Tye Sheridan Biography
Tye Sheridan (Tye Kayle Sheridan) is an American actor best known for playing Cyclops/Scott Summers in the X-Men film series which premiered in 2016, and also Wade Watts in Ready Player One (2018).
Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick’s experimental drama film The Tree of Life (2011) and also had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols’s film Mud (2012). Tye also co-starred in David Gordon Green’s drama Joe (2013) and then the period thriller The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015).
Tye was enrolled in the Elkhart Independent School District until he began his film career and also received tutoring on film sets. He graduated from high school.
How Old Is Tye Sheridan?
Kayle Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996, in Elkhart, Texas, U.S. He is 22 years old as of 2018.
Tye Sheridan Parents
Tye was born to Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan who owns a beauty salon, and his father, Bryan Sheridan who is an employee of UPS. Sheridan has a younger sister, Madison.
Tye Sheridan Career
Tye made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, with Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and also Sean Penn. This is after an almost year-long casting search of more than 10,000 children from Texas and Oklahoma. The film then premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d’Or and also be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Tye Sheridan Mud
Sheridan then played the leading role of Ellis in Jeff Nichols’ Mud opposite Jacob Lofland and Matthew McConaughey in 2012. The coming-of-age drama-thriller film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and also Sheridan received a Critics’ Choice Award nomination.
He also plays Gary Jones in the film, Joe. The film stars Nicolas Cage playing an ex-con who meets a 15-year-old boy, the eldest child in a homeless family headed by an alcoholic father and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. For his role in the film, Sheridan received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for the best upcoming young actor at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.
Sheridan played Will Cutter in the film The Forger in 2014, from a script by Richard D’Ovidio, which stars John Travolta. It then follows former child art prodigy and art forger Ray Cutter (Travolta). Cutter arranges to buy his way out of prison so he can spend time with his ailing son (Sheridan) and father (Plummer). Cutter is only to be forced to change his plans and commit one last big job for the syndicate that financed his early release.
Tye starred in the three films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015. He co-starred opposite Gregg Turkington and Michael Cera in the drama Entertainment, and also played a prisoner in the film adaptation of The Stanford Prison Experiment. He appeared in Rodrigo Garcia’s drama Last Days in the Desert opposite Ewan McGregor which was released in May 2016. Tye also had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places that year and also the leading role in the horror comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Tye Sheridan Cyclops
He played the mutant Scott Summers / Cyclops in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse, released on May 27. Sheridan starred in the war drama The Yellow Birds, opposite Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston in 2017.
Tye Sheridan Grass Stains
Tye co-starred with Kaitlyn Dever in Grass Stains which is a film written and directed by Kyle Wilamowski. Sheridan plays a teen discovering his first love (Dever). When a prank goes wrong and causes the death of his girlfriend’s older brother, the teen must balance his secret guilt with his feelings for the girl.
Tye Sheridan Ready Player One
In the year 2018, Tye played Wade Watts, a.k.a. Parzival, the lead character, in Steven Spielberg’s science fiction film Ready Player One, which was released on March 29.
Tye Sheridan X Men
Sheridan portrays Cyclops/Scott Summers in the X-Men film series which premiered in 2016.
Tye Sheridan Net Worth
The X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) star’s net worth is not yet revealed.
Tye Sheridan Height
He stands at a height of 1.7 m (5′ 7″).
Tye Sheridan Gay
There is no available information regarding him as gay.
Tye Sheridan Movies
Year |
Title |
Role |
Director |
2019 |
Dark Phoenix |
Scott Summers / Cyclops |
Simon Kinberg |
The Night Clerk |
Bart Bromley |
Michael Cristofer |
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2018 |
Ready Player One |
Wade Watts / Parzival |
Steven Spielberg |
Friday’s Child |
Richie |
A.J. Edwards |
|
Deadpool 2 |
Scott Summers / Cyclops |
David Leitch |
|
The Mountain |
Andy |
Rick Alverson |
|
2017 |
The Yellow Birds |
Daniel Murphy |
Alexandre Moors |
All Summers End |
Conrad Stevens |
Kyle Wilamowski |
|
2016 |
Detour |
Harper James |
Christopher Smith |
X-Men: Apocalypse |
Scott Summers / Cyclops |
Bryan Singer |
|
2015 |
Entertainment |
Eddie the Opener |
Rick Alverson |
Last Days in the Desert |
Son |
Rodrigo García |
|
The Stanford Prison Experiment |
Peter Mitchell |
Kyle Patrick Alvarez |
|
Dark Places |
Young Ben Day |
Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
|
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse |
Ben Goudy |
Christopher B. Landon |
|
2014 |
The Forger |
Will Cutter |
Philip Martin |
2013 |
Joe |
Gary Jones |
David Gordon Green |
2012 |
Mud |
Ellis |
Jeff Nichols |
2011 |
The Tree of Life |
Steve O’Brien |
Terrence Malick |
Tye Sheridan Awards
Year |
Award |
Category |
Work |
Result |
2012 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Ensemble (shared with The Tree of Life crew) |
The Tree of Life |
Nominated |
2013 | Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 70th Venice International Film Festival | Best New Young Actor | Joe |
Won |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award | Best Youth Performance | Mud |
Won |
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Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2013 | Most Promising Performer |
Nominated |
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Phoenix Film Critics Society Award | Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male |
Won |
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Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award | Youth in Film |
Won |
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Georgia Film Critics Association | Breakthrough Award | Joe, Mud |
Nominated |
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2014 | Robert Altman Award At Independent Spirit Awards | Best Ensemble (shared with Mud crew) |
Mud |
Won |
Critics’ Choice Movie Award | Best Young Actor/Actress |
Nominated |
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Empire Awards | Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer |
Nominated |
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2018 | 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Kiss (with Olivia Cooke) | Ready Player One |
Nominated |
Best On-Screen Team (with Olivia Cooke, all of the Overlook Hotel characters, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki and Lena Waithe) |
Nominated |