Early life

Cassidy was born in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from La Salle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon, in 2001, and graduated from the Two-Year Conservatory program at The New Actors Workshop in New York City in 2003.

Career

Cassidy is perhaps best known for his role as Zach Stevens throughout the second season of the television series The O.C.; his character had an on-again/off-again relationship with Summer Roberts. Cassidy also has a role in the movie Zoom.

In 2007, Cassidy played Cliff Wiatt in The CW television program, Hidden Palms.

Cassidy joined the cast of Smallville, a television show based of the DC Comics' superhero Superman, in the series' seventh season, starring as the new editor of the Daily Planet, Grant Gabriel, a love interest of Lois Lane. In truth, he was Julian Luthor, the cloned and aged brother of Lex. In the episode "Persona," Cassidy's character was shot dead, marking the end of his character's saga. Cassidy later returned to the Superman franchise portraying Jimmy Olsen in the 2016 film Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

He played Charlie Hogan, Megan Smith's (Joanna Garcia) best friend in the first fifteen episodes of the CW show Privileged.

Cassidy then portrayed Tyler Mitchell on the TBS show Men at Work for 3 seasons.

Cassidy also had small roles in the film Argo and in The Guilt Trip, both in 2012.

On February 27, 2015, Cassidy had joined NBC workplace comedy pilot, Not Safe for Work, however, the pilot was passed on.

Cassidy joined TBS pilot People of Earth opposite Wyatt Cenac, which was picked up for series on January 7, 2016. He will portray the charismatic and successful Jonathan Walsh, CEO of Walsh Media.

Personal life

In August 2006, Cassidy married girlfriend Laura Eichhorn, whom he met in high school. Cassidy and his wife have one son who was born in 2011. He also enjoys playing golf in his spare time.

Filmography

Film

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2004	Dare	Johnny	Short Film
2005	The Girl From Monday	Ted
2006	Zoom	Dylan West/Houdini
2012	Argo	Jordan's Analyst
2012	The Guilt Trip	Fake Andy	Uncredited
2016	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	Jimmy Olsen
2016	Night of the Living Deb	Ryan Waverly

Television

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2004-2005	The O.C.	Zach Stevens	19 episodes
2007	Hidden Palms	Cliff Wiatt	Main Cast; 8 episodes
2007-2008	Smallville	Grant Gabriel	7 episodes
2008-2009	Privileged	Charlie Hogan	Main Cast; 15 episodes
2009	Rockville CA	Dax	2 episodes
2010	Castle	Greg McClintock	Episode: "Anatomy of a Murder"
2010	The Pink House		Episode: "Pilot"
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Jonathan	Episode: "Pilot"
2012	Happy Endings	Male Lead	Episode: "The Shrink, the Dare, Her Date and Her Brother"
2012	Scandal	Travis Harding	Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury"
2012-2014	Men at Work	Tyler Mitchell	Main Cast; 30 episodes
2012	CollegeHumor Originals	Robert	Episode: "Breaking Dawn Outtakes"
2013	Masters of Sex	Dr. Malcolm Toll	Episode: "Phallic Victories"
2015	Not Safe for Work	Dale	Epiosde: "Pilot"
2015	Stalker	Brian Mitchell	Episode: "Love Kills"
2015-2016	The Magicians	James	4 episodes

Web

Year	Name	Role	Notes
2010	Blue Belle	Daniel	Episode: "A Dude in Vegas"
2014	Millennial Parents	Leo	Episode: "Tamed in the Man Cave"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]