Robert Buckley

Bio

Robert Buckley is no stranger to playing the sexy leading man. Known for his role as Clayton ‘Clay’ Evans on one of The CW’s longest airing drama series One Tree Hill, Rob played a brash young sports agent who represented star NBA basketball player Nathan Scott (played by James Lafferty). Rob also starred recently in another hit series on The CW, the Rob Thomas developed DC comic book-based series, iZombie for 5 seasons.

A native southern-Californian, Robert grew up in Claremont, California before moving to San Diego to attend the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). After earning a degree in Economics, he spent a year and a half working as an Economic Consultant before throwing in the towel to head off to LA to pursue a career in entertainment.

Buckley’s other roles include “Kirby Atwood” on the NBC series Lipstick Jungle opposite Brooke Shields and Kim Raver, as well as a recurring role on the CW comedy Privileged, as magazine Editor in Chief “David Besser.”

He also played the successful playwright on ABC’s 666 Park Avenue opposite Vanessa Williams and as Jaime King’s love interest “Peter” on CW’s hit series, Hart of Dixie.

Other credits include Flirting with Forty where he starred alongside Heather Locklear playing surfer entrepreneur, “Kyle Hamilton” and The Christmas Contract, An Unexpected Valentine and Blind Date Book Club. Unexpected Valentine was the most watched cable movie of the year across all networks drawing 1.8 million viewers.

Rob can be seen during the holidays in Christmas House and Christmas House 2 which he developed for Hallmark and stars, as well as serves as Executive Producer.

Rob was recently seen in Chesapeake Shores on Hallmark in its final two seasons. He joined the long running series as billionaire “Evan Kincaid” and starred opposite Meghan Ory, Treat Williams and Diane Ladd. He also is currently seen in Merry Christmas Ted Cooper- a movie concept he created and Executive Produces being called the holiday season’s biggest surprise.

Rob also has worked as a writer and free-lance producer for E! News.