Matthew Jerome "Matt" Barr (born February 14, 1984) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Fleming in Commander in Chief, Ian Banks in One Tree Hill, Christopher Sullivan in the mystery horror series Harper's Island, and Dan Patch in The CW series Hellcats.
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 in Saving the King as the King's brother.
Barr appeared in the 2008 film The House Bunny as Tyler, one of the university's 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. Barr recent starred on mystery horror series Harper's Island as Christopher Sullivan. In between 2009 and 2010 he guest starred in American hit series such as Castle, Trauma, Friday Night Lights, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 2010, he joined the CW series Hellcats as Dan.
Barr was set to portray Keith van der Woodsen in the Gossip Girl spin-off Valley Girls, but its backdoor pilot during season 2 of Gossip Girl did not perform as successfully as producers had hoped, leading to the show's cancellation. It has been rumored that the show will instead become a 90-minute TV movie, set to air on the CW some time between the season 3 finale and the season 4 premiere of Gossip Girl, but as this has not been officially announced, it is unknown whether Barr will appear or not.
In 2010, Matt was cast as a series regular in the CW series Hellcats, playing Dan Patch. The series premiered on September 8, 2010.
