With his leading role as a teenaged social outcast forced to bond with a new Muslim foreign exchange student in the comedy-drama series, “Aliens in America” (CW, 2007), actor Dan Byrd was poised to break out after acting since the age of eight in countless smaller and supporting roles in movies and television. Born Nov. 20, 1985 in Marietta, GA, Byrd felt the acting bug bite when he saw a performance of “Phantom of the Opera.” He started acting in stage productions in Atlanta before landing his first television role, in the series “Any Day Now” (Lifetime, 1998-2002). Like any good working
