Tyler Garcia Posey (born October 18, 1991 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor, musician, and producer.
Posey is best known for portraying the title role of MTV's Teen Wolf, based on the 1985 film of the same name. In addition to starring in each of its hundred episodes, Posey also directed one of them himself, and he later became an executive producer of the show.
Prior to his success as an adult, Posey started out as a child actor, most notably playing the son of Jennifer Lopez in her 2002 film Maid in Manhattan. That same year, he also appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle Collateral Damage.
Since 2012, Posey has played with the band Disappearing Jamie (formerly Lost in Kostko) as their guitarist and lead singer, and began releasing his own solo music (mostly Pop Punk) in 2021.
His father, John Posey, is also an actor; he was originally cast as Danny Tanner in the beloved TGiF sitcom Full House, but was replaced by Bob Saget before the series premiered on television.
Selected filmography:
- Men of Honor (2000) as Boy (uncredited)
- Collateral Damage (2002) as Mauro
- Without a Trace (2002) as Robert
- Maid in Manhattan (2002) as Ty Ventura
- Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2005) as Danny Abas
- Into the West (2005) as Young Abe Wheeler
- Brothers & Sisters (2006 — 2007) as Gabriel
- Smallville (2006) as Javier Ramirez
- Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2007) as Jose
- Lincoln Heights (2009) as Andrew Ortega
- Teen Wolf (2011 — 2017) as Scott McCall
- White Frog (2012) as Doug
- Workaholics (2013) as Billy Belk
- Scary Movie 5 (2013) as David
- The Exes (2013) as Eric
- Elena of Avalor (2016 — 2018, 2020) as Prince Alonso (voice)
- Yoga Hosers (2016) as Gordon Greenleaf
- Jane the Virgin (2017) as Adam
- Truth or Dare (2018) as Lucas Moreno
- Marvel Rising as Dante Pertuz / Inferno (voice):
- Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018)
- Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts (2018)
- Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron (2019)
- Marvel Rising: Battle of the Bands (2019)
- Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire (2019)
- Sherwood (2019) (2019) as Iniko (voice)
- The Last Summer (2019) as Ricky
- Scream: Resurrection (2019) as Shane
- Undone (2019) as Father Miguel
- Fast & Furious: Spy Racers (2019 — 2021) as Tony Toretto (voice)
- The Masked Singer (2023) as the Hawk
Tyler Posey provides examples of the following tropes:
- Actor-Inspired Element: Posey has a band tattoo that circles his forearm. It was given in-universe significance in both his Teen Wolf and Jane the Virgin roles.
- Former Child Star: He first acted at the age of 9.
- Mr. Fanservice: Most notably in Teen Wolf, where he gets a copious amount of Shirtless Scenes.
