The popular American actor Ty Sheridan has been acting in films since the age of 14. He has about 20 roles in films and TV shows. Despite his age, Ty managed to work as a producer and appeared in several television shows.
Biography and early career
The actor was born in the small Texas town of Elkhart on November 11, 1996. He grew up in a classic American family: a middle-class Christian with two children. Ty has a sister, Madison. His parents are Brian and Stephanie. Mother and father were able to give their son a decent private education. Tai did not remain in debt and showed excellent academic performance. In addition, the guy was fond of sports. His hobbies include baseball and football.
Sheridan received his professional education in acting courses. Even in his youth, at the age of 14, he was given a role in a full-length feature film with Brad Peet in the title role "The Tree of Life." Sheridan's hero is Steve. The director of the film, Terrence Malick, also invited Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn. This drama won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Main roles
Tye Sheridan is a strong actor, and most often he is invited to the main roles. In 2012, he starred in Jeff Nichols' crime drama Mud. His partners were the famous Hollywood actors Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey. Ty plays Ellis, a teenager who often walks with a friend near the river and finds an abandoned boat, and in him - a stranger. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. After this success, Sheridan landed the lead role in the crime drama "Joe", in which he starred with Nicolas Cage. Ty's hero is Harry, the son of an alcoholic who does not hope for a bright future. He begins to befriend Joe, a dark fellow with a dark past, whose life is as bleak and lonely as Harry's. The film won the Marcello Mastroianni Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
In 2014, Ty plays one of the main characters in the crime thriller The Forger. And again he is on a team with a star. This time, John Travolta became his partner on the set. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and Sheridan landed the next lead role as Eddie in Entertainment. The plot of this Rick Alverson drama is intriguing. The main character is an elderly comedian who will have a stellar or final role. The drama has been presented at many American film festivals as well as international film festivals in Locarno, Vancouver, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Sitges, London, Warsaw, Vienna, Kaohsiung, Thessaloniki, Stockholm and the Moscow International Film Festival.
In 2015, Rodrigo Garcia invites Sheridan to play one of the key roles in the American adventure drama about Jesus' journey through the desert. Ewan McGregor and Susan Gray became his partners. The film has been screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Waterfront Film Festival, the Reykjavik International Film Festival, Sitges, Austin, Virginia and the AFI Fest. In the same year, Ty played the main character in the comedy horror film Scouts vs. Zombies. A team of three guys and a waitress are the last hope of humanity. If they do not stop the zombies, then a catastrophe on a global scale will occur.
The following year, Ty plays the hero in Christopher Smith's tricky drama, the UK-South African co-production "Bypass". Sheridan plays the role of a guy who hates his father for having a mistress while his mother is in the hospital between life and death. He meets a clearly bad guy and, under the influence of strong feelings and alcohol, orders him to kill his father. In 2016, Sheridan played Cyclops in the science fiction movie X-Men: Apocalypse. He has starred with such famous actors as James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne. The action movie was nominated for Saturn in 3 categories, but never received an award.
Then Ty was invited to the war drama The Yellow Birds. He plays a young guy who has not returned from the Iraqi war. According to the plot, he became friends with the same age as Brandon Bartle. He is to inform the soldier's mother about the death of his son. The mother of Sheridan's hero is played by Jennifer Aniston. Ty later landed the lead role in the drama Any Summer Ends. His partner in this film is Caitlin Deaver. The character of Sheridan is tormented by conscience, because because of his joke, a person dies.
Collaboration with Spielberg
In 2018, Sheridan landed the lead role in Steven Spielberg's fantasy film Ready Player One. The film is set in the future, where people find solace in virtual reality. Ty plays a guy who takes on the challenge from the creator of a huge digital quest. He must find an Easter egg in order to obtain a multimillion dollar fortune. Sheridan auditioned with his partner Olivia Cook. Director Steven Spielberg made a huge impression on him. The actor did not expect that the brilliant filmmaker would independently select actors, without assistants and even without an operator. Working on this painting gave Sheridan a lot of professional experience. The film was nominated for an Oscar and a British Academy Prize. The Action-Adventure Movie won Saturn for Best Science Fiction Film.
Continuing a career
In the same year, Ty played the main character in the crime drama Who Was Born on Friday. His character is an 18-year-old boy who is about to enter adulthood. He has no parents, no one to suggest the right path. This is probably why he starts to be friends with the wrong guy. Then the actor got a role in the drama "Mountain". In this film, Sheridan reincarnated as a doctor's assistant who works with mentally ill people. The doctor practices lobotomy and shock therapy. In 2019, Ty was invited to the science fiction film X-Men: Dark Phoenix, where he again appeared in the form of Cyclops. Among the new work of the actor - an autistic porter in the crime drama Michael Christopher "Night Clerk", one of the main characters in the fantastic thriller "Travelers" and a young partner of an ambulance doctor, played by Mel Gibson, in the drama "Black Flies". The release of these paintings is scheduled for 2020.
