Matt Dallas
{{short description|American actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Matt Dallas 2011.jpg
| caption = Dallas at the world premiere for Thor in Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles, 2011
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| name = Matt Dallas
| birth_name = Matthew Joseph Dallas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|10|21}}
| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Blue Hamilton|2015}}
| children = 2
| website =
}}
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
Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He has two younger brothers and one younger sister.{{cite web|title=Matt Dallas Biography |url=http://www.mattdallasonly.com/biography.html |access-date=February 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203043009/http://www.mattdallasonly.com/biography.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }} 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
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.{{cite web |title=Kyle XY – cast |url=http://www.buddytv.com/tvshow/page/kyle-xy-cast-1.aspx |website=buddytv.com |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003211537/http://www.buddytv.com/tvshow/page/kyle-xy-cast-1.aspx |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=Matt Dallas |department=Movies and TV |url=http://www.locatetv.com/person/matt-dallas/209524 |website=LocateTV.com |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010121135/http://www.locatetv.com/person/matt-dallas/209524 |archive-date=October 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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".{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGZBRAwW74 |title=Thinking of You |author=Katy Perry |medium=music video |others=Matt Dallas (performer) |via=YouTube |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106230750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGZBRAwW74# |archive-date=November 6, 2015 |url-status=live }}
Dallas was cast in ABC's Eastwick, playing Roxie's (Rebecca Romijn) love interest.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/romijns-new-series-heads-to-dallas-314.htmll |title=Romijn's new series heads to Dallas |date=March 16, 2009 |magazine=TV Guide |access-date=March 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329145128/http://www.tvguidemagazine.com/what-the-keck/romijns-new-series-heads-to-dallas-314.html |archive-date=March 29, 2009 }} In 2009, it was announced that Dallas would be appearing in the movie Beauty and the Briefcase with Hilary Duff.{{cite web |department=First Look |title=ABC Family's Beauty & the Briefcase |url=http://hollywoodthewriteway.com/2010/03/first-look-abc-familys-beauty-briefcase.html |website=Hollywood the Write Way |date=March 15, 2010 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921033414/https://hollywoodthewriteway.com/2010/03/first-look-abc-familys-beauty-briefcase.html |archive-date=September 21, 2016 |url-status=live }} Dallas was in an indie western film called The First Ride of Wyatt Earp as Bat Masterson, which was released on March 6, 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wyatt_earps_revenge/ |title=Wyatt Earp's Revenge |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415144036/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wyatt_earps_revenge/ |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}
In 2012, Dallas starred as Max in the musical love story movie You, Me, & the Circus.{{cite web |title=You, Me, & the Circus |department=Watch online - Amazon Video |url=https://www.amazon.com/You-Me-Circus-Ty-Hodges/dp/B008Q5LTEM?_encoding=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 |website=Amazon.com |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924040321/https://www.amazon.com/You-Me-Circus-Ty-Hodges/dp/B008Q5LTEM?_encoding=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |url-status=live }} He played the role of Bat Masterson in an action packed western movie Wyatt Earp's Revenge with Val Kilmer.{{cite web |title=Wyatt Earp's Revenge |website=Sony Pictures |url=http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/wyattearpsrevenge/ |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003551/http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/wyattearpsrevenge/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }} He also starred as Lance Leigh in the Hallmark movie Naughty or Nice with Hilarie Burton.{{cite web |title=Matt Dallas as Lance in Naughty or Nice |year=2012 |url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/naughty-or-nice-2012/cast/matt-dallas |website=Hallmark Channel |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118025524/http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/naughty-or-nice-2012/cast/matt-dallas |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |url-status=live }} Dallas played the role of Scott Orenhauser in the indie sci-fi thriller film Life Tracker.