Brant Daugherty Bio
Brant David Daugherty (born August 20, 1985) is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Noel Kahn on the teen drama Pretty Little Liars. He earned a film degree from Columbia College Chicago, moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to pursue acting, and has worked in television and feature film while maintaining a public profile through reality competition and recurring series roles.
Early Life and Background
Brant David Daugherty was born and raised in Mason, Ohio, the son of David Daugherty and Mary Beth (née Hirt) Daugherty. His father worked as an art teacher at Mason Middle School and his mother held a position in rehabilitation services at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati. He grew up with a brother, Adam, and a sister, Caitey, and experienced the death of his father in 2009.
Daugherty attended William Mason High School, where he played football through his sophomore year and later became involved in school theater, performing in plays until his graduation in 2004. He went on to study film at Columbia College Chicago, completing a degree that preceded his relocation to Los Angeles in 2008 to begin a professional acting career. He resides in West Hollywood, California.
Path to Celebrity
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2008, Brant David Daugherty pursued screen roles, leveraging his film training and early auditions to secure recurring television parts. He gained recognition for his recurring portrayal of Noel Kahn on the teen drama Pretty Little Liars, a role that introduced him to a national television audience and became a defining part of his early screen identity.
In the years that followed, Daugherty expanded into daytime drama and network television with a recurring role as Brian on Days of Our Lives and later joined the cast of Army Wives for its seventh season as Patrick Clarke. He also invested effort in feature film work, appearing in the 2013 comedy The Starving Games and taking on parts in other projects that broadened his screen résumé beyond the teen drama genre.
Brant Daugherty Career
Early Career (2008–2012)
Daugherty’s professional career formally began after his move to Los Angeles in 2008 following his graduation from Columbia College Chicago. Early in his screen career he secured guest and recurring television opportunities that built his visibility, of which the recurring role of Noel Kahn on Pretty Little Liars stands out as an early, career-shaping credit.
Those television appearances established Daugherty as a regular presence in serialized dramatic work and opened doors to further television casting. His training in film and early stage experience from high school supported his transition from student filmmaker to working actor on recurring television productions.
Breakthrough (2013–2018)
In 2013 Brant David Daugherty joined the cast of Lifetime Network’s Army Wives for its seventh season in the role of Patrick Clarke. That same year he had a credited role in the Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer feature comedy The Starving Games and secured a recurring daytime role as Brian on Days of Our Lives, marking 2013 as a year of expanded visibility across network, cable and feature film work.
Also in 2013 Daugherty broadened his public profile by competing on season 17 of Dancing with the Stars, where he partnered with professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd and remained in the competition through the eighth week, finishing in seventh place. The appearance brought a different audience to his television presence and highlighted his willingness to diversify his performance work beyond scripted roles.
Following those television and reality credits, Daugherty appeared in the FX comedy series Anger Management in 2014, further extending his television portfolio. In 2018 he appeared in the feature film Fifty Shades Freed in the role of Luke Sawyer, a credit that placed him within a major studio franchise and added a widely distributed motion picture to his list of feature-film appearances.
Notable Works and Milestones
Brant David Daugherty’s signature television work remains his recurring role as Noel Kahn on Pretty Little Liars, which introduced him to a broad serialized audience. Milestones in his career include recurring and regular roles across daytime drama and cable series, a feature-film credit in The Starving Games, participation on Dancing with the Stars season 17, and a supporting role in Fifty Shades Freed, each representing a step in his transition from early television work to larger-scale feature projects.
Brant Daugherty Family
Brant David Daugherty is the son of David Daugherty and Mary Beth (née Hirt) Daugherty. His father served as an art teacher at Mason Middle School and his mother worked in rehabilitation services for Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati. He grew up in Mason, Ohio, with a brother, Adam, and a sister, Caitey; his father died in 2009.
Personal Life
Daugherty began a relationship with actress Kimberly Hidalgo in 2016; the couple became engaged in February 2018 during a trip to Amsterdam and were married on June 15, 2019. They have two sons together: Wilder, born in March 2021, and Aero, born in December 2023. Public records and reporting indicate the family gained Italian citizenship in 2024.
Brant David Daugherty continues to live in West Hollywood, California, and maintains an active career in television and film with recurring and supporting roles that span network, cable and feature projects. He remains engaged in both screen acting and occasional public-facing reality television work that complements his scripted credits.