Dylan Minnette
{{Short description|American actor and musician (born 1996)}}
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| birth_name = Dylan Christopher Minnette
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|12|29}}
| birth_place = Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|musician}}
| years_active = 2005–present
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| instrument = {{flat list|
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| current_member_of = Wallows
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Dylan Christopher Minnette (born December 29, 1996)[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/dylan_minnette Dylan Minnette] Rotten Tomatoes is an American singer, songwriter, actor and musician. He began his career as a child actor and received recognition for his role as a younger version of the character Michael Scofield on the drama series Prison Break (2005–2006). He had recurring roles in several television series and a main role in the TNT drama series Saving Grace (2007–2010). Minnette had supporting roles in the films Let Me In (2010), Prisoners (2013) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014).
Minnette had a starring role in the horror comedy Goosebumps (2015) and gained wider recognition for portraying Clay Jensen in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why (2017–2020). He has also starred in the horror films Don't Breathe (2016), The Open House (2018) and Scream (2022). He is also the co-lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band Wallows.
Early life
Dylan Christopher Minnette was born on December 29, 1996, in Evansville, Indiana, the only child of Robyn and Craig Minnette.{{cite web |url=http://commercial-news.com/local/x212488025/Child-actor-lands-role-in-TNT-drama |title=Child actor lands role in TNT drama |access-date=September 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130922161131/http://commercial-news.com/local/x212488025/Child-actor-lands-role-in-TNT-drama |archive-date=September 22, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Dylan%20Minnette/Robyn%20Maker-Minnette |title=Dylan Minnette Robyn Maker-Minnette Photostream}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/clay-13-reasons-why-dylan-minnette-130119 |title=Who Plays Clay in 13 Reasons Why? Get to Know Dylan Minnette! |date=April 14, 2017 |website=Lifeandstylemag.com |access-date=May 26, 2018}} His father was a musician who played in many bands under the stage name "Eddie Minnette".{{Cite web |last=Ancestry |first=Hollywood |date=2019-04-02 |title=The Music's In His Veins: DYLAN MINNETTE Descended from Court Musicians of Kings and Queens |url=https://www.hollywoodancestry.com/post/dylan-minnette-descended-from-court-musicians-of-kings-and-queens |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Mysite |language=en}}
As a child, his family moved from Evansville to Los Angeles, where he began his acting career. He met bandmate Braeden Lemasters after their mothers met online. The two were introduced to each other and became close friends. They soon later met Cole Preston and Zack Mendenhall in a children's music program and started their own band named the Feaver, which later became Wallows.{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Wonderland |date=2022-03-25 |title=Indie Band Wallows Drop Their Sophomore Album, Tell Me That It's Over |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2022/03/25/new-noise-wallows/#:~:text=Braeden%20and%20Dylan%20moved%20to,The%20rest%20is%20history! |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Wonderland |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Ersoy |first=Laura |date=2018-05-18 |title=Wallows |url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2018/05/interviews-wallows/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=EUPHORIA. |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=WALLOWS – Interview – BEDROOMDISCO |url=https://www.bedroomdisco.de/2022/03/wallows-interview/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.bedroomdisco.de}}
Career
=Acting=
File:Dylan Minnette 2010 (2) (cropped).jpg in 2010]]
Minnette's first role was a single episode of Drake & Josh. He later appeared in the NBC original film The Year Without a Santa Claus, as an unnamed character in Fred Claus, as Todd Lyons in the film The Clique, and as Noah Framm in Snow Buddies. Notable television roles of Minnette's include the young version of the character Michael Scofield on Prison Break and character Clay Norman on Saving Grace. He played a bully named Kenny in Let Me In, released in October 2010.
He also played a role as Jerry Grant Jr. on ABC's Scandal as the son of the president of the United States. Minnette has also appeared in several commercials and in four episodes of Lost as Jack's son in the sideways timeline.{{cite web |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/15/nbc-2011-12-primetime-schedule-announced/92597/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518025242/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/05/15/nbc-2011-12-primetime-schedule-announced/92597/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |title=NBC 2011–12 Primetime Schedule Announced |date=May 15, 2011 |first=Bill |last=Gorman |work=TV by the Numbers |access-date=May 15, 2011}} Minnette appeared in "The Crow & the Butterfly" video from the rock group Shinedown.
