Clayton Travis Snyder (born September 9, 1987) is an American actor who is best known for playing Ethan Craft on the

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Biography

Clayton Snyder was born in

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to Steve and Glenda Snyder. He is of

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descent, and has two older half-brothers, Doug and Devin. Snyder graduated from

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as senior class vice-president in June 2006. He then attended Pepperdine University and was a member of the water polo team from 2006 to 2009, earned All-America Honorable Mention as a senior in 2009, and graduated in 2010 with a BA in Film Studies. Snyder married Allegra Edwards in 2020.

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* 1987 births 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male television actors American people of German descent American people of Italian descent Living people Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from Orange County, California People from Los Alamitos, California Los Alamitos High School alumni {{US-screen-actor-1980s-stub