Matthew W. Davis is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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.

Life and career

Davis was born in Salt Lake City. He attended Woods Cross High School

Woods Cross, Utah

Woods Cross is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 9,761 as of the 2010 census...

, and the University of Utah

University of Utah

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.

Davis is best known for having played Warner Huntington III, boyfriend of Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

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) in the smash hit comedy Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt...

(2001) (opposite Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

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 and Selma Blair

Selma Blair

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). Other notable film credits include Blue Crush

Blue Crush

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(2002) (opposite Kate Bosworth

Kate Bosworth

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 and Michelle Rodriguez

Michelle Rodriguez

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), Tigerland

Tigerland

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(2000) (opposite Colin Farrell

Colin Farrell

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) and BloodRayne (2005).

He is currently starring in The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries (TV series)

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as high school history teacher/vampire hunter Alaric Saltzman, he also featured in the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 drama What About Brian

What About Brian

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(2006–7) as "Adam Hillman".

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Urban Legends: Final Cut Urban Legends: Final Cut Urban Legends: Final Cut is a 2000 slasher film and sequel to the 1998 film Urban Legend. It stars Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Loretta Devine, Anthony Anderson, Hart Bochner, Rebecca Gayheart, Regina Hall, Yani Gellman, and Eva Mendes...	Travis Stark / Trevor Stark
	Tigerland Tigerland Tigerland is a 2000 war drama film directed by Joel Schumacher starring Colin Farrell in the role of Private Roland Bozz, and takes place in a training camp for soldiers to be sent to the Vietnam War....	Private Jim Paxton
2001	Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor (film) Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American action drama war film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Randall Wallace, who wrote the screenplay...	Joe
	Legally Blonde Legally Blonde Legally Blonde is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and produced by Marc E. Platt...	Warner Huntington III	Michael
2002	Below Below (film) Below is a 2002 World War II horror film directed by David Twohy. It was written by Lucas Sussman, Darren Aronofsky and David Twohy, and stars Bruce Greenwood, Olivia Williams, Matthew Davis, Holt McCallany, Scott Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher.It was filmed on location...	Odell
	Lone Star State of Mind Lone Star State of Mind Lone Star State of Mind is Nanci Griffith's fifth album, and her first with a major recording label. Griffith's music had seen a turn from her original folk music base into more commercially viable country music in her previous two albums. On the current album she enlists the hit-making talents of...	Jimbo
	Blue Crush Blue Crush Blue Crush is a 2002 surfer film directed by John Stockwell and based on the Outside magazine article "Life's Swell" by Susan Orlean. Starring Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Sanoe Lake, and Mika Boorem, it tells the story of three friends who have one passion: living the ultimate dream of...	Matt Tollman
2003	Something Better	Skip
2004	Seeing Other People Seeing Other People Seeing Other People is a comedy film about a couple that decide to see other people two months before their wedding. It was released in 2004, and is rated R.-Plot:...	Donald
	Shadow of Fear	Harrison French
	Heights	Mark
2005	Into the Sun	Sean Mack
	BloodRayne BloodRayne (film) BloodRayne is a 2005 action and horror film, set in 18th century Romania, and directed by Uwe Boll. The film stars Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, Meat Loaf and, Matthew Davis...	Sebastian
2006	Bottoms Up	Johnny Cocktail
	Mentor Mentor (film) Mentor is a 2006 drama film directed by David Langlitz and written by William Whitehurst, exploring the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and his protegé.The film stars Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Susan Misner....	Carter
2007	Wasting Away	Mike
2009	Finding Bliss Finding Bliss Finding Bliss is a 2009 romantic comedy film written and directed by filmmaker Julie Davis . Finding Bliss explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 24 year-old film school grad, Jody Balaban .-Plot:After a long humbling year temping as a traffic cop on a studio lot, Jody...	Jeff Drake
	S. Darko S. Darko S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale is a 2009 direct-to-video film directed by Chris Fisher and stars Daveigh Chase, Briana Evigan, and Ed Westwick. It is the sequel to the 2001 cult hit Donnie Darko...	Pastor John Wayne
2011	Waiting for Forever Waiting For Forever Waiting for Forever is a 2010 American romance film directed by James Keach, starring Rachel Bilson and Tom Sturridge. The film had a limited theatrical release beginning February 4, 2011. It was shot in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah.-Plot:...	Aaron
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2007	What About Brian What About Brian What About Brian is an American comedy-drama television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on April 16, 2006, on ABC, as a midseason replacement and concluded on March 26, 2007...	Adam Hillman	Regular role: 24 Episodes
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...	PJ
2009	Limelight Limelight Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. An intense illumination is created when an oxyhydrogen flame is directed at a cylinder of quicklime , which can be heated to 2572 °C before melting. The light is produced by a combination of incandescence and...	David
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries (TV series) The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW Television Network on September 10, 2009, and is currently in its third season that...	Alaric Saltzman	Recurring role Season 1: Episodes 9 - 13 Series Regular Season 1: Episode 14 - Present
2010	In Plain Sight In Plain Sight In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program...	Lewis Folwer
2010	Damages Damages (TV series) Damages is an American television drama series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler . It is broadcast in the United States on the DirecTV channel Audience Network after originally airing on FX and is produced by the creators' own...	Josh Reston

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