In 2014, Minnette appeared in the comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day as Anthony Cooper, first child of the Cooper children and the elder brother of the titular character. The film is based on Judith Viorst’s 1972 children's book of the same name.{{cite news|title=Full Cast Revealed for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=108320|access-date=August 30, 2013|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=August 29, 2013|archive-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012111603/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=108320|url-status=dead}} In the following year, Minnette co-starred in the film Goosebumps, based on the R. L. Stine's children's horror book series of the same name. The film was a commercial success and garnered generally positive reviews from critics, grossing over $158 million.{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Dylan Minnette To Star Opposite Jack Black In Sony's 'Goosebumps' |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/dylan-minnette-goosebumps-movie-casting-jack-black-683465/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=November 25, 2022 |date=February 14, 2014}}{{cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |title=Dylan Minnette to Co-Star With Jack Black in 'Goosebumps' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/dylan-minnette-to-co-star-with-jack-black-in-goosebumps-1201104676/ |website=Variety |access-date=November 25, 2022 |date=February 14, 2014}}
In 2016, Minnette starred in the horror film Don't Breathe which was directed by Fede Álvarez.{{cite web |first=Rebecca |last=Ford |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/prisoners-actor-dylan-minnette-joins-797577 |title=Prisoners Actor Dylan Minnette Joins Fede Alvarez's Horror Film (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 22, 2015 |access-date=October 24, 2015}} A sleeper hit, Don't Breathe received critical acclaim{{cite web |title=Don't Breathe |website=Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_breathe_2016/ |access-date=August 25, 2018 |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122133918/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_breathe_2016 |url-status=live}} and grossed over $156{{nbsp}}million.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dontbreathe.htm |title=Don't Breathe (2016) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131075050/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dontbreathe.htm |url-status=live}}
File:Wallows Approved Press Photo from Warner Music Atlantic (cropped).jpg
From 2017, Minnette began starring in the Netflix teen drama television series 13 Reasons Why, an adaptation of the 2007 novel of the same name, as Clay Jensen.{{cite web |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/13-reasons-why-netflix-series-dylan-minnette-katherine-langford-star-1201769566/ |title=13 Reasons Why Netflix Series: Dylan Minnette & Katherine Langford Lead Cast |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2018}}{{cite magazine |first=Samantha |last=Highfill |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/05/12/13-reasons-why-casting-dylan-minnette-katherine-langford/ |title=How 13 Reasons Why cast Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 12, 2017 |access-date=January 27, 2018}} His portrayal won him critical praise; The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Minnette is so dedicated to playing despondent that the relief and pleasure in brief scenes of flirty banter between Hannah and Clay is palpable".{{Cite magazine |first=Daniel|last=Fienberg|title='13 Reasons Why': TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/13-reasons-why-review-988413 |date=March 27, 2017|access-date=December 31, 2020 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}} He was in the show for four seasons until it ended in 2020.{{cite magazine |title=How 13 Reasons Why Ended After Four Seasons |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/06/13-reasons-why-season-4-spoilers |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=November 25, 2022 |date=June 5, 2020}} He also starred in the Netflix film The Open House, which premiered in January 2018.{{cite web |first=Justin |last=Kroll |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/netflix-the-open-house-starring-13-reasons-why-star-dylan-minnette-exclusive-1202609383/ |title=Netflix Acquires The Open House Starring 13 Reasons Why Actor Dylan Minnette (Exclusive) |work=Variety |date=November 7, 2017 |access-date=January 27, 2018}}{{cite journal |last1=Cerón |first1=Ella |title=Dylan Minnette Says His New Horror Movie Is a Perfect Netflix Pick for One Chilling Reason |journal=Teen Vogue |date=22 January 2018 |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dylan-minnette-interview-netflix-horror-movie-the-open-house |access-date=22 December 2024}}
In September 2020, Minnette was cast as Wes Hicks in the fifth Scream film, which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/love-victors-mason-gooding-dylan-minnette-scream-movie-1234574582/ |title=Mason Gooding And Dylan Minnette Join Ensemble Of New Scream Movie |last=Kroll |first=Justin |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=September 10, 2020}} The film was released on January 14, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3629595/scream-5-slashing-theaters-january-14-2022/ |title=Relaunch of Scream Slashing Into Theaters on January 14, 2022! |last=Miska |first=Brad |work=BloodyDisgusting |date=August 28, 2020 |access-date=September 10, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/paramount-and-spyglass-scream-1234648119/ |title=New Scream Movie From Spyglass Media Will Be Released by Paramount (Exclusives) |last=Kroll |first=Justin |work=Variety |date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=September 10, 2020}}
