Derek Theler Biography

Derek Theler (born October 29, 1986) is an American film and television actor and model.

Acting career

Derek started his acting career in 2009, starring in several minor roles in TV series such as The Middle, Cougar Town, and The Hills. He also auditioned for Captain America but was not cast.

In between acting gigs, Theler appeared as a model in TV commercials. He first landed a coveted Coke Zero commercial in 2009. This then followed by a campaign for State Farm, in which he played a 'hot guy' who is 'sensitive' and has a 'dark side.' He has also been in commercials for Nike, Kayak.com, Arby's, and Verizon.

Aside from acting, he was also the writer and executive producer of a short film called Intrusion. In his free time, he enjoys playing football and swimming. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

In 2012, Theler landed his first major role when he was cast in the ABC Family comedy, Baby Daddy, playing Danny Wheeler, the brother of the title character. Also that year, Theler starred as Riggins in the web series Project S.E.R.A..

In 2015, he starred as Chase Walker in the movie Shark Killer, which released on June 16, 2015 via digital download. Theler played the role of shark killer who hunts down a black-finned shark that swallowed a valuable diamond during a gang transaction. He also starred as Jordan in Christmas movie How Sarah Got Her Wings, which was released on digital hd and video on demand on November 1, 2015. The Christmas movie premiered on Ion television on December 6, 2015.

On November 19, 2015, Theler starred in the Funny or Die parody titled Chicago Sanitation. In 2016, Theler starred as Jake Kenman in family movie Secret Summer, which was released on April 2, 2016 on PixL (On Demand and YouTube). He also appeared on short Princess Rap Battle, where he played the role of Huntsman and it was released on YouTube on April 6, 2016.

In 2017, he starred as Chris in the short film Brotherly Love alongside Krista Kalmus. The same year, Theler was cast as Craig Hollis / Mister Immortal in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe Freeform series New Warriors.

Personal life

He attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Theler was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 3.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	G Love	Cliff	Short
2010	Intrusion	Mike Myers	Short
	Valentine's Day	Masseuse	Uncredited
	Get Him to the Greek	Standard guest	Uncredited
2011	Katherine Heigl Hates Balls	Model	Short film
	Camp Virginovich	Derek Moore
2015	Shark Killer	Chase Walker
	How Sarah Got Her Wings	Jordan
2015	Chicago Sanitation	Sanitation Worker	short film
2016	Secret Summer	Jake Kenman
2017	Brotherly Love	Chris	short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Hills	Himself	Guest star in episode "New Year, New Friends"
2009	Cougar Town	Beach Guy	Episode "Two Gunslingers" (uncredited)
	The Middle	Sound Guy	Episode "The Scratch" (uncredited)
2009-2010	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien	Bike Cop/ Loki	Uncredited
2010	Vampire Zombie Werewolf	Derekktor
2011	Conan	All-star / Thor
	90210	Shawn	2 episodes
2012	Project S.E.R.A.	Riggins	Web Series
2012-2017	Baby Daddy	Danny Wheeler	Main Role; 100 episodes
2018	Marvel's New Warriors	Craig Hollis / Mister Immortal	Main Role

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe	X-O Manowar

Music

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Rihanna - So Hard ft Jeezy	Real Soldier #10	Actor/Model

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Breakout	Baby Daddy	rowspan="2"
2016		Choice TV: Liplock: shared with Chelsea Kane