[1] In 2001, Bartley graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting.

[3] After moving to Los Angeles, he was selected for his first television pilot audition; it was for Longmire, and he won the role.

[3] His other television credits include parts on Justified, Bones, NCIS: Los Angeles, American Housewife, Lucifer, and This Is Us.

In 2022 Bartley had a recurring role on the Amazon Studios & Legendary Television sci-fi drama Night Sky.

He has also appeared in several movies, including Kajillionaire, Vice, Donnybrook, Under the Silver Lake, Annabelle: Creation,[4] and 2013's Armed Response.