Bartha was born in metropolis, Florida, and emotional to West linguist, Michigan, once he was eight.His father, Stephen, may be a property developer, whereas his mother, Betty, may be a faculty teacher. He has one older brother, Jeffrey. Bartha was raised in an exceedingly Reform Judaic family. Bartha attended Camp Walden in Cheboygan, Michigan, for five years as a baby. when he graduated from West linguist highschool in 1996, he emotional to ny town and studied functioning at ny University.
Bartha began his film career behind the camera as a production assistant on the film Analyze This. His acting debut came a year later in an exceedingly short film known as Tag in 1999. He wrote and directed a brief film, Highs and Lows with Darrell M. Smith as co-producer, that was shown at the South by Southwest fete in 2003.Additionally, he wrote, produced, associated asterisked in an MTV pilot known as The Dustin and Justin Show
Bartha had major roles within the critically bashed Gigli and Carnival Sun in 2003 before his co-starring role in National Treasure (2004) as Riley Poole, that launched him into the thought.
