Tyler Posey
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 Tyler Posey at the 2011 Thirst Project Gala Red Carpet |
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| Born | Tyler Garcia Posey[1] October 18, 1991 Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Tyler Garcia Posey (born October 18, 1991) is an American actor and musician. Tyler is best known for his role as Scott McCall in MTV's show Teen Wolf.[2]
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[edit] Career
Working steadily in film and television for the last decade, Posey is also the frontman of the band 'Lost In Kostko', in which he sings and plays guitar. One of his first, and one of his most unrecognised roles was Maid in Manhattan, in which he co-starred with Jennifer Lopez.
In his breakout role, Posey was cast as the lead in the MTV television series of Teen Wolf (a re-imagining of the 1985 film of the same name), as the soft-spoken Scott, a high school student bitten by a werewolf, who has to keep his secret from his loved ones and keep them safe from impending dangers. Because of this role, he has received many comparisons to Taylor Lautner of The Twilight Saga. Posey has known Lautner for a number of years, and actually finds the similarities laughable. He jokes about when a new kid moved into his town who had a similar name to him, and that Lautner later started dating a girl that Tyler liked. He, as a matter of fact, auditioned for, and was the runner up for the role of Jacob Black in Twilight, that later went to Lautner.
Posey recently received the role of Doug in the movie White Frog, in which he co-stars with Twilight star, Booboo Stewart.
[edit] Personal life
Posey was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of actor John Posey. He lives in Valencia, California, and has two brothers, Jesse and Derek.[2] His heritage is Mexican (on his mother's side),[3] and Irish, Scottish, English, and American Indian.[4] He attended Hart High School in Santa Clarita, California.[5]
[edit] Filmography
- (2002): Collateral Damage as Mauro
- (2002): Without a Trace as Robert
- (2002): Maid in Manhattan as Ty Ventura
- (2004): Doc as Raul Garcia
- (2005): Into the West as Abe Wheeler
- (2005): Inside Out as Obert
- (2005): Sue Thomas F.B.Eye as Danny Abbas
- (2006): Smallville as Javier Ramirez
- (2006–2007): Brothers & Sisters as Gabriel Whedon
- (2007): Veritas, Prince of Truth as Mouse Gonzalez
- (2009): Lincoln Heights as Andrew Ortega
- (2010): Legendary as Billy Barrow
- (2011): Teen Wolf as Scott McCall
- (2011): Our Deal as Lucky (Best Coast music video)
- (2012): Taco Shop as Smokes
- (2012): White Frog as Doug
[edit] References
- ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461
- ^ a b Tyler Posey, Internet Movie Database]
- ^ "Scripted 'Teen Wolf' moves MTV further away from music television | Lansing State Journal". lansingstatejournal.com. http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110604/ENTERTAINMENT08/106040301/Scripted-Teen-Wolf-moves-MTV-further-away-from-music-television?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs. Retrieved 2011-07-07.[dead link]
- ^ "Tyler Posey". Tylergposey.com. http://www.tylergposey.com/bio.html. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
- ^ Tyler Posey Interview, Portrait magazine, January 2007
[edit] External links
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- Tyler Posey at the Internet Movie Database
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- People from Santa Monica, California
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American people of English descent
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- American people of Mexican descent
- American people of Native American descent
- American people of Irish descent
