Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor. He
is best known for playing the young Scott Summers / Cyclops in the
reboot X-Men film series (2016â€"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).Sheridan was born in
Palestine, Texas. His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan, owns a
beauty salon, and his father, Bryan Sheridan, is a driver for UPS. 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.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. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film
Festival, and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or and be
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.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 and Sheridan received a
Critics' Choice Award nomination.
is best known for playing the young Scott Summers / Cyclops in the
reboot X-Men film series (2016â€"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).Sheridan was born in
Palestine, Texas. His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan, owns a
beauty salon, and his father, Bryan Sheridan, is a driver for UPS. 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.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. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film
Festival, and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or and be
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.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 and Sheridan received a
Critics' Choice Award nomination.
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