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Tyler Hynes

Tyler Hynes

Canadian actor (born 1986)


Tyler Jeffrey Hynes is a Canadian actor.

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Early life

Hynes was born in Toronto, Ontario,[1] but later grew up on a 24-hectare (59-acre) ranch outside Ottawa.[2] He began acting professionally at the age of eight.[3]

Career

Hynes got his professional start at the age of eight during a 72-performance run of the musical stage production of A Christmas Carol as Tiny Tim, followed by a Canadian tour of The Who's rock opera Tommy, playing the role of 10-year-old Tommy.[3] He followed this up with his first feature film, Little Men, starring Mariel Hemingway.[4]

He portrayed Atreyu in 13 episodes of the TV series Tales from the Neverending Story and The Chosen One in the 24-episode run of Peter Benchley's Amazon.[3] Tyler was nominated "Fan Favourite" at Canada's Gemini Awards at age 15. He later starred in Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story.[5][6]

Partial filmography


References

  1. Tyler Hynes' bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. "Tyler Hynes Interview". www.bellusmagazine.com. 26 December 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  3. "Tyler's awesome Amazon adventure" by Tony Atherton, The Ottawa Citizen (29 July 1999) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 240260746

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