Ty Olsson
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ty Olsson
| image = Ty Olsson.jpg
| caption = Olsson in 2013
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| alma_mater = Studio 58
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1998–present
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Leanna Nash|2005|2012|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Katherine Lohmeyer|2019|2021|end=div}}
}}
| children = 2
}}
Tyler Victor Olsson is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Ord in the PBS Kids animated children's series Dragon Tales (1999–2005), real-life 9/11 hero Mark Bingham in the A&E television film Flight 93 (2006), and Benny Lafitte in Supernatural (2013–2019).
Early life
Olsson was born on January 28, 1974 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web|title=Ty Olsson interview {{!}} LSO Capt. Aaron Kelly {{!}} Battlestar Galactica|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/ty-olsson-galactica.tv-interview.html|website=galactica.tv|access-date=14 May 2017|archive-date=22 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322012817/http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003-interviews/ty-olsson-galactica.tv-interview.html|url-status=dead}} He was raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He attended Canterbury High School, an arts school in Ottawa where he specialized in drama, dance, and music. He continued to study acting at Studio 58.
Career
Olsson has primarily appeared in supporting or character roles in a number of films and television shows. As a voice actor, he is best known as the voice of Herry in the hit Canadian television series Class of the Titans and Ian's older brother Kyle in the YTV animated series Being Ian. He has also been featured in Battlestar Galactica, in Christmas Caper alongside Shannen Doherty in 2007, and as Rollie Crane in Defying Gravity.{{cite web|title=Defying Gravity's Ty Olsson – Daydream Believer|url=https://scifiandtvtalk.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/defying-gravitys-ty-olsson-daydream-believer/|website=SciFiAndTvTalk's Blog|access-date=14 May 2017|date=16 August 2009}} Olsson starred as 9/11 victim Mark Bingham in the A&E television film Flight 93.{{cite web|title=CNN.com - Transcripts|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/18/lkl.01.html|website=transcripts.cnn.com|access-date=14 May 2017|language=en}} Ty originated the role of Deputy Andy on Eureka, but was replaced by Kavan Smith after two appearances. One of Olsson's most notable roles is Benny, a vampire, on Season 8 of Supernatural.{{cite web|last=Gonzalez |first=Sandra |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2012/10/31/supernatural-ty-olsson |title='Supernatural' preview: Ty Olsson says Benny is 'lost between worlds' |publisher=EW.com |date=2012-10-31 |access-date=2015-06-13}}{{cite web|url=http://thedailyquirk.com/2013/02/04/an-interview-with-supernaturals-ty-olsson/ |title=An Interview with Supernatural's Ty Olsson |publisher=Thedailyquirk.com |access-date=2015-06-13}}{{cite web|last=Macklem |first=Lisa |url=http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/01/interview-with-ty-olsson-borealis-and.html |title=Interview with Ty Olsson: Borealis and Supernatural | Spoilers |publisher=Spoilertv.com |date=2013-01-09 |access-date=2015-06-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/supernatural-ty-olsson-interview-blood-brother_n_2048052.html |title='Supernatural's' Ty Olsson On Benny's Evolution, Friction With Sam And Castiel And More |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date=2012-10-31 |access-date=2015-06-13}}
Personal life
Olsson was married to Leanna Nash from 2005 until their divorce in 2012. They have two children, a son, Dagan and a daughter, MacKenzie. On September 7, 2019, Olsson married Katherine Lohmeyer, a NICU nurse in Las Vegas, Nevada.{{Cite web |title=DocDetails |url=https://clerk.clarkcountynv.gov/AcclaimWeb/Document/DocDetails?TransactionItemId=12491273 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=clarkcountycourts.us/Portal/}} Ty Olsson and Katherine Lohmeyer filed a joint petition for divorce on September 8, 2021.{{Cite web |last=Case D-21-634063-Z |date=2021 |title=Eighth Judicial District Court Portal |url=https://www.clarkcountycourts.us/Portal/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=clarkcountycourts.us}}