On August 3, 2021, it was announced that Minnette had been cast as Tyler Shultz, the grandson of George Shultz in the Hulu's limited series The Dropout.{{cite web |last1=Rosario |first1=Alexandra Del |title=The Dropout: Dylan Minnette, Bashir Salahuddin & Alan Ruck Among Nine Added To Hulu Limited Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/the-dropout-dylan-minnette-bashir-salahuddin-alan-ruck-nine-added-hulu-limited-series-1234808293/ |website=Deadline |access-date=August 9, 2024 |date=August 3, 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Sproull |first1=Patrick |title=Dylan Minnette says he felt 'awkward and embarrassed' singing to Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-dropout-dylan-minnette-singing-felt-awkward-embarrassed-2022-3?IR=T |website=Business Insider |date=March 24, 2022|access-date=August 9, 2024}}
In May 2024, during an interview with Zach Sang, Minnette revealed that he took a break from acting to focus more on music.{{cite magazine |last1=Walsh |first1=Savannah |title=Former Child Actor Dylan Minnette Quit Acting Because It Was 'Starting to Feel Like Just a Job' |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=May 28, 2024 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/former-child-actor-dylan-minnette-quit-acting-because-it-was-starting-to-feel-like-just-a-job |access-date=August 9, 2024}} He stated acting was "starting to feel like just a job"; however, he admitted that he had found inspiration for acting again, saying, "I do feel like I have something to give, and that's probably acting".{{cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Carly |title=13 Reasons Why Star Dylan Minnette Reveals Why He Quit Acting: 'Starting to Feel Like Just a Job' |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 27, 2024 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dylan-minnette-why-quit-acting-focus-wallows-1235909541/ |access-date=August 9, 2024}}
=Music=
Minnette is the singer, rhythm guitarist, and bassist in the band Wallows, with Cole Preston (drums) and Braeden Lemasters (singer, guitar).{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2019 |title=Meet Wallows, a young rock band worth your time in 2019 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-wallows-interview-20190322-story.html |access-date=August 5, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}} Before 2017, they were known as the Feaver and later the Narwhals. They performed at Summer Meltdown, a concert for autism awareness in 2010{{cite web|date=May 13, 2010|title=Seventh annual Summer Meltdown concert rocks Santa Clarita Valley|url=http://www.the-signal.com/archives/28589/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513093120/http://archive.signalscv.com/archives/28589/|archive-date=May 13, 2019|access-date=March 8, 2016|website=The-signal.com}} and won a battle of the bands contest the same year, sponsored by 98.7 FM.{{cite web |url=http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar10/ |title=Rockstar 2010: The Feaver |access-date=March 8, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109143140/http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar10/ |archive-date=November 9, 2013}} They played at Vans Warped Tour 2011[http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar10/ Rockstar 2010: The Feaver!] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109143140/http://www.987fm.com/pages/rockstar10/ |date=November 9, 2013}}. 987fm.com. Retrieved on July 5, 2011. and have since performed at many Los Angeles venues including the Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go.{{cite web |url=http://scvnews.com/2012/05/09/30772/ |title=SCVNews.com - SCV NewsBreak for Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 05-09-2012|date=May 10, 2012}} Their song "Bleeding Man" was used in the promo for season 2 of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour.
Throughout 2017, they released four singles on Apple Music and Spotify: "Pleaser", "Sun Tan", "Uncomfortable" and "Pulling Leaves Off Trees".{{Cite web|title=Wallows - Singles & EPs|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/wallows/1225257328/see-all?section=singles|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Apple Music}}{{Cite web|title=Albums, Singles and EPs|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NIPkIjTV8mB795yEIiPYL/discography|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Spotify}} In 2018, they released their debut EP Spring, including singles "Pictures of Girls" and "These Days".{{Cite web|date=April 6, 2018|title=Wallows Debut EP Spring Available Now On Atlantic Records|url=https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wallows-Spring-EP-Release-Day-4.6.18.docx|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Atlantic Records Press|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131132352/https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wallows-Spring-EP-Release-Day-4.6.18.docx|url-status=dead}} They performed "Pictures of Girls" on The Late Late Show with James Corden on May 8, 2018.{{Cite magazine|last=Cummings-Grady|first=Mackenzie|date=May 9, 2018|title=Wallows Shreds During Debut TV Performance On 'The Late Late Show': Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8455231/wallows-performs-pictures-of-girls-late-late-show-video|access-date=October 25, 2020|magazine=Billboard}} Their debut album, Nothing Happens, was released in March 2019.