Matthew Jerome Barr (born February 14, 1984) is an American actor, best-known as Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys (2012), Danny McNamara in the CBS/Paramount+ action–adventure television series Blood & Treasure (2019–2022), and Hoyt Rawlins in Walker (2021–2024) and its prequel Walker: Independence (2022–2023).

Barr also played Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief (2005), Ian Banks in One Tree Hill (2006–2007), Christopher Sullivan in the mystery-horror limited series Harper's Island (2009), and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats (2010–2011).

Early life

Matthew Jerome Barr was born on February 14, 1984, in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, to Mike Barr, a former football coach at Purdue University and Southern Methodist University, who is now in the real estate business, and DeDe Barr, a portrait artist. Barr has a younger brother, Luke, and sister, Sara. When Barr was in fourth grade, his family moved to Fairview, Texas, another Dallas suburb. Barr's paternal grandfather, Jerome Barr, was born Barzilauskas/Barziloski; a generational name to the Lithuanian surname Bardzilauskas.

Barr was active in the Allen High School theater program, and had major roles in many school plays and musical theater productions. This included the role of Tommy in Meredith Willson's The Music Man, and a court jester in the school's madrigal dinner.

While a high school senior, Barr learned that Richard Linklater was planning a film about football in Austin, Friday Night Lights. He auditioned for a role. Although this movie ended up being put on hold for another two years and Linklater was replaced by Peter Berg as director, Barr made some favorable impressions. Producer Ann Walker Mclay, Linklater, and collaborator and director Clark Lee Walker offered him the lead role in their film Levelland that was being shot in Austin in the late spring and early summer of 2002.

Half a year after the filming of Levelland ended, in January 2003, Barr moved to Los Angeles, where his first acting job was a scene on the television show ER.

Career Some of Barr's roles include playing Ian Banks, Peyton Sawyer's (played by Hilarie Burton) stalker on One Tree Hill. Barr has also portrayed guest and recurring roles on popular television series ER, Bones, The O.C. and Commander in Chief. He starred as David Stanley in the direct to DVD film Protecting the King as Elvis Presley's youngest step-brother. Barr appeared in the 2008 film The House Bunny as Tyler, one of the university students.

He portrayed David "Puck" Rainey, one of the alumni of The Real World: San Francisco, in Pedro, Nick Oceano's 2008 biographical film on the life of AIDS educator Pedro Zamora.Pedro. official site. Pedrothemovie.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-31.Cast and crew page of "Pedro" . Pedrothemovie.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-31. In 2009, Barr co-starred in the mystery/horror miniseries Harper's Island as Christopher "Sully" Sullivan. Between 2009 and 2010, he guest starred in many TV series, such as Castle, Trauma, Friday Night Lights,"Fancast: Matt Bar to Appear on FNL" Friday Night Lights Fan; January 5, 2010 and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Time Change)" The Futon Critic; Accessed September 14, 2010

Barr was cast as a series regular in the CW series Hellcats,"OTH Alums Join CW's Hellcats" TV.com; May 20, 2010 playing Dan Patch, in 2010. The series premiered on September 8, 2010. However, after one season the series was cancelled. He had a role as Billy "The Kid" Rhodes on the USA Network series Necessary Roughness in 2011. In 2012, Barr assumed a leading role, starring in the Kevin Costner miniseries Hatfields & McCoys for the History Channel. He portrayed Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield, who fell in love with Roseanna McCoy."Matt Barr on Playing Johnse Hatfield in 'Hatfields and McCoys'", The Wall Street Journal, May 30, 2012. In 2013, he portrayed Christopher Porco in the TV movie Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story.

In 2014, Barr appeared in a recurring role on Sleepy Hollow as Nick Hawley in season 2.

Filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes 2003 Levelland Zach Stanley 2005 American Pie Presents: Band Camp Brandon Vandecamp 2007 Ten Inch Hero Brad Protecting the King David Stanley2008 Open Your Eyes Jesus Short film Tyler Pedro David "Puck" Rainey 2012 Seven Below Adam 2013 Parkland Paul Mikkelson 2016 Undrafted Anthony2017 Wild Man Zuber Driver Ryan

Television Year Title RoleNotes2004 ER Billy Episode: "Impulse Control" CSI: Miami Cell phone bomber Episode: "Not Landing"2005 Medium 17-year-old boy Episode: "Pilot" American Dreams Nick Episode: "California Dreamin'" Over There Cracker Episode: "Pilot" Head Cases Will Episode: "Malpractice Makes Perfect" Commander in Chief Mike Fleming Recurring role; 5 episodes2006 Bones Logan Corman Episode: "The Woman in the Garden" Wes Seyfried Episode: "The College Try" Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Hooker Royce Television film 2006–2007 One Tree Hill Ian "Psycho Derek" Banks Recurring role; 7 episodes 2007 CSI: NY Thomas Brighton Episode: "Some Buried Bones" 2008 Swingtown Matt Episode: "Surprise!"2009 Harper's Island Christopher "Sully" Sullivan Main role; 13 episodes Gossip Girl Keith van der Woodsen Episode: "Valley Girls" Castle Travis McBoyd Episode: "Inventing the Girl" Mike (uncredited) Episode: "The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" Trauma Troy Carnahan 2 episodes2010 Friday Night Lights Ryan Lowry 2 episodes CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Bellermine Quisk Episode: "The Panty Sniffer" 2010–2011 Hellcats Dan Patch Main role; 18 episodes 2011 Necessary Roughness Billy "The Kid" Rhodes Episode: "Spinning Out" 2012 Hatfields & McCoys Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield Main role; 3 episodes 2013 Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story Christopher Porco Television film 2014–2015 Sleepy Hollow Nick Hawley Main role; 9 episodes 2016 The Interestings Goodman Wolf Main role 2017 Dating Game Killer Detective Ryan Main role 2017–2018 Valor Captain Leland Gallo Lead role 2019–2023 Blood & Treasure Danny McNamara Lead role 2021–2024 WalkerHoyt Rawlins Recurring role 2022–2023 Walker: Independence Lead role 2026 High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam Major Cal Atkins 1 episode

Web Year Title Role Notes 2009 Sex Ed: The Series Dean Main cast; 6 episodes

References

External links