Outside of television series, Polaha has appeared in a number of films both on the big screen and on his tried-and-true small screen.

His first feature film role came in 2008, when he playeda youngCharles Templeton, a formerChristian evangelist, in the biopicBilly: The Early Years. The film tells the story of well-known Christian evangelist Billy Graham (played by Armie Hammer) as seen from the perspective of Templeton, who became an agonistic after experiencing doubts with religion and who subsequently lost his friendship with Graham.Five years later, Polaha starred in another biopic: 2013'sDevil's Knot, a harrowing depiction of the story of three teenagers (dubbed the West Memphis Three) who murdered three children during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Alongside Reese Witherspoon as Pamela Hobbs, a mother of one of the murdered boys, and Colin Firth as private investigatorRon Lax, Polaha playedVal Price, the public defender assigned to murder suspectDamien Echols.

In 2014, Polaha starred inAtlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?, the third film in theAtlas Shrugged film series. He portrayed the titular John Galt, a philosopher, inventor, and engineer who's a major force in Ayn Rand's novelAtlas Shrugged, upon which the film franchise is based. That same year found Polaha playingLen Brenneman in the comedy flickBack in the Day, and in 2015, he tugged on heartstrings as Calvin Campbell in the drama filmWhere Hope Grows.

Polaha's other film credits include projects likeVineland, Frontman, Bachelor Lions,Beneath the Leaves, andRun the Race, but since 2016, the actor has largely focused on starring in Hallmark movies. He's beenMatt Crawford in 2016'sHearts of Christmas, Graham Mitchell in 2017'sRocky Mountain Christmas,Emmett Turner in 2018'sA Small Town Christmas, andChris in 2019's Double Holiday. Polaha got the best of both worlds when landing the role of police detective Travis Burke in a multi-partHallmark Movies & Mysteries project consisting ofMystery 101,Mystery 101: Playing Dead, Mystery 101: Words Can Kill, Mystery 101: Dead Talk,andMystery 101: An Education in Murder, which aired in March 2020.

Perhaps the most exciting Hallmark movie Polaha has starred in is 2016'sDater's Handbook, led by Meghan Markle, the actress-turned-royal who became the Ducchess of Sussex upon marryingPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in 2018.

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