Tye Sheridan

Tye Sheridan
Sheridan at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting X-Men: Apocalypse
Born	Tye Kayle Sheridan (1996-11-11) November 11, 1996 (age 20) Elkhart, Texas
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011–present

Tye Kayle Sheridan (born November 11, 1996) is an American actor. Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's experimental drama film The Tree of Life (2011) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols's film Mud (2012). He also co-starred in David Gordon Green's drama Joe (2013). In 2015, he starred in the drama The Stanford Prison Experiment. Sheridan played Cyclops in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse, and will portray the lead character, Wade Watts, in Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, which is scheduled for a March 30, 2018 release.

Sheridan was born in Elkhart, Texas. His mother, Stephanie (Wright) Sheridan, owns a beauty salon, and his father, Bryan Sheridan, is an employee of UPS. He has a younger sister, Madison. He attended the Elkhart Independent School District until he began his film career and received tutoring on film sets. Sheridan has graduated from high school.

Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn, after an almost year-long casting search of more than 10,000 children from Texas and Oklahoma. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and went on to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.