Matthew Wadsworth Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor. He is mostly known for his roles as Warner Huntington III in ''
Legally Blonde'', Adam Hillman on the
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comedy-drama ''
What About Brian'' from 2006 to 2007 and Alaric Saltzman on
The CW fantasy drama ''
The Vampire Diaries'' from 2009 to 2017 as well as the spin-off series ''
Legacies'' from 2018 to 2022. He starred on the short-lived CW mystery and horror drama ''
Cult
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'' as Jeff Sefton, and had a recurring role on the
CBS police drama ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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'' as Sean Yeager.
Early life
Davis was born in
Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended
Woods Cross High School
Woods Cross High School is a public high school (serving grades 10–12) in Woods Cross, Utah, in the Davis School District. It is sometimes abbreviated as WXHS. As of the 2019–20 school year, the principal is Deanne Kapetanov. The assistant p ...
and the
University of Utah.
Career
In 2000, Davis was cast in the
Vietnam War film, ''
Tigerland'' as Private Jim Paxton and in the
second installment of ''
Urban Legend film series'' as Travis / Trevor Stark. The following year, Davis co-starred with
Reese Witherspoon and
Selma Blair
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in the comedy ''
Legally Blonde'' (2001), as Witherspoon's love interest Warner Huntington III. The film was a commercial success and garnered generally positive reviews from critics, grossing over $96.5 million in North America and $141.7 million worldwide. He also appeared in
Michael Bay
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's war drama, ''
Pearl Harbor'' as Second Lieutenant Joe McKinnon in 2001. Davis then played the role of Matt Tollman in the 2002 surfing movie ''
Blue Crush''.
In the mid-2000s, Davis appeared in films such as ''
Seeing Other People'' (2004), ''
Heights'' (2004), ''
Into the Sun'' (2005), ''
BloodRayne'' (2005) and ''
Bottoms Up'' (2006).
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". He later returned to the hit The CW show ''The Vampire Diaries'' for its
sixth season as Alaric Saltzman once again as a series regular. Davis starred in The CW series ''
Legacies'', a spin-off of ''
The Originals'', from 2018 to 2022 where he reprised his role as Alaric Saltzman. He also starred as Nick, a local businessman in the 2019
Hallmark Christmas film, ''Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses'' alongside
Jill Wagner.
Personal life
Davis married actress Kiley Casciano on December 23, 2018, and their first child, a daughter, was born in 2020.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
University of Utah alumni
Male actors from Salt Lake City
Fellows of the American Physical Society
1978 births