Currently known as “Coach Jack Bolton” in Disney’s global phenomenon “High School Musical” 1, 2, and 3 for Disney Pictures. The franchise has generated over a billion dollars and has become one of the most successful franchises in history. Later this year Bart will be returning as Coach in HSM 4.
From 2010-2011 Bart has Nine other films being released, including “Monster Mutt”, “The Yankles”, “Desertion”, “Evil Angels”, “The Harsh Life Of Veronica Lambert”, “The Cell 2″ from the producers of “24″ and a thriller from the “High School Musical” Producers called “Animals.” Bart has also guest starred and recurred in dozens of TV shows including: Las Vegas, Eve, JAG, CSI Miami, Tremors, Babylon 5, Strong Medicine, Clueless, and Diagnosis Murder.
Bart also starred on the TV Series “Hyperion Bay.” from creator Joseph Doughty (Thirty Something).
In 2008 Bart debuts as a writer/director with an 18-minute 35mm short film entitled THE RUN (also playing the lead role). Bart took a cast and crew of 43 people, 5 ton trucks and a camera package from Panavision, deep into the desert of Baja Mexico for 10 days. The film, shot entirely in Mexico, is a prelude to a feature length film of the same title, and is schedule to begin production later this year. Bart has also penned two additional screenplays for his company, Good Brothers Entertainment (www.good-brothers.com).
Bart has two new reality projects this year: “6 bucks and a bottle of water” – a documentary about Bart and his brothers hitchhiking across 3rd World Countries with the clothes on their back, $6 and a bottle of water (The pilot episode follows Bart, Adam & Brad, hitchhike from Bart’s home in the Hollywood Hills, across the baja desert to Cabo San Lucas, working for food, sleeping in the dirt and surfing every chance they can get), and the “Untitled Inn Project”, that the network is keeping under wraps, involving Bart’s Bed & Breakfast in Utah.
In 2006 Bart bought “the family business,” The Johnson Mill Bed & Breakfast (www.johnsonmill.com), in Midway, Utah, which Redbook magazine recently named “One of the 4 most romantic Inn’s in the Country.” He spends half of the year there on the 30 acres of land which boasts a 5-acre pond, 40-foot waterfall, is the only Inn that sits on the Provo river, offering blue ribbon fly fishing to his guests. His property is surrounded by 300 acres of wildlife reserve, and is only 7 minutes from the Deer Valley Gondola and another 7 minutes to Park City, The Canyons and Sundance ski resorts.
Bart married actress Robyn Lively in 1999, has three children, Baylen, Kate, Wyatt. They reside in their home in the Hollywood Hills.
Bart spends all the time he can back on home turf in Park City doing what he loves most: Skiing. He is also an avid surfer, rides dirt bikes, fly’s airplanes and plays on a soccer team in Los Angeles.
Bart is preparing to drive in the Baja 1000 race in Mexico in a truck sponsored by Monster, with racing partner and good friend Rick Schroder.