Daniel Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor, who professionally goes by the name Dan Byrd. Most notably, Byrd starred in the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes and the Hilary Duff film, A Cinderella Story.

Biography

Byrd was born in Marietta, Georgia. He has one sister, Molly Byrd and one brother, Ryan Byrd. The 8-year-old Byrd went to see a live performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and was inspired to become an actor. Byrd attended Marietta city schools until high school, at which time he was home schooled.

Byrd's breakthrough role came in 1998, after countless local productions and commercials, when he was cast in the Lifetime Network television series Any Day Now , starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint. His first film role was in the movie, A Cinderella Story, also in 2004 he had a starring role in Clubhouse, a new television series about baseball that was canceled shortly after its debut.