Blair Redford
Encyclopedia
David Blair Redford is an American
actor
.
, 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.
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 was approached by a talent scout in Alaska and moved to Los Angeles. After a short time there, he then landed the role of Scott "Scotty" 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 Mexican character Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the soap opera 'Passions
' from 2007 to 2008 when the show moved from NBC
exclusively to DirectTV for its 9th and Final Season.
Redford also landed a starring role of Nash Rambler in the Comedy/Horror film 'Dance of the Dead'.
Redford starred in The CW
drama pilot Betwixt, which was picked up to series, and also appeared in the third season of The CW's 90210
as a recurring character named Oscar. He appeared in several episodes of ABC Family
's Switched at Birth
and is a series regular on The Lying Game
on the same network.He also has starred in the movie Burlesque along with Cher and Christina Aguilera and played as James a Bumper Band member.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Personal life
Redford grew up in the suburb of CantonCanton, 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.-Geography:Canton is located at ....
, Georgia and attended Sequoyah High School. He is of Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
, French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
, German
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
, and Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
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.Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
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 was approached by a talent scout in Alaska and moved to Los Angeles. After a short time there, he then landed the role of Scott "Scotty" Grainger, Jr. on the soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
in July 2005, which he left in February 2006.
Redford later replaced Adrian Bellani
Adrian Bellani
Adrian Bellani is an American actor. He is best known as the second actor to play the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions.Of Salvadoran and Italian descent, as a child Bellani moved to El Salvador with his family...
in the role of the Mexican character Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald in the soap opera 'Passions
Passions
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008....
' from 2007 to 2008 when the show moved from NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
exclusively to DirectTV for its 9th and Final Season.
Redford also landed a starring role of Nash Rambler in the Comedy/Horror film 'Dance of the Dead'.
Redford starred in The CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
drama pilot Betwixt, which was picked up to series, and also appeared in the third season of The CW's 90210
90210 (TV series)
90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS...
as a recurring character named Oscar. He appeared in several episodes of ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
's Switched at Birth
Switched at Birth (TV series)
Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments...
and is a series regular on The Lying Game
The Lying Game
The Lying Game is an American drama television series produced by Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Television for ABC Family. The show is based on a series of novels of the same name by Sara Shepard. The network green-lighted the series in February 2011 with a 10 episode order, with the...
on the same network.He also has starred in the movie Burlesque along with Cher and Christina Aguilera and played as James a Bumper Band member.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Lincoln Heights Lincoln Heights (TV series) Lincoln Heights is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood... |
Miguel | 1 episode |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still(film) | Jet Operator | small role | |
| 2010 | 90210 90210 (TV series) 90210 is an American teen drama television series developed by Rob Thomas, Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, and the fourth series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise created by Darren Star. 90210 is the first series produced by CBS Productions under the company's re-launch, but is now produced by CBS... |
Oscar | 10 episodes |
| Burlesque (film) Burlesque (film) Burlesque is a 2010 musical film directed and written by Steven Antin and starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. The film was released on November 24, 2010 in North America.... |
James/Bumper Band member | small role | |
| 2011 | Goy Goy is a Hebrew biblical term for "nation". By Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "non-Jew". The latter is also its meaning in Yiddish.-In Biblical Hebrew:... |
Paul Rosenberg | |
| Switched at Birth Switched at Birth (TV series) Switched at Birth is an American television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011 at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments... |
Tyler "Ty" Mendoza | 5 episodes | |
| 2011-present | The Lying Game The Lying Game The Lying Game is an American drama television series produced by Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Television for ABC Family. The show is based on a series of novels of the same name by Sara Shepard. The network green-lighted the series in February 2011 with a 10 episode order, with the... |
Ethan Whitehorse | Main character |