011). "The CW Renews One Tree Hill and Nikita, Cancels Hellcats". TV Guide. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  11. ^ "Matt To Appear In USA's Necessary Roughness". MattBarrFan.com. June 30, 2011. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  12. ^ Seidman, Robert (July 14, 2011). "Update Cable Ratings: 'Royal Pains' 'Necessary Roughness'; World Cup Lead + 'Franklin & Bash,' 'ESPYs' & More". TVbytheNumbers. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  13. ^ "Matt Barr on Playing Johnse Hatfield in 'Hatfields and McCoys'", The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2012.
  14. ^ Roots, Kimberly (May 27, 2014). "Exclusive: Sleepy Hollow Taps One Tree Hill Actor to Aid Ichabod & Abbie". TVLine. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  15. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (February 28, 2022). "Matt Barr To Star In 'Walker: Independence' CW Pilot As Hoyt Rawlins". Deadline Hollywood.
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