David Blair Redford (born July 27, 1983) is an American

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. He is known for his television roles such as

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on ''

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'', Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on ''

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'', Ethan Whitehorse on '' The Lying Game'', Tyler "Ty" Mendoza on '' Switched at Birth'' and Simon Waverly on '' Satisfaction'' and Thunderbird on '' The Gifted.''

Early life

Redford grew up in the suburb of

Canton, Georgia Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958, up from 7,709 in 2000. Geography Canton is located near the center of Cherokee County at (34.22730 ...

and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish,

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and Native American descent. He worked for several summers in Georgia's Renaissance Festival performing and doing stunts, creating a pirate character named "Rusty Compass." He is an avid tennis player, and turned down scholarships upon graduating high school in order to act.

Career

Redford got his start with a win in a Warner Bros. open call that granted him a seat as a team member of the WB Road Crew. After about a year and a half on the Road Crew, he moved to Los Angeles. After a short time there, he then landed the role of Scotty Grainger on the

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'' in July 2005, which he left in February 2006. Redford later replaced

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in the role of the Latino character Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the soap opera ''

'' from 2007 to 2008 when the show moved from NBC exclusively to DirectTV for its final season. Redford also landed the starring role of Nash Rambler in

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's horror-comedy film ''Dance of the Dead'' which was released by

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's ''Ghost House Pictures'' and

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. Redford starred in

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drama pilot ''Betwixt'', which wasn't picked up to series, and also appeared in the third season of The CW's '' 90210'' as a recurring character named Oscar. He played James, a Bumper Band member in the film ''

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'' starring

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and

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. In 2011, he appeared in five episodes of

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's '' Switched at Birth'' as Tyler "Ty" Mendoza, then left the show to start filming for

's '' The Lying Game''. He was in the series for two seasons before it was cancelled by the network. BuddyTV ranked him #17 on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011". He reprised his role in the second half of '' Switched at Births second season in summer 2013 and left to pursue other shows. In September 2013, it was announced that Redford would guest star as Zach in the second season of '' Beauty & the Beast'' on The CW. On March 19, 2014, it was reported that Redford had been cast in '' Satisfaction'' as Simon Waverly. The male escort drama series aired for two seasons on the

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Filmography

Film

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Redford, Blair 1983 births Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state) American male soap opera actors American male television actors American people of Irish descent American people of French descent American people of German descent American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent Living people People from Canton, Georgia