{{cite web |department=From the Set |title=The Sci-Fi indie feature Life Tracker |url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/98038-from-the-set-the-sci-fi-indie-feature-life-tracker |website=ComingSoon.net |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=October 21, 2015 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051843/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/98038-from-the-set-the-sci-fi-indie-feature-life-tracker |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live }} Dallas had a recurring role in ABC Family show Baby Daddy, where he played Riley's (Chelsea Kane) love interest.{{cite news |title=Kyle XY's Matt Dallas heads to ABC Family's Baby Daddy |series=Exclusive |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/baby-daddy-kyle-xy-matt-dallas-381862 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151337/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/baby-daddy-kyle-xy-matt-dallas-381862 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=live }}
In 2014, Dallas starred in the horror comedy movie Ghost of Goodnight Lane.{{cite web |title=The Ghost of Goodnight Lane |department=Cast |url=http://www.ghostofgoodnightlane.com/cast/ |website=Ghost of Goodnight Lane |access-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126085355/http://www.ghostofgoodnightlane.com/cast/ |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |url-status=live }} In 2015, Dallas starred as Jake in the web series Anne & Jake.{{cite magazine |title=Time to find a web series to get you thru winter? Try one starring Matt Dallas. |magazine=Instinct Magazine |url=http://instinctmagazine.com/post/time-find-web-series-get-you-thru-winter-try-one-starring-matt-dallas |access-date=December 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103060755/http://instinctmagazine.com/post/time-find-web-series-get-you-thru-winter-try-one-starring-matt-dallas |archive-date=January 3, 2016 |url-status=live }} The series was released on YouTube on November 11, 2015.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ci2T3OGd4 |title=Anne and Jake |medium=web series |via=YouTube |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225194521/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ci2T3OGd4# |archive-date=December 25, 2015 |url-status=live }} In 2017, Dallas starred as Declan in the drama film Alaska is a Drag, written and directed by Shaz Bennett.{{cite news |title=Alaska is a Drag |department=Cast |url=https://alaskaisadrag.wordpress.com/cast/ |date=March 18, 2013 |website=wordpress.com |access-date=December 26, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226235720/https://alaskaisadrag.wordpress.com/cast/ |archive-date=December 26, 2017 |url-status=live }} He also starred as Frank Dean in the western film Painted Woman directed by James Cotten.{{cite web |title=Painted Woman |department=Cast |website=Painted Woman film |url=https://www.paintedwomanfilm.com/location/ |language=en-US |access-date=December 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227121856/https://www.paintedwomanfilm.com/location/ |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}
In 2018, Dallas starred as pastor John in supernatural horror film Along Came the Devil.{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ted-2s-jessica-barth-kyle-xys-matt-dallas-to-star-in-horror-movie-tell-me-your-name-exclusive/ |title=Ted 2's Jessica Barth, Kyle X/Y's Matt Dallas to star in horror movie Tell Me Your Name |series=Exclusive |date=April 1, 2015 |website=The Wrap |access-date=September 13, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617165853/https://www.thewrap.com/ted-2s-jessica-barth-kyle-xys-matt-dallas-to-star-in-horror-movie-tell-me-your-name-exclusive/ |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |url-status=live }} In 2019, Dallas played the role of Greg Carlyle in the Lifetime thriller film A Daughter's Plan to Kill alongside Claire Coffee.{{cite web |url=https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/a-daughters-plan-to-kill |title=A Daughter's Plan to Kill |website=Lifetime |language=en |access-date=November 16, 2019 }} He also co-starred as Bobby Browning in the romantic comedy Nearly Married starring Cassi Thomson.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HGRC25N/ |title=Nearly Married |medium=DVD |publisher=Infuse Releasing |access-date=November 16, 2019 |others=(actors) Cassi Thomson, Matt Dallas, Jen Lilley, Randy Wayne, Samantha Cope; (director) Marc A. Hutchins}}
Personal life
