Darren Barnet

Biography

Darren Barnet (born April 27, 1991) is an American actor. He was born in Los Angeles, California but grew up primarily in Orlando, Florida. His mother is of Swedish and Japanese descent, while his father is of German and Cherokee descent. His first screen role was in 2017 when he played a role in an episode of the NBC series, This Is Us. Since then, he is known for his roles as Paxton Hall-Yoshida in the Netflix series Never Have I Ever, his role as Tag in the 2021 rom-com, Love Hard, as well as his role as Matty Davis in the 2023 film, Gran Turismo.

Known For

Gran Turismo

Instakiller

American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

Untitled Horror Movie

Love Hard

Apophenia

Filmography

2024 Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

as Kenji Kon (voice)

2024 Road House

as Sam

2023 Anyone But You

as Jonathan

2023 BLUE EYE SAMURAI

as Taigen (voice)

2023 Gran Turismo

as Matty Davis

2023 Skull Island

as Mike (voice)

2022 Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles

as Usagi / Spot (voice)

2021 Love Hard

as Tag

2021 Untitled Horror Movie

as Max

2020 American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules

as Grant

2020 Never Have I Ever

as Paxton Hall-Yoshida

2019 Family Reunion

as Floyd

2018 Instakiller

as Joey

2018 Turnt

as Hot Seth

2018 Lie Detector

as Self

2017 S.W.A.T.

as Corby

2016 This Is Us

as Young Jack

2015 Chicago Med

as Dr. John Frost

2014 Chicago P.D.