Colton Tapp
{{short description|American actor, model and musician}}
{{notability|Bio|date=December 2020}}
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|name = Colton Tapp
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|birth_place = Wylie, Texas, United States
|occupation = Actor, model and musician
|years_active = 2016–present
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Colton Dayne Tapp is an American actor, model and musician. Tapp is known in film for his roles in Three Days in August, Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness, Pi Day Die Day, The Boundary and Expulsion.
Career
= Film =
In 2016, Tapp earned a breakout role as the son of an Irish painter in the movie, Three Days in August, directed by Johnathan Brownlee,{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Barry Bostwick, Mariette Hartley Starring in ‘Three Days in August’|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/barry-bostwick-mariette-hartley-three-days-in-august-1201608969/|website=Variety|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=3 October 2015}} which premiered at Dallas International Film Festival{{cite web|last1=Peel|first1=Adrian|title=An exchange of dialogue with up and coming actor Colton Tapp|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/an-exchange-of-dialogue-with-up-and-coming-actor-colton-tapp/article/465136|publisher=Digital Journal|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=12 May 2016}} and internationally premiered at Montreal World Film Festival. Although not his first film, this role led him to following roles in films such as Pi Day Die Day, starring alongside Ari Lehman,{{cite web|title=Pi Day Die Day (2016)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/162433/pi-day-die-day-2016/|website=Dread Central|accessdate=14 April 2018}} John Wilkes Booth in Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness, a feature historic film shot in Sri Lanka about the rise and fall of Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln,{{cite web|title=Colton Tapp, Local Actor and Musician|url=http://planomagazine.com/colton-tapp-local-actor-musician/|website=Plano Magazine|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=28 March 2016}} and The Boundary co-starring with "Neil DeGrasse Tyson".{{cite web|title=What is it Like to Direct a Feature at Age 16? Evan Hara on Making His Sci-Fi Film The Boundary|url=https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/moviemaking/the-boundary-evan-hara/|website=MovieMaker|accessdate=14 April 2018|date=19 April 2017}}{{cite web|title=Plano teen lands Neil DeGrasse Tyson for a cameo in his space travel film|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/visual-arts/2017/02/14/plano-teen-neil-degrasse-tyson-space-travel-the-boundary|website=The Dallas Morning News|accessdate=14 April 2018|language=en|date=14 February 2017}} Tapp went on to film scifi-thriller Expulsion, where he performs dual roles as two versions of himself on different sides of a portal acted alongside Lar Park-Lincoln from Friday the 13th, Part VII. In 2024, he appeared on The CW's 'Walker' as Italian Fentanyl Kingpin, Frank Delmonico.
Awards
- Best Actor (Texas Horror Film Festival, for Something's Here, 2015)
- Best Actor Nomination (US Hollywood International Film Festival, for Expulsion, 2020)
- Best Film (Producer, Rack Focus Film Festival 2% Evil, 2016)
- Best Film (Producer, Rack Focus Film Festival, The Precinct, 2017)
- State Champion (Texas UIL State Finals, The Boundary)
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2008
|Blood on the Highway |Vampire | |
| 2015
|Pest |Andre | |
| 2015
|Phone Eyes |Bully | |
| 2015
|Plugged |Jerry | |
| 2015
|That One Joke |Mark | |
| 2015
|Something's Here |Thomas |*Best Actor Award |
| 2015
|Pi Day Die Day |Lucas | |
| 2015
|Heart Stopper |Stewart |*UIL State Finalist |
| 2015
|Hand Covers Bruise |Brother |*2nd Best Film Award, *Most Outside the Box* |
| 2015
|Liam |*Montreal World Film Festival |
| 2016
|The Boundary |Miles | |
| 2016
|No Wifi Here |Steve | |
| 2016
|Death Road |Blake |*Produced by Tapp |
| 2016
|Night Light |Dawson | |
| 2016
|Morning Rift |Cody | |
| 2016
|The Enabler |Kyle | |
| 2016
|2% Evil |Logan | |
| 2017
|The Precinct |Jimmy | |
| 2019
|The Ghandi Murder |John Wilkes Booth | |
| 2020
|Expulsion |Scott / Other Scott |*Best Actor Nomination, US Hollywood International Film Festival | |
| 2023
|Infatuation |Daniel | |
| 2025
|I Am Your Biggest Fan |Cody | |
| 2025
|Marriage, Lies & Murder |Connor | |
= TV =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role |
| 2024
|Walker |Frank Delmonico |
| 2024
|Vindication |Logan Cooke |
| 2017
|You Can Do Better |Vince |
| 2017
|Murder Made Me Famous |Detective Solerno |
| 2017
|National Enquirer Investigates |Liam Hemsworth |
| 2015
|Legends & Lies |Edmund Gaines |
| 2015
|Believe |Lance |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3269121}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)