Tyson Wood (born September 17, 1995) is a Canadian actor. He has had several roles including his role as Tim Cherry in the biographical television drama Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story and in the role of Billy Campbell in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut.

Ty Wood
Born
Tyson Wood

(1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 (age 29)
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present

Biography

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Wood is from Winnipeg, Manitoba,[1] and currently resides in Vancouver. Wood made his film debut in 2002, having a role in the movie Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay playing the younger version of R.H. Thomson's character, Richard Rogers.[2]

In 2003, he had a role in the television movie On Thin Ice as Nate Kilmer. In 2005, Wood would be seen in the feature film, The Big White alongside Robin Williams,[3][4] the same year he was seen in the television series, The Collector in the episode "The Mother" as well as a television movie, Vinegar Hill.[5]

In 2007, he had a role in the television movie, Maneater as Roy Satterly.[6] Wood can be seen in the 2008 film The Lazarus Project. He currently attends school in Canada.[7][8]

In 2009, Wood had a role in the film The Haunting in Connecticut as Billy Campbell, winning Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film Supporting Young Actor for his performance.[9]

In 2012, Wood was cast as Matt Norman in the Hallmark Channel movie The Christmas Heart, which was released on the Hallmark Channel on December 2, 2012 and stars Teri Polo, Paul Essiembre and Cruise Brown.[10][11]

From 2014 to 2015, Wood took on a recurring role in the drama series When Calls the Heart, in which he played the supporting role as Wyatt Weaver, where he won a Joey Award for Young Ensemble Cast in a Dramatic Series.[12][13] In 2015, Wood took on a supporting role in the comedy family film Liar, Liar, Vampire which was directed by Vince Marcello, starring Rahart Adams, Brec Bassinger and Tiera Skovbye.[14]

In 2016, Wood appeared on the second and third seasons of the educational comedy series Project Mc2, in which he played the supporting role as Justin Clarke. On the same year, Wood appeared in the television film Unleashing Mr. Darcy as Joe Markham.[15][16]

In 2017, Wood worked in the TV films such as: From Straight A's to XXX as Gavin and Christmas Princess as Trent. Also the same year, Wood appeared in a guest role–as Treat Tucker in the crime mystery series Garage Sale Mystery in the episode "The Beach Murder".[17]

In 2018, Wood was cast to play the lead role in the teen drama sci-fi live-action/CGI-animated television series ReBoot: The Guardian Code alongside Sydney Scotia, Ajay Friese and Gabriel Darku, in which he played the lead role of Austin Carter, a.k.a. Vector, the leader of the team whose color is red and is the son of Adam Carter/Sourcerer.[18][19][20] From 2018 to 2020, Wood played the recurring role of Billy Marlin in the supernatural horror streaming television series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

In 2019, Wood was cast in the horror thriller film Spiral starring Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman and Ari Cohen, in which was premiered August 25, 2019 at Arrow Video Frightfest and was screened at other horror and LGBTQ film festivals through late 2019 and early 2020. It premiered on Shudder in September 2020.[21]

Wood appeared in a guest role–as Gregory Crain in the horror drama series The Order and also appeared as a guest role of Zach in the comedy-drama series BH90210.

In 2021, Wood will play Beau Andreas in four television films adapted from V. C. Andrews' Landry novels for Lifetime. Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, All That Glitters and Hidden Jewel will be broadcast across two consecutive weekends from 20 March 2021.[22][23][24]

In 2022, Wood played the recurring role as Teddy Harrington in the suspense thriller miniseries Devil in Ohio which was created by Daria Polatin based on Polatin's book of the same name for Netflix.

