David Harold Monahan (born August 13, 1971) is an

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, best known for recurring roles on ''

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'' as Detective Matt Seely and ''

Dawson's Creek ''Dawson's Creek'' is an American teen drama television series about the lives of a close-knit group of friends in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, beginning in high school and continuing into college that ran from 1998 to 2003. T ...

'' as Tobey Barret. He has also appeared in such films as ''The Last Supper'' (2000), ''

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'' (2005) and '' Something New'' (2006). He also appeared in the ''

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'' episode "Houses of the Holy". Monahan was born in

North Olmsted, Ohio North Olmsted is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 32,442. North Olmsted is a west side suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, and is the 8th most populated city within Cuyahoga County. History ...

. A 1989 graduate of

Bishop O'Connell High School Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO) is a Roman Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was established by the Diocese of Richmond, but it has been under the direction of the Dio ...

(in

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), Monahan graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

with an honor degree in government. Monahan's husband is actor

Larry Sullivan Lawrence Edward Sullivan, Jr. (born September 10, 1970) is an American actor. Among his prominent roles is that of Robert, Will's ballet dancing boyfriend, on the NBC television series ''Will & Grace''. The episode was the show's first ever ho ...

; they have one adopted child together. The couple was featured in a Campbell's Soup ad released in 2015.

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* 1971 births Harvard University alumni Living people People from North Olmsted, Ohio American gay actors 21st-century LGBT people American male television actors American male film actors {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub