Matthew Davis

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

Matthew Davis
Davis in June 2013
Born	Matthew W. Davis (1978-05-08) May 8, 1978 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Leelee Sobieski (m. 2008–09)

Matthew W. Davis (born May 8, 1978), also professionally known as Matt Davis, is an American actor who is known for his roles as Adam Hillman on the ABC comedy-drama What About Brian from 2006 to 2007 and Alaric Saltzman on The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries from 2009 to 2012. In 2014, he returned as a series regular for the sixth season, he starred on the short-lived CW mystery and horror drama Cult as Jeff Sefton, and had a recurring role on the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sean Yeager.

Career

Davis co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001), as Warner Huntington III, who breaks up with Elle Woods (Witherspoon). His notable film credits include Blue Crush (2002) with Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez, Tigerland (2000) with Colin Farrell and BloodRayne (2005) with Kristanna Loken.

Davis starred in The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries, as Alaric Saltzman since 2009 and starred in the short-lived CW mystery and horror drama Cult, as Jeff Sefton that same year. Davis had a recurring role in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation from 2013 to 2014 in the 14th season, as swing shift CSI Sean Yeager. He appeared in the sixth episode titled "Passed Pawns", the eighth episode titled "Helpless", and the 13th episode titled "Boston Brakes".^[1] He later returned to the hit The CW show The Vampire Diaries as Alaric Saltzman once again as a series regular.

Personal life

Davis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Woods Cross High School,^[2] and the University of Utah.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Tigerland	Private Jim Paxton
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
2001	Pearl Harbor	Joe	As Matt Davis
2001	Legally Blonde	Warner Huntington III
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Jimbo
2002	Blue Crush	Matt Tollman
2002	Below	Odell
2003	Something Better	Skip
2004	Seeing Other People	Donald
2004	Shadow of Fear	Harrison French	As Matt Davis
2004	Heights	Mark	As Matt Davis
2005	Into the Sun	Sean Mack
2005	BloodRayne	Sebastian	As Matt Davis
2006	Mentor	Carter
2006	Bottoms Up	Johnny Cocktail	As Matt Davis
2007	Wasting Away	Mike
2009	Finding Bliss	Jeff Drake	As Matt Davis
2009	S. Darko	Pastor John Wayne
2010	Waiting for Forever	Aaron

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–07	What About Brian	Adam Hillman	Series regular, 24 episodes
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	PJ	Episode: "Trade"
2009	Limelight	David	TV Movie
2009	In Plain Sight	Lewis Folwer	Episode: "Rubble With A Cause", as Matt Davis
2009–10	Damages	Josh Reston	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries	Alaric Saltzman	Main role (season 1-3, 6-8) Special guest star (season 4, 5)
2013	Cult	Jeff Sefton	Series regular, 13 episodes
2013–14	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sean Yeager	Recurring role, 3 episodes, As Matt Davis
2017	The Originals	Alaric Saltzman	Special guest cast, episode: "4x08"

References

↑ Michael Ausiello. "'CSI' Season 14: Matt Davis Joins Cast - TVLine". TVLine.
↑ Pierce, Scott D. (April 13, 2006). "Another lovable jerk — Actor/Utah native Matthew Davis plays bad guys you love to hate". Deseret News. Retrieved December 27, 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthew Davis.

Matthew Davis at the Internet Movie Database

The Vampire Diaries

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "The Night of the Comet" "Friday Night Bites" "Family Ties" "You're Undead to Me" "Lost Girls" "Haunted" "162 Candles" "History Repeating" "The Turning Point" "Bloodlines" "Unpleasantville" "Children of the Damned" "Fool Me Once" "A Few Good Men" "There Goes the Neighborhood" "Let the Right One In" "Under Control" "Miss Mystic Falls" "Blood Brothers" "Isobel" "Founder's Day"

Season 2	"The Return" "Brave New World" "Bad Moon Rising" "Memory Lane" "Kill or Be Killed" "Plan B" "Masquerade" "Rose" "Katerina" "The Sacrifice" "By the Light of the Moon" "The Descent" "Daddy Issues" "Crying Wolf" "The Dinner Party" "The House Guest" "Know Thy Enemy" "The Last Dance" "Klaus" "The Last Day" "The Sun Also Rises" "As I Lay Dying"

Season 3	"The Birthday" "The Hybrid" "The End of the Affair" "Disturbing Behavior" "The Reckoning" "Smells Like Teen Spirit" "Ghost World" "Ordinary People" "Homecoming" "The New Deal" "Our Town" "The Ties That Bind" "Bringing Out the Dead" "Dangerous Liaisons" "All My Children" "The Departed"

Season 4	"Growing Pains" "Memorial" "The Rager" "The Five" "The Killer" "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes" "My Brother's Keeper" "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" "After School Special" "Catch Me If You Can" "A View to a Kill"

Season 5	"I Know What You Did Last Summer" "True Lies" "Original Sin" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "Monster's Ball" "Handle with Care" "Death and the Maiden" "Dead Man on Campus" "The Cell" "Fifty Shades of Grayson" "500 Years of Solitude" "The Devil Inside" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "No Exit" "Gone Girl" "While You Were Sleeping" "Rescue Me" "Resident Evil" "Man on Fire" "What Lies Beneath" "Promised Land" "Home"

Season 6	"I'll Remember" "Yellow Ledbetter" "Welcome to Paradise" "Black Hole Sun" "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" "Do You Remember the First Time?" "Fade Into You" "I Alone"

Season 7	"Gods and Monsters"

Season 8

Characters

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