Matt Dallas

Matt Dallas
Dallas at the world premiere for Thor in Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles, 2011
Born
Matthew Joseph Dallas

(1982-10-21) October 21, 1982 (age 42)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Spouse
Blue Hamilton
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(m. 2015)​
Children2

Matthew Joseph Dallas (born October 21, 1982) is an American actor, best known for playing the title character on the ABC Family series Kyle XY.

Early life

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Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He has two younger brothers and one younger sister.[1] He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a production of the play The Ugly Duckling at a local community theater called Desert Stages Theater.

Career

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Dallas has starred in several films, and has played the title character in the ABC Family television series Kyle XY for three seasons. The series ended on March 16, 2009, after it was canceled by ABC.[2] Dallas also appeared in Camp Slaughter (2005), Living The Dream (2006), and Babysitter Wanted (2008). He has been a guest on the TV show Entourage.[3]

In 2004, Dallas starred in Fan_3's music video for Geek Love. In 2005, Dallas starred with Mischa Barton in James Blunt's music video for Goodbye My Lover and in 2008 he starred in Katy Perry's music video for "Thinking of You".[4]

Dallas was cast in ABC's Eastwick, playing Roxie's (Rebecca Romijn) love interest.[5] In 2009, it was announced that Dallas would be appearing in the movie Beauty and the Briefcase with Hilary Duff.[6] Dallas was in an indie western film called The First Ride of Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson, which was released on March 6, 2012.[7]

In 2012, Dallas starred as Max in the musical love story movie You, Me, & the Circus.[8] He played the role of Bat Masterson in an action packed western movie Wyatt Earp's Revenge with Val Kilmer.[9] He also starred as Lance Leigh in the Hallmark movie Naughty or Nice with Hilarie Burton.[10] Dallas played the role of Scott Orenhauser in the indie sci-fi thriller film Life Tracker.[11] Dallas had a recurring role in ABC Family show Baby Daddy, where he played Riley's (Chelsea Kane) love interest.[12]

In 2014, Dallas starred in the horror comedy movie Ghost of Goodnight Lane.[13] In 2015, Dallas starred as Jake in the web series Anne & Jake.[14] The series was released on YouTube on November 11, 2015.[15] In 2017, Dallas starred as Declan in the drama film Alaska is a Drag, written and directed by Shaz Bennett.[16] He also starred as Frank Dean in the western film Painted Woman directed by James Cotten.[17]

In 2018, Dallas starred as pastor John in supernatural horror film Along Came the Devil.[18] In 2019, Dallas played the role of Greg Carlyle in the Lifetime thriller film A Daughter's Plan to Kill alongside Claire Coffee.[19] He also co-starred as Bobby Browning in the romantic comedy Nearly Married starring Cassi Thomson.[20]

Personal life

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Dallas is gay; although he previously denied this.[21][22][23] He denied allegations of being gay for several years after being outed by Perez Hilton on his gossip website and on The Howard Stern Show.[24] After Perez Hilton stated Dallas was gay on Stern's SiriusXM show, Dallas appeared two weeks later to deny the allegation during which he claimed to have slept with 20 women in high school, and listed a few women in Hollywood to whom he was the most sexually attracted.[25] On July 5, 2015, he married male musician Blue Hamilton.[26][27] On December 22, 2015, Dallas and Hamilton announced on their YouTube channel that they had adopted a then two-year-old, their son Crow.[28] On July 16, 2022, via YouTube, the pair announced they had adopted their second child, Rosa.[29]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Way of the Vampire Todd
Camp Slaughter Mario
Wannabe Monkee Dancer No. 1
2006 Living the Dream Michael
Shugar Shank Evan Short film
2007 The Indian Danny Monaco Film Festival Award for Best Newcomer
2008 Babysitter Wanted Rick
2010 As Good as Dead Jake
In Between Days Ashley Short film
Beauty & the Briefcase Seth Television movie
2011 The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Henry Methvin
2012 You, Me & The Circus Max
Wyatt Earp's Revenge Bat Masterson
Naughty or Nice Lance Leigh Television movie
2013 Into The Heart of America Documentarian Documentary
Isolated Ambassador
Life Tracker Scott Orenhouser
2014 The Ghost of Goodnight Lane Ben
1% ERS (short) Ryan Short film
2017 Alaska Is a Drag Declan
Painted Woman Frank Dean
2018 Along Came the Devil Pastor John
2019 Nearly Married Bobby Browning previous titled: Where Are You, Bobby Browning?
A Daughter's Plan to Kill Greg Carlyle Lifetime movie
TBA Dig Craig Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Entourage Male model Episode: "Chinatown"
2006–2009 Kyle XY Kyle Trager / Young Adam Baylin Main role
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2007–08)
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama Series
2009 Eastwick Chad Burton Recurring role (6 episodes)
2013–2014 Baby Daddy Fitch Douglas Recurring role (5 episodes)
2015 Anne & Jake Jake Web-series
2016 Worst Cooks in America Himself Reality competition show

