Matthew Davis

For other people named Matthew Davis, see Matthew Davis (disambiguation).

Matt Davis
Born	Matthew Wadsworth Davis Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Utah
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Kiley Casciano ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2

Matthew Davis, also professionally known as Matt Davis, is an American actor. He is mostly known for his roles as Warner Huntington III in Legally Blonde, Adam Hillman on the ABC 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 as Jeff Sefton, and had a recurring role on the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sean Yeager.

Early life

Davis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Woods Cross High School and the University of Utah.

Career

Davis co-starred with Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair in the comedy Legally Blonde (2001), as Witherspoon's love interest Warner Huntington III. His notable film credits include Blue Crush (2002) with Kate Bosworth and Michelle Rodriguez, Tigerland (2000) with Colin Farrell and BloodRayne (2005) with Kristanna Loken.

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 as Alaric Saltzman once again as a series regular. Davis currently stars in The CW series Legacies, a spin-off of The Originals, where he reprises his role as Alaric Saltzman.

Personal life

Davis married actress Kiley Casciano on December 23, 2018, and their first child, a daughter, was born in 2020. Their second daughter was born on 24th January 2022.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Tigerland	Private Jim Paxton
	Urban Legends: Final Cut	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
2001	Pearl Harbor	Joe McKinnon
	Legally Blonde	Warner Huntington III
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Jimbo
	Blue Crush	Matt Tollman
	Below	Odell
2003	Something Better	Skip
2004	Seeing Other People	Donald
	Shadow of Fear	Harrison French
	Heights	Mark
2005	Into the Sun	Sean Mack
	BloodRayne	Sebastian
2006	Mentor	Carter
	Bottoms Up	Johnny Cocktail
2007	Wasting Away	Mike
2009	Finding Bliss	Jeff Drake
	S. Darko	Pastor John Wayne
2010	Waiting for Forever	Aaron

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2007	What About Brian	Adam Hillman	Main role
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Pearson Junior "PJ" Bartlett	Episode: "Trade"
2009	Limelight	David	Television film
	In Plain Sight	Lewis Folwer	Episode: "Rubble With A Cause"; as Matt Davis
2009–2010	Damages	Josh Reston	Recurring role
2009–2017	The Vampire Diaries	Alaric Saltzman	Main role (seasons 1–3, 6–8); recurring role (season 4); guest star (season 5)
2013	Cult	Jeff Sefton	Main role
2013–2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sean Yeager	3 episodes
2017–2018	The Originals	Alaric Saltzman	Special guest star (seasons 4–5)
2018–2022	Legacies	Alaric Saltzman	Main role
2019	Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses	Nick Sinclair	Main role

External links

• Media related to Matthew Davis at Wikimedia Commons
• Matthew Davis at IMDb