{{cite web |title=Wallows Debut Album Nothing Happens Available Now via Atlantic Records |url=http://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Wallows-Nothing-Happens-US-PR-322.docx |website=Atlantic Records Press |access-date=October 25, 2020 |date=March 22, 2019}} In 2020, they released their second EP Remote, including singles "Nobody Gets Me (Like You)" and "Virtual Aerobics".{{Cite web|date=September 9, 2020|title=Wallows Announce "Remote" EP Out October 23|url=https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wallows-Remote-EP-announce-PR-99-.docx|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Atlantic Records Press|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210603/https://press.atlanticrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Wallows-Remote-EP-announce-PR-99-.docx|url-status=dead}}
In March 2022, the band released their sophomore album Tell Me That It's Over.{{cite journal |last1=McNab |first1=Kaitlyn |title=Wallows Isn't Slowing Down Anytime Soon |journal=Teen Vogue |date=25 March 2022 |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wallows-talks-second-album-tell-me-that-its-over-touring-the-world-and-being-in-go-mode |access-date=18 December 2024}} Minnette performed with Wallows at Coachella 2022 which was headlined by Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and the Weeknd x Swedish House Mafia.{{cite journal |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |title=Rising Artists Who Rocked Coachella: Get to Know Holly Humberstone, Wallows and Jean Dawson |journal=Variety |date=April 25, 2022 |url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/coachella-wallows-jean-dawson-holly-humberstone-1235239760/ |access-date=July 20, 2024}} In 2024, they released their third studio album, Model.
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| Jeffrey | Episode: "The Demonator" |
| Two and a Half Men
| Young Charlie Harper | Episode: "I Always Wanted a Shaved Monkey" |
| 2005–2006
| Young Michael Scofield | Recurring role (seasons 1–2) |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Mad TV | Billy | Season 11, episode 18 |
| data-sort-value="Year Without a Santa Claus, The" | The Year Without a Santa Claus
| Iggy Thistlewhite | Television film |
| 2007
| Ryan (boy with no ears) | Episode: "Haunt You Every Day" |
| 2007–2010
| Clay Norman | Main role |
| rowspan="3"|2008
| Pierce Wilkins | Episode: "Stranglehold" |
| Rules of Engagement
| Nicky | Episode: "Buyer's Remorse" |
| data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist
| Frankie O'Keefe | Episode: "Red Hair and Silver Tape" |
| 2009
| Danny Carter | Episode: "Family Remains" |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Lost | David Shephard | 4 episodes |
| Medium
| Cameron | Episode: "The Match Game" |
| 2010–2011
| Reed | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2011
| Noah | Episode: "Rebound" |
| Against the Wall
| Ryan Spencer | Episode: "Obsessed and Unwanted" |
| data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | The Haunting Hour: The Series
| Corey | Episode: "Brush with Madness" |
| rowspan="3"|2012
| Awake | Main role |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Luca Gabardelli | Episode: "Learning Curve" |
| Major Crimes
| Avi Strauss | Episode: "The Ecstasy and the Agony" |
| rowspan="3"|2013
| Nikita | Stefan Tasarov | Episode: "Reunion" |
| Save Me
| Ben Tompkins | Episode: "The Book of Beth" |
| data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | The Haunting Hour: The Series
| Chad | Episode: "Funhouse" |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Episodes: "Seeds", "Making Friends and Influencing People" |
| Scandal
| Fitzgerald "Jerry" Jr. | Recurring role (seasons 3–4) |
| 2017–2020
| data-sort-value="Thirteen Reasons Why" | 13 Reasons Why | Main role |
| 2018, 2019
| data-sort-value="Late Late Show with James Corden, The" | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | Performing alongside his band Wallows |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The" | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Himself | Performing alongside his band Wallows |
| 2020
| Himself | Performing alongside his band Wallows |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Dropout, The" | The Dropout | Tyler Shultz | Miniseries |
Discography
{{See also|Wallows discography}}
Awards and nominations
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| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Work ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Refs|References}} |
|---|
| 2008
| Best Performance in a TV Series – Young Actor Age Ten or Younger | {{won}} |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| rowspan="2"|Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor | data-sort-value="Mentalist, The" | The Mentalist | {{nom}} | |
| Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor
| Saving Grace | {{nom}} | |
| rowspan="4"|2011
| rowspan="4"|Young Artist Awards | Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor | {{nom}} |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast
|Let Me In | {{nom}} |
| {{nowrap|Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 14–17}}
| Medium | {{won}} |
| Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor
| Lost | {{nom}} |
| 2013
| National Board of Review Awards | {{won}} | |
| 2015
| Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Ensemble Cast | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | {{nom}} | |
References
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