Dylan Minnette is an incredibly talented actor. He has a long resume of appearances even though he only turned 23 this year. Dylan’s main claim to fame is his role as Clay on the Netflix series, 13 reasons why.
His role in the series will propel him to stardom. He has a natural talent for movies and his off-screen charisma endears him to fans. Dylan has many years ahead of him and we are prepared to see him on our screens for a long time.
Dylan is so much more than what we can see on the screen. Read on as we tell you some of the untold truths about him.
Contents
- 1 he is a talented actor
- 2 He is very similar to his character in ‘13 reasons why‘
- 3 He is a talented vocalist and guitarist.
- 4 He went to school next to a tattoo parlor.
- 5 He was in a long-term relationship with Kerris Dorsey.
- 6 He is currently dating musician Lydia Night.
- 7 His celebrity looks like Logan Lerman.
he is a talented actor
Dylan was born on December 29, 1996 in Evansville, Indiana. He is the only child of Robyn and Craig Minnette. Dylan moved to Champaign, Illinois for five years before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.
He started acting at a very young age and his first role was in the Disney movie. Drake and Josh. In 2005, he played the role of a young Michael Scofield in the hit series Prison Break. He then went on to play the role of Clay Norman in the crime drama series. saving gracewhich ran from 2007 to 2010.
Dylan also made appearances on other television shows, including Grey’s Anatomy, ghost whisperer, The mentalist, Supernaturaland rules of engagement. He said entertainment weekly that he’s surprised people still recognize him from his days as an actor on Grey’s Anatomy;
“I was like two feet tall, and people still recognize my face from 20 seasons ago on Grey’s Anatomy. She is crazy. I haven’t seen him in a long time, so when people come up to me, I’m like, ‘How do you remember this? I don’t even remember this!’”
People recognized Dylan’s talent from a very young age, and in 2011 he made appearances on the television shows, Lie to Me, Against the walland The Haunting Hour: The Series. It was only a matter of time until she landed a leading role. In 2012, he landed the lead role of Rex Britten in the fantasy drama. Awake.
After that, he continued to make appearances in movies and TV shows like Goosebumps, Scandal, Do not breathe, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Nikitaand many more.
These appearances led to his biggest starring role yet. In 2017, he played the role of Clay Jensen in the Netflix drama series, 13 reasons why.
He is very similar to his character in ‘13 reasons why‘
Dylan plays the role of Clay Jensen on the hit show. Clay details the story of Hannah Baker through a series of tapes he left behind after committing suicide. Each tape relates to a specific individual, who directly contributed to Hannah’s decision to commit suicide.
13 reasons why it’s adapted from a book, and Dylan started reading it when he got the role of Clay Jensen. However, he had to stop reading it because he got confused about his character in the book and the script for the series.
Over time, Dylan began to connect on a much deeper level with his character. He said People;
“So my life wasn’t running from character, you can’t really run from it. At the same time, I started to see so much of myself in Clay, and to see so much of Clay in me that sometimes he was on set and it affected me a lot more.”
The cast of 13 Reasons Why really connected with their characters. It was a great emotional journey for all the characters, as Dylan explained to People;
“In the first few table reads, everyone was laughing a little, others were a little nervous and did their thing. In the end, everyone was crying. They were so close at that moment. It was really amazing to watch.”
Dylan’s co-star Katherine Langford (Hannah Baker) also noted that Dylan shared many similarities with Clay’s character. She said mtv uk;
“He’s fantastic. Dylan Minnette is very generous and kind and courteous, and he’s kind of like Clay.”
His long-time ex-girlfriend Kerris Dorsey also tweeted about Dylan’s resemblance to Clay;
“When I met @dylan_minnette, he reminded me of the clay from the book 13 Reasons Why. And now it IS clay from the NETFLIX SHOW 13 Reasons Why. That? Go watch this beautiful, important, and heartbreaking show RIGHT NOW. Prepare yourself and your heart.”
He is a talented vocalist and guitarist.
Dylan Minnette (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images)
In fact, Dylan was discovered as a singer rather than an actor. When he was six years old, he attended a talent search that was going on in his hometown in Indiana. He asked the talent search agents if he could sing them a song. Dylan sang bye bye bye by NSYNC and an agent signed it.
He is currently a famous actor, but he has not forgotten his roots as a singer. he is in a band called wallows alongside Danny Ferenbach (trumpet), Cole Preston (drums) and Braeden Lemasters (singer, guitar). Prior to 2017, the band was known as fever and then, the narwhals.
In 2010, the band performed at an autism awareness concert known as summer crisis. They also won a battle of the bands contest organized and sponsored by 98.7 FM. Subsequently, they performed under their different names in shows and tours like the one in 2011 deformed tour.
The band gained great recognition when they released their first single as the wallows. The song, Pleaser, peaked at number two on the Spotify Global Viral 50 chart. In 2017, they released their second single, tannedand began performing at live shows in Los Angeles.
In early 2018, Wallows went on his first headlining tour of North America. During that time, the band announced that they signed with Atlantic records. wallows then he released his first EP, Springon April 6, 2018. On March 22, 2019, they released their debut album, No problem.
He went to school next to a tattoo parlor.
Dylan attended a charter school program that consisted of working at home and taking tests with teachers at the end of the week. The test location was in a shopping mall.
The school was located next to a tattoo parlor. Dylan told Jimmy Kimmel that he could hear music and people yelling from the tattoo parlor when he was in class. Occasionally teachers had to convince classroom management to keep the noise down.
It wasn’t the best place to get an education, but it worked for Dylan. At the moment, he has no intention of entering the university. He claims that he received enough education from the charter school.
He was in a long-term relationship with Kerris Dorsey.
Dylan and Kerris met on the set of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The couple had a happy relationship and were always seen together at events.
However, the couple broke up sometime in 2018. The couple did not give any reason for the breakup.
He is currently dating musician Lydia Night.
Dylan seemed to move on quickly after his breakup with Kerris Dorsey. In October 2018, E! reported that he was in a relationship with Lydia Night.
Speculation about a relationship between the pair increased when Dylan posted an Instagram photo wishing Lydia a happy birthday. A source also said MY! that the couple was seen feeling comfortable with each other;
“Dylan and Lydia were seen getting cozy at Knott’s Scary Farm on October 6. The two held hands and at one point Dylan was rubbing her back. They exchanged a couple of kisses outside one of the mazes.
The couple put an end to the rumors by confirming their relationship on social media. Dylan’s Instagram page is full of photos of the happy couple. On August 6, 2019, Dylan posted a cute Instagram photo of the couple with the caption “LOML.”
Lydia responded to the photo with a comment; “I love you so much it’s a mess.”
His celebrity looks like Logan Lerman.
Dylan looks a lot alike percy jackson star Logan Lerman. He said new that the comparisons are more frequent now that he is a famous actor;
“Everyone says, ‘Oh my gosh, can I ask you something? You were in Percy Jackson, right? I’m like, ‘No, different guy.’”
Some fans refuse to believe that he is not Logan Lerman. He revealed to new;
“One time this guy at this music festival wouldn’t let me know that I was Percy Jackson. He told me, ‘Stop lying to me brother, I know you’re Percy Jackson.’ I was like, ‘I swear to God, I’m not Percy Jackson.
Dylan chose to see the funny side and on April Fool’s Day 2017, tweeted;
“Very good, April Fool’s Day; I AM Logan Lerman.”
Dylan also doesn’t mind being mistaken for Logan. He said new that he no longer denies it when someone mistakes him for Logan;
“I’m in om the joke. From now on, when people recognize me, I’ll say, ‘That’s right, Percy Jackson was a great moment in my life.’
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