He then went on to make a string of appearances in television series such as Judging Amy, Any Day Now, ER, and Touched by an Angel before gaining his first break-out role in the TNT miniseries Salem's Lot, playing schoolboy Mark Petrie.

In 2006, Byrd starred in Alexandre Aja's remake of The Hills Have Eyes, based on Wes Craven's original 1977 cult classic film.

[3] The story follows real-life killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez,[3] who develop a twisted infatuation with each other as they travel the country luring unsuspecting victims through personal ads in the newspaper.

[5] He then went on to star in the CW comedy Aliens in America,[6] which follows a Wisconsin homemaker who arranges to host a foreign exchange student, believing the visitor will help her shy son (played by Byrd) become more popular.

He played Brandon, a gay friend of Stone's character Olive Penderghast, whom she pretends to have sex with at a house party to boost their social standings.