Music videos

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 "Geek Love" Geek Music video by Fan 3
2005 "Goodbye My Lover" Music video by James Blunt
2009 "Thinking of You" Love interest Music video by Katy Perry
2014 "It's My Belly Button" Kyle XY Music video by Rhett and Link

References

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  1. ^ "Matt Dallas Biography". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Kyle XY – cast". buddytv.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "Matt Dallas". Movies and TV. LocateTV.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Katy Perry. Thinking of You (music video). Matt Dallas (performer). Archived from the original on November 6, 2015 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Romijn's new series heads to Dallas". TV Guide. March 16, 2009. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved March 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "ABC Family's Beauty & the Briefcase". First Look. Hollywood the Write Way. March 15, 2010. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  7. ^ "Wyatt Earp's Revenge". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. ^ "You, Me, & the Circus". Watch online - Amazon Video. Amazon.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Wyatt Earp's Revenge". Sony Pictures. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  10. ^ "Matt Dallas as Lance in Naughty or Nice". Hallmark Channel. 2012. Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Sci-Fi indie feature Life Tracker". From the Set. ComingSoon.net. December 21, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  12. ^ "Kyle XY's Matt Dallas heads to ABC Family's Baby Daddy". The Hollywood Reporter. Exclusive. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  13. ^ "The Ghost of Goodnight Lane". Cast. Ghost of Goodnight Lane. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "Time to find a web series to get you thru winter? Try one starring Matt Dallas". Instinct Magazine. Archived from the original on January 3, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  15. ^ Anne and Jake (web series). Archived from the original on December 25, 2015 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Alaska is a Drag". Cast. wordpress.com. March 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  17. ^ "Painted Woman". Cast. Painted Woman film. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  18. ^ "Ted 2's Jessica Barth, Kyle X/Y's Matt Dallas to star in horror movie Tell Me Your Name". The Wrap. Exclusive. April 1, 2015. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
  19. ^ "A Daughter's Plan to Kill". Lifetime. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  20. ^ Nearly Married (DVD). (actors) Cassi Thomson, Matt Dallas, Jen Lilley, Randy Wayne, Samantha Cope; (director) Marc A. Hutchins. Infuse Releasing. Retrieved November 16, 2019.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ^ Coming Out (video). Matt and Blue. Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton. January 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021 – via YouTube. duration 12m58s.
  22. ^ Hernandez, Greg (January 20, 2016). "Matt Dallas shares sweet story about coming out to his dad". Gay Star News. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  23. ^ DENIZET-LEWIS, BENOIT (July 6, 2009). "The Real Perez Hilton". The Advocate. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  24. ^ Chhetri, Priyam. "Perez Hilton previously outed celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris, Lance Bass and more". meaww. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  25. ^ Hernandez, Greg. "Matt Dallas on Hollywood closet: "I had so many people in my head telling me how to act and how to behave"". Greg in Hollywood. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  26. ^ Rouse, Wade (April 15, 2013). "Matt Dallas marries Blue Hamilton: See the wedding photo". People. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  27. ^ "Matt Dallas marries Blue Hamilton: See the newlyweds at the courthouse!". E!. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  28. ^ Mendelson, Will (December 22, 2015). "Matt Dallas, husband Blue Hamilton adopt little boy: Watch the video!". Us Weekly. United States. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  29. ^ WE ADOPTED OUR FOSTER DAUGHTER | Matt and Blue, retrieved July 17, 2022
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