Tyler Posey facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tyler Posey
Posey in 2017
Born	Tyler Garcia-Posey (1991-10-18) October 18, 1991 (age 33) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor musician
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Phem ​ (m. 2023)​
Parent(s)	John Posey (father)

Tyler Garcia-Posey (born October 18, 1991) is an American actor and musician. He performed in his early years in a number of children's film and television roles, for which he was twice nominated for a Young Artist Award. He was known for his roles as Raul Garcia in Doc (2001–2004) and Ty Ventura in Maid in Manhattan (2002). As an adult, he is known for playing the central character Scott McCall in the MTV series Teen Wolf (2011–2017), although he has since been cast in a number of film roles and has also performed in voice acting roles. In late 2011 to 2012, he won a number of youth acting awards, including a Teen Choice Award, and was nominated for several others. He was active for several years in the band Lost in Kostko, which he co-founded in 2009.

Early life

Posey was born in Santa Monica, California, to Cyndi Terese Garcia and actor-writer John Posey. He grew up in Santa Clarita, California. Posey has two brothers. He is of Mexican descent on his mother's side.

Career

Posey has worked steadily in film and television. In February 2002, he appeared in the film Collateral Damage; in December of that year, he played the main character's son in the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan. He auditioned for the role of Jacob Black in the Twilight film series in 2007 but lost the role to his friend Taylor Lautner. The two regularly auditioned for the same roles as child actors.

Posey at the 2011 Thirst Project Gala Red Carpet

In 2011, Posey was cast in his breakout role as the lead in the MTV television series Teen Wolf, which is based on the 1985 film. Posey plays high school student Scott McCall, who is bitten by a werewolf and must keep this fact secret while protecting his loved ones from a host of supernatural threats and beings. That same year, Posey voiced a character in the pilot of the Disney original cartoon SheZow, which aired on May 4 as a part of the Shorty McShorts' Shorts miniseries. He also co-starred in the 2012 film White Frog. In 2015, he became a co-producer for the fifth season of Teen Wolf. In 2016, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that Teen Wolf would end in 2017 after the completion of its sixth season. His work garnered him two Teen Choice Awards, a Young Hollywood Award, an ALMA Award and nominations for a Saturn Award and People's Choice Award.

On May 24, 2017, Posey was cast as Lucas Moreno in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare. The film was released in theaters on April 13, 2018.

On September 25, 2017, it was announced that Posey would join the third season of the VH1 slasher television series Scream, starring in the role of Shane. The season premiered on July 8, 2019.

On February 20, 2019, it was announced that Posey would star as Michael Emerson in the CW's television reboot series of The Lost Boys. On July 29, 2019, it was announced the CW was unhappy with the pilot and that Posey, along with most of the rest of the cast, would be recast.

On November 18, 2019, it was reported that Posey would star in Netflix's animated Fast & Furious television series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, which premiered on December 26, 2019. In that same year, he co-starred as Ricky in the Netflix film The Last Summer. In 2020, Posey starred in the horror film Alone.

In September 2021, it was announced that a reunion film for Teen Wolf had been ordered by Paramount+, with Jeff Davis returning as a screenwriter and executive producer of the film. The majority of the original cast members, including Posey, were set to reprise their roles, with Posey also serving as a producer. The film was released on January 26, 2023.

In 2023, Posey competed in season ten of The Masked Singer as "Hawk". He was eliminated on "Harry Potter Night". In the following year, Posey appeared as one of the cast members on MTV's reality TV show The Surreal Life. He also voiced the character Javi in the audiobook Know Your Newlywed that year.

Other work

Posey used to front and play guitar in the band Disappearing Jamie, formerly known as Lost in Kostko. Their first performance was at the Roxy in Los Angeles in 2012. Lost in Kostko released their eight-track EP You're Going to Need a Towel in 2011. Posey announced the band's breakup via Instagram on July 17, 2013.

In December 2016, Posey was a guest DJ at Emo Nite LA's second anniversary at the Echoplex in Los Angeles.

Posey played guitar and contributed vocals in the pop punk band PVMNTS along with guitarist/bassist/vocalist Freddy Ramirez and drummer Nick Guzman. The trio released the song "Standing (On My Own Two Feet)" on June 14, 2018, on which Posey wrote about the passing of his mother in 2014. The band self-released their six-track EP Better Days on August 17, 2018. In April 2019, it was announced that Posey had left the band and was pursuing another music venture, which became the band Five North.

Five North is a pop-punk rock band formed by childhood best friends Posey and Kyle Murphy. Posey and Murphy originate from just off "the 5" (Interstate 5 in California) in Santa Clarita, California, hence the origin of the band's name Five North. The two recruited Makeout drummer Scott Eckel after being introduced by music producer and close friend John Feldmann. Five North's debut single "This Mess" was released on October 4, 2019, and their debut eight-track EP Scumbag was released on March 6, 2020, via Big Noise Music Group.

In August 2021, Posey made a cameo appearance in the music video for "Broke", the song by UK pop-punk band the Bottom Line, who Posey met when touring the UK together in 2018 during his time in PVMNTS.

Personal life

Posey became engaged to his childhood sweetheart, Seana Gorlick, in 2013. The couple broke off the engagement that same year after a ten-year relationship. He started dating singer Phem in 2020, and in February 2022, they announced their engagement. They married in October 2023.

Posey's mother, Cyndi Terese Garcia, died of breast cancer in December 2014. The fifth season of Teen Wolf was dedicated to her memory.

In July 2021, Posey came out as queer.

Filmography

Film

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Collateral Damage	Mauro
	Maid in Manhattan	Ty Ventura
2005	Inside Out	Obert
2007	Veritas, Prince of Truth	Mouse Gonzalez
2010	Legendary	Billy Barrow
2012	White Frog	Doug
2013	Scary Movie 5	David
2016	Yoga Hosers	Gordon Greenleaf
2018	Taco Shop	Smokes
	Truth or Dare	Lucas Moreno
2019	The Last Summer	Ricky Santos
2020	Alone	Aidan	Also executive producer
2023	Teen Wolf: The Movie	Scott McCall	Also producer
2024	The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie	Jatthew
2025	Queen of the Ring	G. Bill
2025	Screamboat	Radio Operator Mike

Television

Music videos

Discography

Solo

• ... [EP] (2021)
• UNRAVEL [Album] (2023)

With Lost in Kostko

• You're Gonna Need A Towel [EP] (2011)

With PVMNTS

• Better Days [EP] (2018)

With Five North

• Scumbag [EP] (2020)

Other credits

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Tyler Posey para niños