Random Facts

• Matt was born on October 21, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona.

• Matt is 6 feet tall (1.83 m).

• Matt’s web site is mattdallas.com. His email address is: fromfans@mattdallas.com.

• In the past, Matt has done a TV commercial for Arizona Jeans.

• He does not drink coke. He likes macaroni and cheese and one of his favorite sweets is cheesecake. (Thanks, tibby)

• In 2000, he played in a Phoenix’s Valley Youth Theatre production of West Side Story. (Thanks, MD_Admirer)

• Matt’s family constantly calls him to tell him about the latest Kyle XY advertisements they have seen.

• When Matt is filming Kyle XY in Vancouver, British Columbia, he shares a rented house with co-star April Matson. When Matt is not filming, he lives in Los Angeles.

• Matt’s favorite TV show is Lost.

• Matt’s first sit-down TV interview was done on TV Water Cooler.

• First generation actor, only actor in his family.

• Fave Music: Matt Kearney, Death Cab for Cutie, Damien Rice.

• His complete name is Matthew Joseph Dallas.

• Whenever Matt goes home to Phoenix, he and his grandmother watch the tape of “The Ugly Duckling” production he was in as a kid.

• Matt was more of a jock than a drama geek until his grandmother took him to an audition for a community theater production of The Ugly Duckling when he was 12 years old.

• Matt has a dog named Sebastian. The dog is a terrier mix. Matt adopted him after a group of his friends found the abandoned dog.

• Matt Dallas appears in the video “Geek Love” from the group Fan_3 in 2004.

• Matt Dallas can be seen in James Blunt’s music video for “Goodbye My Lover”, together with Mischa Barton from The O.C.

• Matt Dallas can be seen in Katy Perry’s music video for “Thinking of You”, together with Katy Perry.

• As of July 2006, Matt is not dating anyone.

• Matt Dallas loves to watch movies.

• Some favorite movies are: Great Expectations directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Romeo&Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann, Edward Scissor Hands, directed by Tim Burton. (Thanks, tibby)

• Matt Dallas loves to watch television and movie dramas.

• Matt Dallas finds himself to be like Kyle from Kyle XY.

• Matt Dallas thinks he’s a dork.

• Matt Dallas’s favorite movies are Old Yeller and Pete’s Dragon.

• Matt loves to fly on airplanes.

• Matt Dallas loves to read.

• Some favorite books are: Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wisley, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. (Thanks, tibby)

• In school Matt was an A+ student.

• Matt was only in L.A. for five years before he got his big break as Kyle from Kyle XY.

• In his spare time Matt likes to go to the movies, camp, ski, and hang out with his friends.

• His fave actor is Johnny Depp. His fave biggest star on the silver screen is Humprey Bogart. (Thanks, tibby)

• Matt grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with his two brothers and a sister. Matt is the oldest of the four.

• While filming the opening scene of Kyle XY on the 4th of July 2005, he appeared naked in the woods in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was the third actor to appear naked in the woods in Vancouver after Michael Shanks in Stargate SG-1 and Dominic Purcell in John Doe.

• He asked the producers to show him the plan for what was ahead, but they never wanted to let him see.

• For the premiere of the show Kyle XY, Matt’s family threw their own version of a red carpet premiere complete with all his relatives dressing up as celebrities.

• He played the part of the Gander in the theater production of The Ugly Duckling.

• Matt’s family calls him constantly to report where they’ve seen the latest advertisements for the show Kyle XY.

• He spent five years doing modeling in Los Angeles.

• He moved to Los Angeles immediately after his high school graduation.

• He wanted to be an actor since he was 12.

• He was one of the last people to audition for the ABC Family series Kyle XY and won the role of the title character.

• He learned to rock climb and to play the guitar for Season 2 of Kyle XY.

• He promoted Kyle XY in London, Paris, and Madrid.

• He made his famous giant chocolate chip cookie sundae on Rachael Ray’s Show.

• He wore brown Old Navy pants sized 30×30 (30-inch waist and 30-inch inseam) in Kyle XY‘s episode 3×07.

• He slid down a pole on Bonnie Hunt’s Show to prove that he could do stunts.

• His charity is autism.

• He portrayed Chad, the love interest of Roxie (Rebecca Romijn), for six episodes of Eastwick.

• He sang Bob Dylan’s song “I Shall Be Released” on ABC’s Eastwick episode 1×07 “Red Ants and Black Widows”.

• He appeared in a portrait book titled About Face by celebrity photographer John Russo scheduled for release on February 11, 2010 by Pixie Press Worldwide.

• He will appear in celebrity photographer Tyler Shields’s book titled The Dirty Side of Glamour with his own section.

• He often walks Sebastian at Runyon Canyon Park in Los Angeles.

• Matt seems to write numbers or addresses on his hand like he did when he went to Tyler Shields’s Birthday Party – May 1, 2010. The address was 1018 Gallery in Los Angeles. (He wrote “1018″ on his left hand.) (Thanks, MD_Admirer)

• Matt sang and danced in You, Me & The Circus.

• For his role as Bat Masterson in The First Ride of Wyatt Earp, Matt rode a horse named King.

• Matt has two tattoos. (Thanks, LostAngel)