Blair Redford

David Blair Redford (born July 27, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Tyler "Ty" Mendoza in Switched at Birth, Ethan Whitehorse in The Lying Game and Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in Passions.

Early life

Redford grew up in the suburb of Canton, Georgia and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish, French, German, 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 Scott Grainger, Jr. on the soap opera The Young and the Restless in July 2005, which he left in February 2006.

Redford later replaced Adrian Bellani in the role of the Latino character Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the soap opera Passions 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 Gregg Bishop's horror-comedy film Dance of the Dead which was released by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment.

Redford starred in The CW 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 Burlesque starring Cher and Christina Aguilera. In 2011, he appeared in five episodes of ABC Family's Switched at Birth as Tyler "Ty" Mendoza, then left the show to start filming for ABC Family's The Lying Game. He was in the series for two seasons before it was cancelled by producers.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 Birth's second season in summer 2013. He left Switched at Birth to do 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 the TV series Satisfaction as Simon.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Slip	Peter	Short film
2006	The Other Side	Reaper #3
2008	Dance of the Dead	Nash Rambler
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Army Fighter Pilot #1
2010	Ugly, Strong, and Dignified	The Duke	Short film
2010	Burlesque	James/Bumper Band member
2011	Goy	Paul Rosenberg
2014	V/H/S: Viral	Himself	Segment: "Dante the Great"

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Blue Collar TV	Tim	Episode 1-7: "Vacations"
2005–06	The Young and the Restless	Scott Grainger, Jr.	Regular cast; 39 episodes
2006	Voodoo Moon	Evil Young Man	TV film
2007	October Road	Ross St. Marie	Episode 1-3: "Tomorrow's So Far Away"
2007	Cane	Marcus	Episodes: "A New Legacy" "Open and Shut"
2007–08	Passions	Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald	Regular cast; 44 episodes
2008	Lincoln Heights	Miguel	Episode 3-9: "Prom Night"
2009	FlashForward	Joel	Episode 1-1: "No More Good Days"
2009	CSI: Miami	Troy Billings	Episode 8-3: "Bolt Action"
2010	Huge	Ryan Boone/Arturo	Episode 1.05: "Movie Night"
2010	90210	Oscar	Recurring character; 10 episodes
2010	Betwixt	Moth	Unsold CW TV pilot
2011–13	Switched at Birth	Tyler "Ty" Mendoza	Recurring role; 20 episodes
2011–13	The Lying Game	Ethan Whitehorse	Main role; 30 episodes
2013	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Luke Holland	Episode 13.18: "Sheltered"
2013	Beauty & the Beast	Zach Hayes	Episode 2.5 : "Reunion"
2014–present	Satisfaction	Simon	Main role

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Beyond: Two Souls	Jay

External links

• Blair Redford at the Internet Movie Database
• Blair Redford on Twitter