Tye Sheridan

Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor.[2][3][4] He is best known for playing the young Scott Summers / Cyclops in the reboot X-Men film series (2016–2019), as well as Wade Watts in Ready Player One (2018) and Ben Goudy in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015). Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's experimental drama film The Tree of Life (2011) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols's film Mud (2012). He also co-starred in David Gordon Green's drama Joe (2013) and the period thriller The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015). In 2020 he co-founded AI production tools company Wonder Dynamics with visual-effects artist Nikola Todorovic.[5]

Tye Sheridan
Sheridan at the 2019 WonderCon
Born
Tye Kayle Sheridan

(1996-11-11) November 11, 1996
Palestine, Texas, U.S.[1]
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Early life

Sheridan was born in Palestine, Texas.[1] His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan, owns a beauty salon, and his father, Bryan Sheridan, is a driver for UPS.[6][7] He has a younger sister, Madison. He was enrolled in the Elkhart Independent School District until his film career became a priority focus when he was 16 years old, and he received tutoring on film sets.

Career
Sheridan in 2017

Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn, after an almost year-long casting search of more than 10,000 children from Texas and Oklahoma.[2] The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or[8] and be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[9][10]

In 2012, he played the leading role of Ellis in Jeff Nichols' Mud opposite Jacob Lofland and Matthew McConaughey. The coming-of-age drama-thriller film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival[11] and Sheridan received a Critics' Choice Award nomination.[12]

Sheridan also played Gary Jones in the film Joe, which 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.[13] For his role he received the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best upcoming young actor at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.[14]

In 2015, Sheridan starred in the three films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He co-starred opposite Gregg Turkington and Michael Cera in the drama Entertainment, played a prisoner in the film adaptation of The Stanford Prison Experiment, and appeared in Rodrigo Garcia's drama Last Days in the Desert opposite Ewan McGregor, released May 2016.[15] That year, he also had a supporting role in the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Dark Places and the leading role in the horror comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.

Sheridan played the mutant Scott Summers / Cyclops in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse, released on May 27.[16] In 2017, he starred in the war drama The Yellow Birds, opposite Alden Ehrenreich, Jack Huston and Jennifer Aniston.[17] Also that year, Sheridan co-starred with Kaitlyn Dever in Grass Stains, a film written and directed by Kyle Wilamowski. He plays a teen discovering his first love (Dever). When a prank goes awry and causes the death of his girlfriend's older brother, the boy must balance his secret guilt with his feelings for the girl.[18][19]

In 2018, Sheridan 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.[20] He then reprised the role of Scott Summers / Cyclops in the 2019 film Dark Phoenix.[21]

In 2020, Sheridan took a voice role in the "Face of the Franchise" mode of Madden NFL 21

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Tree of Life Steve O'Brien
2012 Mud Ellis
2013 Joe Gary Jones
2014 The Forger Will Cutter
2015 Entertainment Eddie the Opener
Last Days in the Desert Son
The Stanford Prison Experiment Peter Mitchell
Dark Places Young Ben Day
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse Ben Goudy
2016 Detour Harper James
X-Men: Apocalypse Scott Summers / Cyclops
2017 The Yellow Birds Daniel Murphy
All Summers End Conrad Stevens
2018 Ready Player One Wade Watts / Parzival
Age Out[22][23] Richie
Deadpool 2 Scott Summers / Cyclops Cameo
The Mountain Andy
2019 Dark Phoenix Scott Summers / Cyclops
2020 The Night Clerk Bart Bromley
2021 Voyagers Christopher Rebbs Post-production
TBA The Card Counter Cirk Post-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Last Man Standing Justin 3 episodes
2020 Wireless Andy Braddock Upcoming series

Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2020 Madden 21 Tommy Matthews Also motion capture

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2012 Central Ohio Film Critics Association[24] 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[14] Best New Young Actor Joe Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award[25] Best Youth Performance Mud Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2013 Most Promising Performer Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Award[26] Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award[27] Youth in Film Won
Georgia Film Critics Association[28] Breakthrough Award Joe, Mud Nominated
2014 Robert Altman Award At Independent Spirit Awards[29][30] Best Ensemble
(shared with Mud crew)		 Mud Won
Critics' Choice Movie Award[12] Best Young Actor/Actress Nominated
Empire Awards[31] Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer Nominated
2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards[32] Favorite Squad
(shared with X-Men: Apocalypse crew)		 X-Men: Apocalypse Nominated
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
2018 Teen Choice Awards[33] Choice Sci-Fi Movie Actor Nominated
Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor Friday's Child Won

References
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  2. "The Tree of Life Official Press (pag 21)" (PDF). Festival-Cannes.com. June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  3. "Interview: Mud's Tye Sheridan". YourEastTEXAS.com. May 2, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. "Tye Sheridan Biography". Showtimes.com. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  5. Spangler, Todd; Spangler, Todd (2020-12-14). "Tye Sheridan Launches AI-Based Production Tools Startup, With Some Big-Name Advisors (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  6. "Intervista: Tye Sheridan, La Giovane, Rivelazione di Venezia (Italian)". Film.it. September 10, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
  7. "Plugging into the VR future with Tye Sheridan HERO magazine: A fresh perspective". 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  8. Germain, David (May 22, 2011). "Malick's 'Tree of Life' wins top Cannes fest honor". Forbes. Forbes publishing. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  9. "Oscar 2012 winners – The full list". The Guardian. UK. February 27, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  10. "Nominees and Winners for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy Awards of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars). Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  11. Collett-White, Mike (May 26, 2012). "Cannes gets happy ending with river film 'Mud'". Reuters. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  12. "19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards Nominations". criticschoice.com. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
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  14. "Official Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale.org. December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on November 20, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  15. D'Alessandro, Anthony. "Broad Green Sets 2016 Dates For 'Infiltrator', 'Last Days In The Desert' & 'Dark Horse'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  16. Ford, Rebecca; Kit, Borys (December 5, 2013). "Release Date Announced for X-Men: Apocalypse". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  17. Busch, Anita (October 6, 2015). "Jack Huston & Jennifer Aniston Join War Pic 'The Yellow Birds'". Deadline Hollywood.
  18. "'Mud' Breakout Actor in Talks to Star in Indie 'Grass Stains' (Exclusive)". HollywoodReporter.com. June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  19. "Sheridan and Dever to Lead Grass Stains". movies.ie. July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  20. Fleming Jr, Mike (February 24, 2016). "Steven Spielberg Taps Tye Sheridan For Lead In 'Ready Player One' Based On Ernest Cline Novel". Deadline Hollywood.
  21. Fleming Jr., Mike (June 14, 2017). "Fox Formalizes Simon Kinberg To Helm 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix'; Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy Back, Jessica Chastain In Talks". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
  22. Ramos, Dino-Ray (7 March 2018). "'Friday's Child' Clip: Tye Sheridan Goes On A Crime Spree In Visionary SXSW Drama". Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  23. 'Age Out': Film Review
  24. "Press release: 2011 Central Ohio Film Critics Association awards nominees". Reeltimes.blogspot.it. January 1, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  25. WAFCA [@WAFCA] (December 9, 2013). "WAFCA Winner: Best Youth Performance: Tye Sheridan (Mud)" (Tweet). Retrieved March 24, 2013 – via Twitter.
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  29. "2014 Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave', 'All Is Lost', 'Frances Ha', 'Inside Llewyn Davis' & 'Nebraska' Nab Best Feature Noms". Deadline Hollywood. November 26, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
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  33. "Teen Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List". Entertainment Tonight. August 12, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
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