Tyler Labine, Actor and Producer (1978 - )

Born 29 April 1978 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Tyler Labine was the second of three sons born to Douglas and Karen Labine. Early in his childhood Tyler and his family moved from Brampton to Vancouver, British Columbia. From early childhood he enjoyed acting and the stage. In 1990 at the age of twelve, Tyler acted in a local Vancouver theater production and thus began his career.

Initially, Tyler captured smaller roles in television series and movies of the week including various episode in the TV series '"Street Legal” (1991), "The Odyssey” (1992), "Madison” (1993) "Road to Avonlea” and "The X Files” (1996) and the TV movies "Generation X”, "Robin of Locksley (1996) and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch” (1996). In 1997 Tyler landed the major role of Jimmy Farrell in the UPN TV series "Breaker High”. As Jimmy Farrell, his reputation in the theater and movie business became established and he earned roles in major feature films as Robert Altman's "Trixie” (2000), "Marine Life” (2000) with Cybill Shepherd and "Antitrust” (2001) with Tim Robbins.

Tyler Labine continued to act in television series along with his movie roles and in 2001 he played Scotty Sallback in the extremely popular, but shortlived WB television series "Dead Last”. Several television network executives noticed Tyler's ability on the stage and with the cancellation of "Dead Last”, a bidding war for Tyler's talent ensued between ABC and WB studios. Eventually Tyler signed with ABC and the second phase of his acting career began. The first major production of this contract had Tyler starring as Donnie Pinkus in the ABC TV series "That Was Then” (2002). Recent feature TV series and movies in which Tyler has starred include: "My Boss' Daughter” (2003), "Da Vinci's Inquest” (2003), "Pursued” (2004), "Behind the Camera: The Untold Story of 'Mork and Mindy' " (2005), "Invasion” (2006) and his latest role as Briggs Lowry in "Flyboys” (2006). During his career Tyler has acted in 22 television series and 26 movies. In addition, in 2004 Tyler Labine coproduced the film "Everyone”.

Currently based in Los Angeles, CA, Tyler enjoys joining his brother Kyle in the hip hop band "Figures of Speech”. His specialties are turntables and MC. Tyler relaxes at his favorite resort Whistler/Blackcomb and with his family at their cottage in Ontario.