Tyler Hoechlin

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Biography

American actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·producer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 11 September 1987
  • Place of birth
  • Corona· California

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Beat out more than 2,000 young actors for the role of "Michael Sullivan Jr." in Road to Perdition .

Was a U.S. baseball team member at the Pan-American games at age 9

Auditioned for the role of Max in Charlies Angels: Full Throttle , but lost to Shia LaBeouf.

Has 2 brothers (Tanner and Travis) and a sister (Carrie).

Owns a red Hummer H2

Received a college scholarship to play baseball at Arizona State University.

Hit into the last out ever at LSUs Alex Box Stadium during the 2008 NCAA Baseball Super-Regional as a member of the UCI Anteaters.

He was offered the role as Emmett Cullen in the "Twilight" saga, but turned it down to play college baseball.

His father is of one quarter Swiss-German and three quarters German descent. His mother has English, German, Norwegian, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Tylers patrilineal line can be traced back to his great-great-grandfather, Conrad C. Hoechlin, who was born, c. 1839, in Switzerland.

Son of Don and Lori Hoechlin.

Was considered by Zack Snyder and Warner Bros for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice but lost out to Ben Affleck. Hoechlin later was, however, cast as Clark Kent/Superman on "Supergirl" .

Portrays DC Comics icon Clary Kent/Superman in "Supergirl" . His real life prom date was Katie Cassidy who stars as DC icon Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary/Black Siren in Arrow and "The Flash" .

Was as old as Melissa Benoist (28 years old) when cast as Superman on "Supergirl" , though his incarnation of Superman is supposed to be twelve years older than his cousin, Kara Zor-El.

Is shorter and younger than co-star Mehcad Brooks , who portrays James Olsen on "Supergirl" . It is usually the opposite when the characters are depicted in other media.

At 6 0", is the shortest actor to play Superman in a major production (Henry Cavill , Brandon Routh , Tom Welling , Christopher Reeve , George Reeves , Kirk Alyn , are all 61" to 64").

Quotes

I love going to movies by myself.

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