Tye Sheridan

Having been named one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, 'Tye Sheridan' (qv) has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. Most recently, he was seen in the highly anticipated science fiction film _Ready Player One (2018)_ (qv) produced and directed by 'Steven Spielberg' (qv), playing the lead character Wade Watts. He also starred as young Cyclops/Scott Summers in _X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)_ (qv). In 2019. he will reprise the role of Cyclops/Scott Summers in _X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)_ (qv), he will also be seen in indie drama _The Mountain (2018)_ (qv) and _Age Out (2018)_ (qv) , as well as crime thriller _The Night Clerk (2020)_ (qv).Tye Kayle Sheridan was born in Elkhart, Texas, to Stephanie (Wright), a beauty salon owner, and Bryan Sheridan, a UPS employee. Tye had almost no acting experience when he was cast in a breakthrough role for 'Terrence Malick' (qv)'s movie _The Tree of Life (2011)_ (qv) opposite 'Brad Pitt' (qv), 'Sean Penn' (qv) and 'Jessica Chastain' (qv). The film won the 2011 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the 2011 Gotham Award for Best Picture, in addition to three Academy Award nominations. He was also featured in IndieWire's "Top 25 Filmmakers and Actors" of 2011.Sheridan won the 2013 Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for his captivating performance in the Southern drama _Joe (2013)_ (qv) opposite 'Nicolas Cage' (qv). That same year, he was recognized by numerous film critics for his starring role in Jeff Nichol's coming-of-age drama _Mud (2012)_ (qv) opposite 'Matthew McConaughey' (qv) and 'Reese Witherspoon' (qv). He received a 2014 Critics' Choice nomination for Best Young Actor and the cast was honored with the 2014 Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit 'Awards' (qv).He had three films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: _The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)_ (qv), based on a shocking real-life psychological experiment; Rodrigo Garcia's _Last Days in the Desert (2015)_ (qv) co-starring 'Ewan McGregor' (qv) and the indie drama _Entertainment (2015)_ (qv) starring alongside 'Michael Cera' (qv) and 'John C. Reilly' (qv). These riveting performances were followed by a starring role opposite 'John Travolta' (qv) in the crime thriller The Forger, Paramount's horror comedy _Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)_ (qv), in addition to Gilles Paquet-Brenner's adaptation of Gillian Flynn's mystery novel _Dark Places (2015)_ (qv) alongside 'Charlize Theron' (qv), 'Chloë Grace Moretz' (qv) and 'Nicholas Hoult' (qv).In 2017, Sheridan starred in war drama _The Yellow Birds (2017)_ (qv), which is a film adaptation of Kevin Power's novel of the same name. In 2018, his film _The Mountain (2018)_ (qv) premiered at the Venice Film Festival, he also won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival for his performance in _Age Out (2018)_ (qv).Sheridan recently wrapped production for 'Michael Cristofer' (qv)'s crime drama _The Night Clerk (2020)_ (qv), alongside 'Helen Hunt' (qv) and 'Ana de Armas' (qv).::BWR