In 2023, Wood appeared in the musical romantic comedy-drama series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, which was series is a prequel to the film Grease (1978), based on the stage musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.[25]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Young Richard Rogers First film role
2003 On Thin Ice Nate Kilmer Television movie
2005 Vinegar Hill Bert Grier Television movie
The Big White Paperboy
2007 Maneater Roy Satterly
2008 The Lazarus Project Young Ben Garvey
2009 New in Town Hockey Player Uncredited
The Haunting in Connecticut Billy Campbell
Throwing Stones Dylan Campbell Television movie
2012 The Christmas Heart Matt Norman Television movie
2015 Liar, Liar, Vampire Bon Original movie
2016 Unleashing Mr. Darcy Joe Markham Television movie
2017 From Straight A's to XXX Gavin Television movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Treat Tucker Television movie
Christmas Princess Trent Television movie
2019 Spiral Tyler
2021 Ruby Beau Andreas
Pearl in the Mist
All That Glitters
Hidden Jewel

Television

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Year Television series Role Notes
2005 The Collector Jared Beaumont Episode: "The Mother"
2010 Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story Unknown Mini Series
2014–2015 When Calls the Heart Wyatt Weaver Recurring role (Seasons 1-2)
2015 Cedar Cove Teenage Boy Episode: "A Helping Hand"
2016 Supernatural Doug Episode "Don't You Forget About Me"
Second Chance Liam Episode: "Admissions"
Project Mc2 Justin Clarke Recurring role (seasons 2-3)
2018 IZombie Thor Episode: "Are You Ready for Some Zombies?"
2018 ReBoot: The Guardian Code Austin Carter Main role
2018–2020 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Billy Marlin Recurring role
2019 The Order Gregory Recurring role (season 1)
BH90210 Zach 6 episodes
2020 Riverdale Billy Marlin Episode: "Chapter Sixty-Seven: Varsity Blues"
2021 Kung Fu Justin Taylor Episode: "Choice"
2022 Devil in Ohio Teddy 5 episodes
2023 Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies Trip 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
2010 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor The Haunting in Connecticut Won
2011 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story Nominated
2014 Joey Award Young Ensemble Cast in a Dramatic Series When Calls the Heart Won
2021 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Television Movie V.C. Andrews' Landry Family Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Ty Wood". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. ^ "Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. ^ "The Big White (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. ^ "Big White To Be Featured At Yukon International Film Festival". Press release. Yukon official government website. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  5. ^ "Vinegar Hill (2008)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  6. ^ Felix, Justin. "Maneater". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  7. ^ "THE LAZARUS PROJECT". Sony Pictures Entertainment. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  8. ^ Luce, Patrick (2008-08-12). "Cheating Death is Just the Beginning When The Lazarus Project Comes to DVD". Monsters and Critics. Archived from the original on 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  9. ^ "Home".
  10. ^ "The Christmas Heart". Hallmark Drama. 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  11. ^ Bobbin, Jay. "Patricia Heaton produces Christmas film". NewsOK. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  12. ^ Reiher, Andrea (January 11, 2014). "'When Calls the Heart' premiere: Will you return to the frontier?". Zap2It. From Inside the Box (blog). Archived from the original on January 12, 2014. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  13. ^ "Hallmark Channel - The Movie Cast". Hallmarkchannel.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  14. ^ "If "Twilight" Were a Comedy, This Hilarious New Vampire Movie Would Be It". Seventeen. October 1, 2015. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  15. ^ "Unleashing Mr. Darcy". Hallmark Channel. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  16. ^ "Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016) – A Sassy Re-Imagining Of Pride And Prejudice". The Silver Petticoat Review. 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  17. ^ "Garage Sale Mysteries Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder". ytssss.jamsbase.com. 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  18. ^ "Unlimited Media's Mainframe Studios and Corus begin production on Reboot: The Guardian Code". tv-eh.com. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  19. ^ "Meet the new Guardians, Ty Wood, Sydney Scotia". rebootdelight.tumblr.co. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  20. ^ Reid, Michael D. (May 27, 2017). "Capital Reboots Animated Series". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  21. ^ Clark Collis, "The neighbors are scary as hell in clip from horror film Spiral". Entertainment Weekly, October 18, 2019.
  22. ^ "VC Andrews' Landry Family: 4-Movie Series". CCVideo.com. 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  23. ^ McKinney, Dani (2021-06-09). "Revisit The World Of V.C. Andrews With 4 Part Movie Series, 'V.C. Andrews' Landry Family'". pophorror.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  24. ^ Harmata, Claudia (2020-09-03). "Watch the Trailer for Lifetime's New Landry Family Movie Series Based on V.C. Andrews' Books". Yahoo Movies Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  25. ^ "Interview: Maxwell Whittington-Cooper on Playing Wally in 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies'". popternative.com. May 29, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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