Blair Redford
{{short description|American actor}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=May 2010}}
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| birth_name = David Blair Redford
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2004–present
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David Blair Redford (born {{Birth based on age as of date|27|2010|9|27|noage=1}}) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles such as Scotty Grainger on The Young and the Restless, Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Ethan Whitehorse on The Lying Game, Tyler "Ty" Mendoza on Switched at Birth and Simon Waverly on Satisfaction and Thunderbird on The Gifted.
Early life
Redford grew up in the suburb of Canton, Georgia and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish, French, German and Native American descent.{{cite web | url = http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2010/09/90210s-blair-redford-gets-musical-in-burlesque.html | title = '90210's' Blair Redford on his musical turn in 'Burlesque' | first = Jethro | last = Nededog | date = September 28, 2010 | accessdate = August 3, 2011 | publisher = Zap2it | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110831203616/http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2010/09/90210s-blair-redford-gets-musical-in-burlesque.html | archivedate = August 31, 2011 }} He worked for several summers in Georgia's Renaissance Festival performing and doing stunts, creating a pirate character named "Rusty Compass." He is an avid tennis player, and turned down scholarships upon graduating high school in order to act. {{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}
Career
Redford got his start with a win in a Warner Bros. open call that granted him a seat as a team member of the WB Road Crew. After about a year and a half on the Road Crew, he moved to Los Angeles. After a short time there, he then landed the role of Scotty Grainger on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in July 2005, which he left in February 2006.
Redford later replaced Adrian Bellani in the role of the Latino character Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the soap opera Passions from 2007 to 2008 when the show moved from NBC exclusively to DirectTV for its final season. Redford also landed the starring role of Nash Rambler in Gregg Bishop's horror-comedy film Dance of the Dead which was released by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/47920/joe-lynch-overseeing-three-video-gamehorror-mash-short-films-g4tvcom|title=Joe Lynch Overseeing Short Films for G4TV|date=9 September 2013|publisher=Dread Central}}
Redford starred in The CW drama pilot Betwixt, which wasn't picked up to series, and also appeared in the third season of The CW's 90210 as a recurring character named Oscar.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/90210-Lands-Soap-1020131.aspx|title=90210 Lands Soap StarBlair Redford|publisher=TVGuide.com}} He played James, a Bumper Band member in the film Burlesque starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. In 2011, he appeared in five episodes of ABC Family's Switched at Birth as Tyler "Ty" Mendoza, then left the show to start filming for ABC Family's The Lying Game. He was in the series for two seasons before it was cancelled by the network. BuddyTV ranked him #17 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011". He reprised his role in the second half of Switched at Birth's second season in summer 2013 and left to pursue other shows.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/white-collar/tvs-100-sexiest-men-of-2011-29104.aspx|title=TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2011|work=Buddy TV|date=7 December 2011 |accessdate=January 13, 2012}}
In September 2013, it was announced that Redford would guest star as Zach in the second season of Beauty & the Beast on The CW.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Beauty-Beast-Scoop-1069948.aspx|title=Beauty and the Beast Scoop: Who Are Cat and Vincent's New Threats?|last=Ross|first=Robyn|work=TV Guide|date=September 5, 2013|accessdate=September 6, 2013}}
On March 19, 2014, it was reported that Redford had been cast in Satisfaction as Simon Waverly. The male escort drama series aired for two seasons on the USA Network.{{Cite web
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| archive-date = February 27, 2016
| title = 'Satisfaction' Canceled By USA After Two Seasons
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}} In 2017, he starred as John Proudstar / Thunderbird in the Marvel Studios series The Gifted.{{cite magazine|first1=Elizabeth |last1=Wagmeister |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-marvel-series-bryan-singer-watch-teaser-1202421542/ |title=[VIDEO] Fox Greenlights Marvel's 'The Gifted' to Series — Watch First Teaser |magazine=Variety |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=May 13, 2017}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Slip | Peter | Short film |
| 2006
| Reaper #3 | |
| 2008
| Nash Rambler | |
| 2008
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Army Fighter Pilot #1 | |
| 2010
| Ugly, Strong and Dignified | The Duke | Short film |
| 2010
| James / Bumper Band Member | |
| 2014
| Himself | Segment: "Dante the Great" |
| 2015
| Billy | |
| 2016
| Siren | Drunk Guy | |
| 2020
| Goy | Paul Rosenberg | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Tim | Episode: "Vacations" |
| 2005–2006
| Regular cast, 39 episodes |
| 2006
| Evil Young Man | Television film |
| 2007
| Ross St. Marie | Episode: "Tomorrow's So Far Away" |
| 2007
| Cane | Marcus | 2 episodes |
| 2007–2008
| Passions | Regular cast, 44 episodes |
| 2008
| Miguel | Episode: "Prom Night" |
| 2009
| Joel | Episode: "No More Good Days" |
| 2009
| Troy Billings | Episode: "Bolt Action" |
| 2010
| Huge | Ryan Boone / Arturo | Episode: "Movie Night" |
| 2010
| 90210 | Oscar | Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 2010
| Betwixt | Moth | Unsold television pilot |
| 2011–2013
| Tyler "Ty" Mendoza | Recurring role, 15 episodes |
| 2011–2013
| Ethan Whitehorse | Main role, 30 episodes |
| 2013
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Luke Holland | Episode: "Sheltered" |
| 2013
| Zach Hayes | Episode: "Reunion" |
| 2014–2015
| Simon Waverly | Main role, 19 episodes |
| 2015
| Cody | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2019
| John Proudstar / Thunderbird | Main cast |
| 2024
| Will | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2013
| Jay (voice) | |
References
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External links
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Category:Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:American male soap opera actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American people of French descent
Category:American people of German descent