After Legally Blonde, Matthew Davis starred in the 2002 movie Blue Crush. In addition to appearing in other movies and some TV shows, Davis landed a pivotal role on The Vampire Diaries as Alaric Saltzman in 2009. He also played the same character on The Vampire Diaries spin-off shows The Originals and Legacies.
His character has always been beloved by the Vampire Diaries' fandom, but he did find himself in hot water with some fans and his former co-star Paul Wesley when they got into a Twitter feud about the 2020 vice presidential debate, per Us Weekly. The tweets have since been deleted, and it seems like Davis gave up that Twitter account since the Twitter profile is now private and has a picture of someone else as the profile photo.
In addition to his busy life as an actor, Davis took on the role of "father," welcoming his first child with wife Kylie Casciano — a baby girl named Ripley Nightingale Davis, per People — in March 2020. While it is nearly impossible for Davis to disassociate himself with Warner, the nostalgia is certainly not the only thing that he has going for him these days. Warner relied on his family's connections for success, but Davis seems to be doing just fine on his own.