Dallas is gay; although he previously denied this.{{cite AV media |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40lHfho2LsM |title=Coming Out |date=January 19, 2016 |medium=video |publisher=Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton |series=Matt and Blue |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/40lHfho2LsM |archive-date=December 14, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} duration 12m58s.{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Greg |date=January 20, 2016 |title=Matt Dallas shares sweet story about coming out to his dad |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/matt-dallas-shares-sweet-story-about-coming-out-to-his-dad/#gs.jq2XoZph |access-date=January 5, 2019 |website=Gay Star News }}{{cite web |last1=DENIZET-LEWIS |first1=BENOIT |title=The Real Perez Hilton |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/media/2009/07/06/real-perez-hilton |website=The Advocate |date=July 6, 2009 |access-date=April 15, 2022}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Chhetri |first1=Priyam |title=Perez Hilton previously outed celebrities like Neil Patrick Harris, Lance Bass and more |url=https://meaww.com/celebrities-that-gossip-blogger-perez-hilton-has-outed-in-the-past-neil-patrick-harris-lance-bass |website=meaww |access-date=April 15, 2022}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Hernandez |first1=Greg |title=Matt Dallas on Hollywood closet: "I had so many people in my head telling me how to act and how to behave" |url=http://greginhollywood.com/matt-dallas-on-hollywood-closet-i-had-so-many-people-in-my-head-telling-me-how-to-act-and-how-to-behave-162975 |website=Greg in Hollywood |access-date=April 15, 2022}} On July 5, 2015, he married male musician Blue Hamilton.{{cite magazine |last=Rouse |first=Wade |url=http://www.people.com/article/matt-dallas-marries-blue-hamilton |title=Matt Dallas marries Blue Hamilton: See the wedding photo |magazine=People |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date=July 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709001245/http://www.people.com/article/matt-dallas-marries-blue-hamilton |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/673315/matt-dallas-marries-blue-hamilton-see-the-newlyweds-at-the-courthouse |title=Matt Dallas marries Blue Hamilton: See the newlyweds at the courthouse! |date=July 6, 2015 |publisher=E! |access-date=July 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709012845/http://www.eonline.com/news/673315/matt-dallas-marries-blue-hamilton-see-the-newlyweds-at-the-courthouse |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |url-status=live}} On December 22, 2015, Dallas and Hamilton announced on their YouTube channel that they had adopted a then two-year-old, their son Crow.{{cite news |last1=Mendelson |first1=Will |title=Matt Dallas, husband Blue Hamilton adopt little boy: Watch the video! |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/-w160233 |access-date=December 23, 2015 |magazine=Us Weekly |agency=Wenner Media |date=December 22, 2015 |location=United States |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223141756/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/-w160233 |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=live}} On July 16, 2022, via YouTube, the pair announced they had adopted their second child, Rosa.{{Citation |title=WE ADOPTED OUR FOSTER DAUGHTER {{!}} Matt and Blue |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qa0OfXYtMA |language=en |access-date=July 17, 2022}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| Way of the Vampire | Todd | |
| Camp Slaughter
| Mario | |
| Wannabe
| Monkee Dancer No. 1 | |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Michael | |
| Shugar Shank
| Evan | Short film |
| 2007
| The Indian | Danny |
| 2008
| Rick | |
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| Jake | |
| In Between Days
| Ashley | Short film |
| Beauty & the Briefcase
| Seth | Television movie |
| 2011
| The Story of Bonnie and Clyde | Henry Methvin | |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| You, Me & The Circus | Max | |
| Wyatt Earp's Revenge
| |
| Naughty or Nice
| Lance Leigh | Television movie |
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| Into The Heart of America | Documentarian | Documentary |
| Isolated
| Ambassador | |
| Life Tracker
| Scott Orenhouser | |
| rowspan="2" |2014
|The Ghost of Goodnight Lane |Ben | |
| 1% ERS (short)
|Ryan |Short film |
| rowspan="2" |2017
|Alaska Is a Drag |Declan | |
| Painted Woman
|Frank Dean | |
| 2018
|Pastor John | |
| rowspan="2" |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=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| Male model | Episode: "Chinatown" |
| 2006–2009
| Kyle XY | Kyle Trager / Young Adam Baylin | Main role |
| 2009
| Eastwick | Chad Burton | Recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 2013–2014
| Fitch Douglas | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 2015
|Anne & Jake |Jake |Web-series |
| 2016
|Himself |Reality competition show |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| style="background:#ccc;"
! 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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External links
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