Olsson is currently in a relationship with fellow Supernatural actor DJ Qualls, and the two have plans to get married.{{Citation |title=A Love Letter to Supernatural {{!}} Episode 10 |date=2024-05-15 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/6x9K6V1WiUh8bYLEogqCtN |access-date=2024-06-28 |language=en}} - Time Starts at 16:36
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| State Trooper | |
| 2000
| How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Cop #6 - Detective | Released in 2002 |
| 2001
| Jock | |
| rowspan="4"|2002
| Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack | Astonaige Medoz | Voice, English dub |
| Ignition
| Conor's Partner | |
| Lone Hero
| Sticky | |
| Stark Raving Mad
| Nate the Goon | |
| rowspan="5"|2003
| Army Truck Driver | |
| Willard
| Officer Salmon | |
| Agent Cody Banks
| Security Guard | |
| X2
| Mitchell Laurio | |
| G.I. Joe: Spy Troops
| rowspan="3"|Storm Shadow | rowspan="3"|Voice |
| rowspan="2"|2004 |
| G.I. Joe: Ninja Battles |
| rowspan="3"|2004
| Miracle | State Trooper | |
| Walking Tall
| Deputy | |
| data-sort-value="Chronicles of Riddick, The" | The Chronicles of Riddick
| Merc | |
| rowspan="6"|2005
| Elektra | Second Paramedic | |
| Missing in America
| Soldier | |
| Ark
| Lorris |Voice |
| Chaos
| Damon Richards | |
| data-sort-value="Score, The" | The Score
| Owen | |
| Just Friends
| Tim | |
| rowspan="3"|2006
| RV | Diablo Pass Officer | |
| Firewall
| Airport Traffic Cop | |
| Deck the Halls
| Trucker | |
| rowspan="3"|2007
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Nathan | |
| Married Life
| Policeman | |
| Christmas Caper
| Sheriff Hank Harrison | |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Evil Ferryman | |
| data-sort-value="Day the Earth Stood Still, The" | The Day the Earth Stood Still
| Flash Chamber Colonel | |
| 2009
| 2012 | Air Force One Officer | |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Chief John Hamil | |
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, The" | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
| rowspan="2"| Phil | |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, The" | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 | Uncredited |
| 2013
| Borealis | Vic | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Godzilla | Jainway | |
| Cut Bank
| Harvey | |
| Deeper
| The Hunter | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Just the Way You Are | Ian Wreitz | Hallmark movie |
| 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown
| Harris | Direct-to-video |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| data-sort-value="Shack, The" | The Shack | 1950s Mack's Grandpa | |
| War for the Planet of the Apes
| Red | Voice, also motion-capture |
| S.W.A.T.: Under Siege
| Ward | Direct-to-video |
| 2018
| Gumshoes | Buddy Griss | |
| 2023
| Mitch Collins | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|1998
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files | Young Orderly | Episode: "Kitsunegari" |
| data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel
| Bo Crockett | Episode: "Crossroads" |
| Cupid
| Jerk | Episode: "Pilot" |
| rowspan="4"|1999
| data-sort-value="Crow: Stairway to Heaven, The" | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Funboy / George Jamieson | 5 episodes |
| data-sort-value="Sheldon Kennedy Show, The" | The Sheldon Kennedy Show
| Mark | Television film |
| As Time Runs Out
| Luke | Television film |
| Cold Squad
| Eric Peter Winslow | Episode: "Deadly Games: Part 2" |
| 1999, 2003
| data-sort-value="Wonderful World of Disney, The" | The Wonderful World of Disney | Frank Pierce, Demons Fan #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1999, 2005
| Jaffa #1 / Colonel Barnes | 2 episodes |
| 1999–2005
| Ord | Voice, 94 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2000
| Additional voices | English dub; episode: "Five Gundams Confirmed" |
| data-sort-value="Storm in Summer, A" | A Storm in Summer
| Biker | Television film |
| Up, Up and Away
| Barker | Television film |
| Harsh Realm
| Republican Guard | Episode: "Three Percenters" |
| 2000–2001
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits | Mike, Franklin | Episodes: "Free Spirit", "Manifest Destiny" |
| 2000–2002
