Early life

Bartha was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and moved to West Bloomfield, Michigan, when he was eight. His father, Stephen, is a real estate developer, while his mother, Betty, is a school teacher. He has one older brother, Jeffrey. Bartha was raised in a Reform Jewish family. He attended Camp Walden in Cheboygan, Michigan, for five years as a child. After he graduated from West Bloomfield High School in 1996, he moved to New York City and studied filmmaking and theatre at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.

Career

Bartha began his film career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film Analyze This. His acting debut came with his first film, 54, as a clubgoer. He wrote and directed a short film, Highs and Lows with Darrell M. Smith as co-producer, which was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2003. Additionally, he wrote, produced, and starred in an MTV pilot called The Dustin and Justin Show.

Bartha had major roles in the critically bashed Gigli and Carnival Sun in 2003 before his co-starring role in National Treasure (2004) as Riley Poole, which launched him into the mainstream.

In 2006, Bartha had roles in Failure to Launch and NBC's Teachers which only aired six episodes.

In November 2007, Bartha was cast in an indie comic-drama, Holy Rollers. His character lures a young Hasidic Jew (Jesse Eisenberg) into becoming an ecstasy dealer. Filming began in New York in the spring of 2008, and the film was released in 2010. Bartha re-teamed with Eisenberg for Eisenberg's critically acclaimed play, Asuncion. Bartha also starred alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Bart Freundlich film, The Rebound which is about a 25-year-old man who starts a romance with his older single mother neighbor, the film began shooting in April 2008 in New York and finished in June. In the The Hangover comedy film series, he played Doug Billings, one of the "Wolfpack" members who goes on weekend trips with the trio. After a wild nights of partying, he goes missing and his friends frantically search everywhere for him.

Bartha starred as Max in the Broadway revival of the play Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. He performed alongside Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Brooke Adams, and Jan Maxwell. A farcical comedy, it was directed by Stanley Tucci and started previews at the Music Box Theatre on March 11, 2010, with the official opening date on April 4, 2010. In 2011, Bartha signed on to star in the premiere of Zach Braff's play All New People at Second Stage Theatre. All New People began June 28 and ran through mid-August. Anna Camp, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter co-starred in this production under the direction of Peter DuBois. In February 2012, Bartha signed on to co-star on the NBC comedy pilot The New Normal. On May 7, 2012, NBC ordered the project to series. The show was centered around a gay couple (played by Bartha and Andrew Rannells) and the surrogate mother (Georgia King) they selected to bear their child. It premiered on September 11, 2012, but was officially cancelled the next year on May 10, 2013.

Personal life

Bartha married fitness instructor Lia Smith on Oahu, Hawaii, on January 4, 2014. On April 13, 2014, Smith gave birth to their daughter, Asa Charlotte. Bartha has worked Matrix Theatre Company, guest directing their Teen Company in "Are You Passing?", a play on the state of education in Detroit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	54	Clubgoer	Uncredited
1999	Tag	Kip Woffard	Short film
2003	Gigli	Brian
2002	Carnival Sun	Brian	Short film
2004	Strip Search	N/A	Television film
2004	National Treasure	Riley Poole
2005	Trust the Man	Jasper Bernard
2006	Failure to Launch	Ace
2007	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	Riley Poole
2008	New York, I Love You	Justin	Segment: "Randy Balsmeyer"
2009	Hangover, TheThe Hangover	Doug Billings
2009	Jusqu'à toi	Jack	Also executive producer
2009	Rebound, TheThe Rebound	Aram Finklestein
2010	Holy Rollers	Yosef Zimmerman
2011	Hangover Part II, TheThe Hangover Part II	Doug Billings
2011	Dark Horse	Richard
2013	Hangover Part III, TheThe Hangover Part III	Doug Billings
2013	CBGB	Stiv Bators
2016	Sticky Notes	Bryan	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Teachers	Jeff Cahill	Main cast; 6 episodes
2009	WWII in HD	Jack Werner (voice)	Miniseries; 5 episodes
2012-2013	New Normal, TheThe New Normal	David Sawyer	Main cast; 22 episodes
2016	Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life	Josh Barrett	Main cast

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	The 64th Annual Tony Awards	Performing Artist
2010	Lend Me a Tenor	Max	Broadway Revival Music Box Theatre
2011	All New People	Charlie	Second Stage Theatre
2011	Asuncion	Vinny	Off-Broadway Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
2013	The Sunshine Boys	Ben	Ahmanson Theatre Center Theatre Group
2015	Permission	Eric	MCC Theatre

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