Dylan O'Brien Biography

Dylan O'Brien (born August 26, 1991) is an American actor and musician. He plays "Stiles" Stilinski in the MTV series Teen Wolf. He is the film lead in the dystopian science-fiction adventures The Maze Runner series, consisting of The Maze Runner and its sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials. He will reprise his role in the final installment, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which is set to be released on February 17, 2017.

Early life

O'Brien was born in New York City, the son of Lisa (ne Rhodes), a former actress who also ran an acting school, and Patrick, a camera operator. He grew up in Springfield Township, New Jersey, until the age of twelve, when he and his family moved to Hermosa Beach, California. His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of Italian, English and Spanish ancestry. After graduating from Mira Costa High School in 2009, he considered pursuing sports broadcasting and possibly working for the Mets. He planned to attend Syracuse University in fall 2009 as a sports broadcasting major, but decided to move to Los Angeles for an acting career. At fourteen, O'Brien began posting original videos onto his YouTube channel. With the videos developing, a local producer and director approached him about doing work for a web series of hers. While working on the webseries, O'Brien met an actor who connected him with a manager.

Career

He went through several auditions before getting one of the main roles in MTV's Teen Wolf, a series loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name. He was originally intended to play Scott, but after reading the script, O'Brien wanted to audition for the part of Stiles instead. After four auditions he was cast. In 2010, he successfully played Stiles in the series. In 2013, O'Brien co-starred in the comedy film The Internship, with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

O'Brien played Thomas in the lead role in The Maze Runner, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name, which began filming in summer 2013, while he was on hiatus from Teen Wolf. Yahoo! Movies named O'Brien as one of the 15 Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2014. Filming for the Maze Runner sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, began at the end of October 2014 in New Mexico, and the film was released in September 18, 2015.

O'Brien produced, directed and starred in a number of comedic short films which he released through his personal YouTube channel. He was the drummer for the independent rock band Slow Kids at Play.

Personal life

O'Brien is in a relationship with actress Britt Robertson. They met on the set of The First Time in 2011.

In March 2016, O'Brien was seriously injured in an accident, while filming a scene for Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	High Road	Jimmy
2011	Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge	Charlie Brown	Short
2012	The First Time	Dave Hodgman	Lead role
2013	The Internship	Stuart Twombly
2014	The Maze Runner	Thomas	Lead role
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Thomas	Lead role
2016	Deepwater Horizon	Caleb Holloway	Post-production
2017	Maze Runner: The Death Cure	Thomas	Lead role
	Little White Corvette		Lead role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-present	Teen Wolf	"Stiles" Stilinski	Main role; 78 episodes
2013	First Dates with Toby Harris	Peter	Episode: "Roommates"
2013	New Girl	The Guy	Episode: "Virgins"

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Young Hollywood Awards	Best Ensemble (shared with Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden and Tyler Hoechlin)	Teen Wolf
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Villain
	Giffoni Film Festival	Experience Award
	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Actor
	NewNowNext Awards	Best New Film Actor	The Maze Runner
2015	MTV Movie Awards	Best Scared-As-S**t Performance
		Best Breakthrough Performance
		Best Fight (shared with Will Poulter)
		Best Hero
	Melty Future Awards	Prix International Masculin
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure	The Maze Runner
		Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Thomas Brodie-Sangster)
		Choice TV: Scene Stealer	Teen Wolf

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