| Mario the Bodyguard | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Frank Yarley | Television film |
| Night Visions
| Bartender, Paramedic #2 | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2002
| Eugene | 2 episodes |
| Jeremiah
| Rourke | Episode: "Out of the Ashes" |
| Critical Assembly
| Jeff | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2003
| {{N/A}} | Episode: "Buried Past" |
| Battlestar Galactica
| Lt. Aaron Kelly | Miniseries |
| Tarzan
| Animal Control Officer | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2004
| Downshift | Voice, English dub |
| data-sort-value="Ranch, The" | The Ranch
| Other David | Television film |
| Kingdom Hospital
| Danny | 10 episodes |
| Dead Like Me
| Buddy Briggs | Episode: "Death Defying" |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| Drooly | Voice, episode: "The New Recruit" |
| Being Ian
| Kyle / Evan / Grey / Man / Scooter Rider 2 / | Voice |
| Class of the Titans
| Herry / Henry / Minotaur | Voice |
| 2005–2009
| LSO Capt. Aaron Kelly | 8 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Eli | 1 episodes |
| Flight 93
| Television film |
| 2006–2008
| Sam the Plow Guy | 16 episodes |
| 2007
| Fallen | Hawkins | Episode: "Part 2: The Journey" |
| 2007–2008
| Vultan | 3 episodes |
| 2008
| Brock Myrol | Television film |
| rowspan="3"|2009
| Rollie Crane | 12 episodes |
| Smallville
| Cop / Sniper | Episode: "Bulletproof" |
| Psych
| Manetti | Episode: "Earth, Wind and... Wait for it" |
| 2009–2010
| Eureka | Andy | 2 episodes |
| 2009–2012
| Iron Man: Armored Adventures | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2010
| V | 5th Column captured V-sympathizer | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2011
| Ice Road Terror | Jack Simmons | Television film |
| data-sort-value="Killing Game, The" | The Killing Game
| Joe Quinn | Television film |
| Heartland
| Bruce Tatum | Episode: "Beyond Hell's Half Mile" |
| rowspan="2"|2011–2012
| Hunk | Voice, 25 episodes |
| True Justice
| Castillo, Axel | 7 episodes |
| rowspan="5"|2012
| Lt. Griggs | 2 episodes |
| Once Upon a Time
| Hordor | Episode: "Desperate Souls" |
| Falling Skies
| Sgt. Clemons | 2 episodes |
| Flashpoint
| James Mitchell | Episode: "Broken Peace" |
| Arrow
| Martin Somers | Episode: "Honor Thy Father" |
| 2013
| Played | Russell Hagler | Episode: "Cops" |
| 2013–2014
| Troll | Voice, 26 episodes |
| 2013–2019
| Benny Lafitte | 10 episodes |
| 2014
| data-sort-value="Tomorrow People, The" | The Tomorrow People | Errol | Episode: "The Citadel" |
| rowspan="2"|2014–2015
| Unreal | Kirk | 4 episodes |
| Continuum
| Marcellus | 4 episodes |
| 2014–2016
| Stan Grissle | Voice, 40 episodes |
| 2014–2017
| data-sort-value="100, The" | The 100 | Nyko | 10 episodes |
| rowspan="4"|2015
| Bo | Episode: "The Dark Riders" |
| iZombie
| Detective Pratt | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Just the Way You Are
| Ian | Television film |
| data-sort-value="Legend of Davy Crockett, The" | The Legend of Davy Crockett
| Davy Crockett | Television film |
| 2015–2016
| Motive | Tim Kelly | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Dorian | Episodes: "Weaponized Soul", "Horizons" |
| Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler Mystery
| Sheriff Jim Grant | Television film |
| 2017
| Glenn, Ben | 6 episodes |
| 2018
| NCIS | Burke | Episode: "Death From Above" |
| 2018–2019
| data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" | The Man in the High Castle | Major Tod Metzger | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Sheriff Donnelly | Episode: "The Scoutmaster" |
| Black Summer
| Patrick | Episode: "Human Flow" |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| {{N/A}} | 8 episodes |
| Big Sky
| George | Episode: "Unfinished Business" |
| 2020–2021
| Sheriff Hoyt Clayborn | 5 episodes |
| 2022
| Bomb | Main role |
| 2024
| Colonel Nathan Dudley | 3 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Dragon Tales: Dragon Seek | Ord | |
| 2003
| Pilot #3 | |
| 2016
| Credited as Victor Nosslo |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|648153|Ty Olsson}}
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Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian male video game actors
Category:Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category:Male motion capture actors
Category:Canadian LGBTQ male actors