Tyler Hynes

Tyler Hynes was born in Toronto Canada He is an accomplished actor director producer editor writer Tyler got his Professional start at the age of 8 during a 72 performance run of the Musical Stage Production of A Christmas Carol followed by the Cross Canada Tour of The Whos Rock Opera Tommy playing the role of 10 year old Tommy After getting his start in Theater he moved in front of the camera with his first feature film Little Men starring Mariel Hemingway He then went on to star in various television and film productions alongside the likes of Tim Roth Andie MacDowell James Franco Sienna Miller Henry Cavil Elliot Page Billy Bob Thornton and more Nominated fan favorite as a teen Tyler starred in the 24 episode run of the TV Series Tales from the Never Ending Story as Atreyu and as The Chosen One in Peter Benchleys Amazon for 26 episodes He then turned in Award Nominated performances in Disneys The Other Me and Terrorized by Teens The Jonathan Wamback Story which told the real life story of a young man bullied and beaten and left with permanent brain damage which gained Major National Media attention launching anti bullying town halls and a TV blitz across Canada As an adult he further cultivated his acting craft as a regular on such TV series Saving Hope The Firm based on the John Grishams novel critically acclaimed Police drama 192 and the Emmy winning Lifetime series Unreal He also enjoyed guest starring roles on NCIS Flashpoint Rookie Blue Transporter Star TrekDiscovery etc some of which earning Award recognition Recently his standout performance as Sgt Reece in the WWII Feature Recon has been lauded by critics This character is in great contrast to his sudden rise as one of Hallmark Channels top leading men bringing a unique and refreshing approach to the genre All while appearing and contrasting further still on Hulus breakout comedy series Letterkenny Hynes plays the lovable Dierks the antagonist to Letterkennys most beloved star Jared Keeso Hyness friend and former costar in 192 A fan of filmmaking as a whole Tyler has expanded into directing writing and producing Some of his short film credits include Help Doug Recycle a 40 minute documentary about a homeless man struggling with substance abuse while recycling to make ends meet the dark coming of age drama Firefly and AFK a proof of concept funded by BELL Media as part of a television pitch piece Upon the release of AFK online it earned praise with features on tastemaker websites like short of the week among others With notoriety growing behind the camera Tyler was then getting requests to helm music videos for multiplatinum and Grammy winning artists Seeing it as an opportunity to test his craft Tyler wrote directed produced and edited over a dozen music videos for artists such as multiplatinumGrammy nominated Shaun Frank Coachella headlining Rezz and others These videos earned features on sites like Billboard and nominations in Award shows like the Much Music Video Awards From a World War II drama to a unique hit comedy series a romantic fan favorite to his work behind the lens Hynes is seeing a diversity in the industry shared by few