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name: "Dan Byrd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-byrd"
roles: []
born: "20 November 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T10:34:01.605983+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Dan Byrd

Actor. Born 20 November 1985 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 20 November 1985, Marietta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Also known as:** دن بیرد
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Byrd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443891, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59283

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Suburgatory*](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md) (70)

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## Biography

Dan Byrd is an American actor. He was born on 20 November 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Marietta, Georgia.

Byrd's early film roles include Carter Farrell in *A Cinderella Story* (2004) and Bobby in the remake of *The Hills Have Eyes* (2006). He later appeared as Brandon in *Easy A* (2010) and starred as the title character in *Norman* (2010). On television, he played Justin Tolchuck in *Aliens in America* (2007–2008) and Travis Cobb in *Cougar Town* (2009–2015). Guest appearances include Josh Sherman on *Suburgatory* (2012), Wayne Barnes on *Mad Men* (2014), and roles in *Young Sheldon* and *The Good Doctor*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Suburgatory* (2011), Fi1m 70, as Josh Sherman — [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, as Luke Campbell — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Boston Legal* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Edward Scanlon — [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Women of the Movement* (2022), series, as Dan Wakefield
- *Utopia* (2020), series, as Ian
- *Home Before Dark* (2020), series, as Tony O'Hara
- *The Good Cop* (2018), series, as Donovan Demark
- *The Good Doctor* (2017), series, as Tyler Durness
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Rob
- *Sisters* (2015), as Patrick Campbell
- *Weepah Way For Now* (2015), as Dan
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, as Josh Hoffman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Virgil Punkett
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, as Josh Sherman — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *Easy A* (2010), as Brandon
- *Norman* (2010), as Norman Long
- *Cougar Town* (2009), series, as Travis Cobb
- *Community* (2009), series, as Greendale Team Member — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Aliens in America* (2007), series, as Justin Tolchuck
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Wayne Barnes — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Greek* (2007), series, as Kirk
- *Heroes* (2006), series, as Luke Campbell — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Checking Out* (2006), as Jason Apple
- *Lonely Hearts* (2006), as Eddie Robinson
- *Pepper Dennis* (2006), series, as Frat Boy
- *Jam* (2006), as Josh
- *The Hills Have Eyes* (2006), as Bobby
- *Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy* (2006), as Jess
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Jason Bennett
- *Mortuary* (2005), as Jonathan Doyle
- *Boston Legal* (2004), series, as Edward Scanlon — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/boston-legal.md)
- *Clubhouse* (2004), series, as Mike Dougherty
- *A Cinderella Story* (2004), as Carter Farrell
- *Salem's Lot* (2004), series, as Mark Petrie
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Scott Brooks
- *Boomtown* (2002), series, as Eddie Colson
- *Presidio Med* (2002), series, Acting
- *Firestarter: Rekindled* (2002), series, as Paul
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Jeremy Hetherington
- *Just Ask My Children* (2001), as Brian Kniffen (Age 9-12)
- *The Nightmare Room* (2001), series, as Drew
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Jake Bradley
- *28 Days* (2000), as Older Boy at Gas Station
- *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Todd
- *The Price of a Broken Heart* (1999), as Eric Hutlemeyer
- *The First of May* (1999), as Cory Wainwright
- *Any Day Now* (1998), series, as Young Collier Sims
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Scott Hardwick
- *ER* (1994), series, as Russ — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Gallery

- ![Dan Byrd](https://film.one/media/person/192253/gallery-c514d66d8c30.jpg) Dan Byrd — Jen J Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Dan_Byrd_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Me and Comedian Dan Byrd, Known as Travis in TV Show Cougar Town. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/192253/gallery-83c63a03ed09.jpg) Me and Comedian Dan Byrd, Known as Travis in TV Show Cougar Town. (2012) — Jen J Walker, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Me_and_Dan_Byrd.jpg/1280px-Me_and_Dan_Byrd.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Norman (film) Poster 2014](https://film.one/media/person/192253/gallery-d537c1ad81b1.jpg) Norman (film) Poster 2014 — Grand Dream, LLC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Norman_%28film%29_Poster_2014.jpg/1280px-Norman_%28film%29_Poster_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dan Byrd](https://film.one/media/person/192253/gallery-e6ce29dac45e.jpg) Dan Byrd — Image via TMDB
- ![Dan Byrd](https://film.one/media/person/192253/gallery-fdef92430d9f.jpg) Dan Byrd — Image via TMDB

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