John Matthew Atkinson (born December 31, 1988) is an
American actor and musician. Atkinson was born in
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...
. Atkinson's family moved around several times, living in Alabama and Mississippi before settling in Kennesaw, Georgia. After high school, Atkinson moved to Atlanta taking college courses, while simultaneously pursuing acting, eventually moving to
Los Angeles
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. Atkinson is of Native American and Irish descent.
Career
Atkinson made his television debut on
The WB
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/
CW drama series ''
One Tree Hill''. Atkinson appeared in the
Academy Award
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winning film ''
The Blind Side''. Atkinson has also appeared in ''
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', also referred to as ''CSI'' and ''CSI: Las Vegas'', is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series that ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. This wa ...
'' and ''
Drop Dead Diva''. Atkinson is best known as Nick Fadden in the
ABC Family
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series, ''
Jane by Design
''Jane by Design'' is an American comedy-drama television series on ABC Family. The series follows the life of Jane Quimby ( Erica Dasher), a teenager who is mistaken for an adult, as she finally gets her fashion dream job working with a world-fa ...
'' and
Austin Travers
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on ''
The Young and the Restless
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''. Most recently Atkinson has portrayed Finn in the
ABC
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series ''
The Middle'' and Jason on the ABC Family series ''
Young & Hungry''. In March 2019, Atkinson joined the cast of ''
The Bold and the Beautiful'' as
Thomas Forrester
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.
Filmography
References
Further reading
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External links
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1988 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
21st-century American male actors
Living people
People from Marietta, Georgia
American male soap opera actors
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