Tyler Blackburn
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Born | Tyler Jordon Blackburn[1] October 12, 1986 Burbank, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, singer, model |
Years active | 2002–present |
Tyler Jordon Blackburn (born October 12, 1986) is an American actor, singer and model. He is known for his roles as Jesse Pratt in Peach Plum Pear and as Caleb Rivers on the hit ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off, Ravenswood.[2]
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Early life
Blackburn was born in Burbank, California. He has three brothers and a sister.[3] He is of English, Welsh, Czech, Swedish and Cherokee descent.[4]
Career
Acting
Blackburn began performing in 2002 and appeared on the series Unfabulous on Nickelodeon. In the following year he was a teacher in the short film The Doers of Coming Deeds. In 2005, he made a cameo in the film Next of Kin[disambiguation needed]. In 2007, Blackburn appeared in Cold Case and Rock ville CA, a webseries launched by Josh Schwartz. In 2010, he appeared on Days of Our Lives, Gigantic, and was also in the independent film Peach Plum Pear.[5]
In October 2010, Blackburn was cast in a recurring role as Caleb Rivers in the TV series Pretty Little Liars.[6] He was upgraded to series regular for the third season starting in the summer of 2012.[7] In March 2011, he joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot Brave New World,[8] which was not picked up to series.
Blackburn also starred as Pete in the six-episode webseries Wendy, a project developed by Alloy Entertainment and Macy's that premiered on September 15, 2011.[9]
In 2012, he starred in drama Hiding alongside Ana Villafañe, Jeremy Sumpter, Dean Armstrong and Dan Payne.
In May 2013, it was announced that Blackburn was joining the cast of Pretty Little Liars's spin-off Ravenswood.[10]
Music
For his role in Alloy Entertainment webseries Wendy, Blackburn recorded a song that was released on August 15, 2011.[11]
He recorded another song for the ABC Family television show, Secret Life of the American Teenager.[12]
He recorded Find A Way in 2012 and the song played while he was starring as Caleb Rivers in Pretty Little Liars
Filmography
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
2006 | The Doers of Coming Deeds | Solly Katz | Short |
2005 | Next of Kin | French student | |
2010 | Peach Plum Pear | Jesse Pratt | |
2012 | Hiding | Jesse | Main role |
2016 | Love Is All You Need? | Ryan Morris | Upcoming film |
2016 | Hello Again | Jack | Filming |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2006 | Unfabulous | Nathan | 2 episodes |
2009 | Cold Case | Foster / Jeff Feldman | 1 episode |
Rockville, CA | Spencer | 1 episode | |
2010 | Days of Our Lives | Ian | 17 episodes |
Gigantic | Echo | 1 episode | |
2011 | Wendy | Pete | Web series |
2011–present | Pretty Little Liars | Caleb Rivers | Recurring role (Seasons 1–2); Main role (Seasons 3–present) |
2013–14 | Ravenswood | Caleb Rivers | Lead role; 10 episodes |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2014 | Teen Choice Awards | "Choice Summer TV Star: Male" | Pretty Little Liars | Won |
2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Won |
References
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External links
- Tyler Blackburn at the Internet Movie Database
- Tyler Blackburn on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Tyler Blackburn on Instagram
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- 1986 births
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Living people
- Male actors from Burbank, California
- 21st-century American male actors
- American people of Cherokee descent
- American people of Czech descent
- American people of English descent
- American people of Swedish descent
- American people of Welsh descent
- American male singers
- American male models