WHO IS THIS GUY?

An East Bay Area native, Tyler fell in love with performing in his early years. Once he played the not-so-starring role of “Slim” in his high school’s production of Oklahoma! in the 9th grade, he never looked back. Tyler graduated from the University of Southern California in 2020 (yes, 2020) with a major in Theatre and a minor in Marketing. His home base is New York City, where he balances a life of comedy content creation, writing, and acting for both stage and screen.

He has been lucky enough to work on a few exciting film/TV projects in the last few years, including co-star spots in the first seasons of HBO Max’s THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS and Netflix’s THAT ‘90S SHOW. Tyler recently collaborated with Neal Mulani on his most recent short film, RAT!, after working together on TELL ME SOMETHING I DON’T KNOW (which you can stream HERE). RAT! is currently in the festival circuit, and Tyler can’t wait for you to see it. In the meantime, you can catch him in a series of ads for H&R Block (yay taxes!) HERE.

Tyler co-wrote and starred in the short film CO-STAR, which is currently being submitted to film festivals across the country. To learn more, check out our Seed&Spark page!

Tyler is also writing the book to a new musical comedy with composers Jacob Ryan Smith and Dan Mertzlufft entitled The (Disaster) Marathon of 1904. The show was selected to be a part of the 2024 New Musicals Lab, where the team was able to spend 8 days workshopping and preparing the show for its first ever presentation.

You can catch Tyler across the country as Storyteller 2 in the first national tour of the musical comedy Shucked, launching fall 2024. Tickets and dates can be found here!

In between projects, you can find Tyler goofing around on social media, with content on TikTok (330k+ followers), Instagram (70k+ followers), and Snapchat (95k+ subscribers). You may also spot him interviewing folks at various press events in the New York area. In previous years, he has worked for actor Alan Cumming, New York Musical Theatre Festival, and Walt Disney Studios in their field marketing department. He wears many hats, but does anyone still wear a hat?

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