Dylan O'Brien
Biography
Dylan O'Brien is an American actor who was born in New York City and grew up in New Jersey and California. He first made short comedy films for his YouTube channel and played drums in an independent rock band before landing the role of Stiles Stilinski in MTV's Teen Wolf, which ran from 2011 to 2017 and brought him a Young Hollywood Award and several Teen Choice Awards. He then played Thomas in the science fiction Maze Runner trilogy: The Maze Runner (2014), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). His other film work includes The Internship (2013), Deepwater Horizon (2016), American Assassin (2017), Bumblebee (2018), in which he voiced the title character, Love and Monsters (2020), The Outfit (2022), Not Okay (2022), Caddo Lake (2024), Saturday Night (2024), and Twinless (2025), which earned him a Special Jury Award for Acting at Sundance.
35years old
Turns 36 on August 26in 288 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 14 years2012 to 2026
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Big break
O'Brien's break came when he landed a main role in MTV's Teen Wolf, but he was originally intended to play Scott and asked to audition for Stiles instead, winning the part after four auditions.
A change of course
Before he became an actor, O'Brien made, directed and acted in short comedy films that he posted on his own YouTube channel, "moviekidd826". He also played drums for Slow Kids at Play, an independent rock band.
First role
O'Brien started posting original videos on YouTube at 14. In his senior year of high school, a local producer and director asked him to work on a web series, where he met an actor who put him in touch with a manager.
Beyond film
O'Brien received a drummer credit for the song "Snow on the Beach," which appeared on Swift's tenth studio album, Midnights, released in 2022.
Behind the award
O'Brien won a Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for Twinless, which also took the Audience Award in U.S. Dramatic.
Dylan O'Brien movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Wes Ball directed three of these films. Zoey Deutch appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Zoey Deutch's page
Patricia Clarkson's page
Kaya Scodelario's page
Dexter Darden's page
Thomas Brodie-Sangster's page
Ki Hong Lee's page
Wes BallDirector, 3 films, 2014 to 2018
All films by Wes Ball
Box office
What Dylan O'Brien's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.8 billion
15 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 15 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 15Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$468M25.8% of the total
- 2$348M19.2% of the total
- 3$312M17.2% of the total
- 4$288M15.9% of the total
- 5$122M6.7% of the total
- 6$94M5.2% of the total
- 7$94M5.2% of the total
- 8$67M3.7% of the total
$17.4 millionfrom the other 7 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2014 to 2017.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Teen Wolf | Won |
| 2016 | Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Star: Male | Teen Wolf | Won |
| 2015 | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight | The Maze Runner | Won |
| 2015 | MTV Movie Award for Best Hero | The Maze Runner | Won |
| 2014 | Teen Choice Award for Choice TV - Villain | Teen Wolf | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.