Matthew Davis (I)
Date of Birth
8 May 1978, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Birth Name
Matthew W. Davis
Nickname
Matt
Height
6′ 1¼” (1.86 m)
Mini Biography
Matthew W. Davis (born May 8, 1978) is an American actor.
Life and career
Davis was born in Salt Lake City. He attended Woods Cross High School, and the University of Utah.
Davis is best known for playing Warner Huntington III, boyfriend of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) in the smash hit comedy Legally Blonde (2001) (opposite Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair). Other notable film credits include Blue Crush (2002) (opposite Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez), Tigerland (2000) (opposite Colin Farrell) and BloodRayne (2005).
He is currently starring in The Vampire Diaries as high school history teacher/vampire hunter Alaric Saltzman, he also featured in the ABC drama What About Brian (2006–7) as “Adam Hillman”.
Trivia
Worked as a pizza delivery boy prior to his discovery. Once delivered a pizza to Andy Garcia and is dying to re-meet him to tell him that they have met before.
Attended Woods Cross High School in Woods Cross, Utah.
First became interested in acting while attending the University of Utah.