Early life

Watson was born in Traverse City, Michigan. His father worked as an attorney and his mother as a paralegal. Watson was born the third of four children. At the age of eight, his family moved to Dallas, Texas where he began his modeling career. For a period of time he studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio with director Linda Seto. Watson was fourteen when his parents divorced. When he was fifteen, he moved to Burbank, California, where he immediately landed a six-month contract on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. After his contract ended, Watson moved back to Texas, and graduated from Richardson High School in 1992.

Career

When he turned 19, Watson moved back to Los Angeles, where he worked parking cars at a House of Blues nightclub while auditioning for roles. He landed guest spots in several television series such as Baywatch and Sister, Sister. Eventually he was chosen for a minor role on the Aaron Spelling series Malibu Shores. Though his role was brief, it led him to Aaron Spelling's next project 7th Heaven.

It was on the WB's 7th Heaven that Watson finally gained much recognition for his portrayal as Matt Camden. In 1999, he starred in his first feature film with fellow WB star Katie Holmes in Teaching Mrs. Tingle. He stopped being a full-time regular after the 6th season, but continued to guest star on the show until its 10th season. He did not appear at all during the eleventh and final season.

On April 16, 2006, Watson starred as the lead character Brian Davis, in the ABC series What About Brian. The show ended its run on March 26, 2007. Watson also starred as Todd in the ABC series Samantha Who?, which has ultimately been cancelled. In 2011 he played Pax in My Future Boyfriend, an ABC Family original movie. In 2012 Watson appeared on Gossip Girl as Serena Van der Woodsen's boyfriend.

Watson has continued to land acting roles in recent years. In 2014, he enjoyed guest starring roles on the television shows Masters of Sex and Hart of Dixie. He also starred in the television movies Far From Home and The Santa Con.

Personal life

Watson was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in May 2002, and went on hiatus from 7th Heaven while he underwent treatment. As of April 2003, it was reportedly in remission, and he began appearing on the program again, starting with the 150th episode.

Barry Watson is currently on his third marriage. His first marriage was in to Laura Payne-Gabriel, whom he met through actress Tori Spelling. They later divorced. In December 2003, Watson was reunited with high school classmate Tracy Hutson, whom he had briefly dated during their twenties. He and Tracy had their first son, Oliver, on May 2, 2005, and their second son, Felix, on November 13, 2007. They parted in 2011. On May 30, 2012, Barry and girlfriend Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of actress Natalie Wood, had a daughter, Clover Clementyne Watson. They have since married, as Watson's twitter bio changed from being a partner to a husband in 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Luke Churner	MTV Movie Award (nominated) Teen Choice Awards (nominated)
2001	When Strangers Appear	Jack Barrett
	Ocean's Eleven	Himself	Uncredited
2002	Sorority Boys	Dave/Daisy	Teen Choice Awards (nominated)
2004	Love on the Side	Jeff Sweeney
2005	Boogeyman	Tim
2011	The Chateau Meroux	Chris	Cast as a wine maker on this Hallmark Channel film
2014	Far from Home	Nicholas Bell
2015	Ominous	Michael

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Days of Our Lives	Randy
1993	Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman	Teen Boy	HBO TV-Movie
1994	The Nanny	Greg	Everybody Needs a Bubby
1995	Sister, Sister	Barney	Thanksgiving in Hawaii: Part I Thanksgiving in Hawaii: Part II
1996	Baywatch	Thomas Edward 'Cowboy' O'Hara	The Incident
	Co-Ed Call Girl	Jack Collins	CBS TV-Movie
	Nash Bridges	Trent	Home Invasion
	Malibu Shores	Seth	Pilot New Kids in Town Cheating Hearts The Competitive Edge
1996-2006	7th Heaven	Matt Camden	155 episodes (Main Role; seasons 1-6, 9 / Special Guest Star; seasons 7, 8 & 10)
2006-2007	What About Brian	Brian Davis	Lead Role
2007-2009	Samantha Who?	Todd Deepler	Main Role
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Evan	Season 2, Episode 11 "Good Grief"
2011	My Future Boyfriend	Pax	ABC Family Original Movie
2012	Gossip Girl	Steven Spence	Recurring (season 6); 6 episodes
2012	Wedding Band	Boboroff	Season 1, Episode 6 "We Are Family"
2013	Wilfred	Michael	Season 3, Episode 3 "Suspicion"
2014	Hart of Dixie	Davis Polk	Recurring (Season 3)
2014	Masters of Sex	Shelley Decklin	Season 2, Episode 3 "Fight", Episode 6 "Blackbird"

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