Daniel "Dan" Byrd (born November 20, 1985) is an American actor. His most prominent roles include the 2006 remake of The Hills Have Eyes, the CW original comedy series Aliens in America, A Cinderella Story alongside Hilary Duff, ABC's Cougar Town, and the 2010 movie Easy A. Byrd was born in Marietta, Georgia, and began acting at a young age. His first screen role was in the 1999 film The First of May, which starred Julie Harris and Mickey Rooney. He then went on to make a string of appearances in television series such as Judging Amy, Any Day Now, ER, and Touched by an Angel before gaining his first break-out role in the TNT miniseries Salem's Lot playing schoolboy Mark Petrie. The two part miniseries also starred Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, James Cromwell and Donald Sutherland. Also in 2004, Byrd appeared in A Cinderella Story alongside Hilary Duff. The project was followed by short-lived CBS series, Clubhouse, alongside Mare Winningham, Michael Jai White, John Ortiz and Christopher Lloyd. In 2006, Byrd starred in Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes.