Byrd was born in Marietta, Georgia, and began acting at a young age. His feature film debut 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.\n', '

In 2004, Byrd co-starred in A Cinderella Story, opposite Hilary Duff. He played Carter Farrell, the method acting best friend of Duff\'s Cinderella character Sam Montgomery. The project was followed by short-lived CBS series Clubhouse.\n', '

In 2006, Byrd starred in Alexandre Aja\'s remake of The Hills Have Eyes, based on Wes Craven\'s original 1977 cult classic film. Also in 2006, Byrd starred opposite John Travolta in the period crime thriller Lonely Hearts. The story follows real-life killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, who develop a twisted infatuation with each other as they travel the country luring unsuspecting victims through personal ads in the newspaper. Travolta played the lead detective on the case and Byrd played his troubled son.\n', '

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