Matthew Joseph Dallas (born October 21, 1982) is an American actor, best known for playing the

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on the ABC Family series ''

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''.

Early life

Dallas was born in

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, and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He has two younger brothers and one younger sister. He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a production of the play ''

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'' at a local community theater called Desert Stages Theater.

Career

Dallas has starred in several films, and has played the title character in the ABC Family television series ''

'' for three seasons. The series ended on March 16, 2009 after it was canceled by ABC. Dallas also appeared in '' Camp Slaughter'' (2005), '' Living The Dream'' (2006), and ''

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'' (2008). He has been a guest on the TV show ''

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''. In 2004, Dallas starred in Fan_3's music video for ''Geek Love''. In 2005, Dallas starred with Mischa Barton in

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's music video for ''

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'' and in 2008 he starred in Katy Perry's music video for " Thinking of You". Dallas was cast in ABC's ''Eastwick'', playing Roxie's (

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) love interest. In 2009, it was announced that Dallas would be appearing in the movie ''

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'' with

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. Dallas was in an indie western film called ''

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'' as

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, which was released on March 6, 2012. In 2012, Dallas starred as Max in the musical love story movie ''You, Me, & the Circus''. He played the role of

in an action packed western movie ''

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'' with

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. He also starred as Lance Leigh in the

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movie ''Naughty or Nice'' with

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. Dallas played the role of Scott Orenhauser in the indie sci-fi thriller film ''Life Tracker''. Dallas had a recurring role in ABC Family show ''

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'', where he played Riley's (

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) love interest. In 2014, Dallas starred in the horror comedy movie ''Ghost of Goodnight Lane''. In 2015, Dallas starred as Jake in the web series ''Anne & Jake''. The series was released on

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on November 11, 2015. In 2017, Dallas starred as Declan in the drama film ''Alaska is a Drag'', written and directed by Shaz Bennett. He also starred as Frank Dean in the western film ''Painted Woman'' directed by

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. He also co-starred as Bobby Browning in the romantic comedy ''Nearly Married'' starring

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Personal life

Dallas is gay; although, he previously denied this. He denied allegations of being gay for several years after being outed by

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on his gossip website, and on the

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. After Perez Hilton publicly announced Dallas was gay on Stern's

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show, Dallas appeared two weeks later to refute 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. On July 5, 2015, he married male musician Blue Hamilton. On December 22, 2015, Dallas and Hamilton announced on their

channel that they had adopted a then two year-old, their son Crow. On July 16, 2022 via YouTube, the pair announced they had adopted their second child, Rosa.

Filmography

Films

Television

Music videos

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dallas, Matt 1982 births Living people 21st-century American male actors Male actors from Phoenix, Arizona American male film actors American male television actors American gay actors LGBT people from Arizona