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Tye Sheridan

Biography

Tye Sheridan is an American actor who broke into features with Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life (2011) and took his first leading part in Jeff Nichols's Mud (2012), a role that brought him a Critics' Choice Award nomination. He became widely recognized for playing young Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops, in the X-Men series, including X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019), and for starring as Wade Watts in Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One (2018). Other films include Joe (2014), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival, The Card Counter (2021), The Tender Bar (2021), and The Order (2024). He also led the survival thriller series Wireless and voiced a role in Madden NFL 21, and he co-founded the production tools company Wonder Dynamics.

29years old

Turns 30 on November 11in 29 days

  • Born Elkhart
  • Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
  • Tye Kayle Sheridan (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
23
Career span
13 years2011 to 2024

Genres

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  1. Behind the camera

    With visual effects artist Nikola Todorovic, Sheridan co-founded the AI production tools company Wonder Dynamics. In May 2024, Autodesk acquired that company.

Tye Sheridan movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Ready Player One2018 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fias Parzival / Wade

    IMDb rating 7.4551K votes

  2. Mud2012 Dramaas Ellis

    IMDb rating 7.3202K votes

  3. Dark Phoenix2019as Scott Summers / Cyclops

    IMDb rating 5.7234K votes

  4. Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse2015as Ben Goudy

    IMDb rating 6.362K votes

  5. The Tree of Life2011as Steve

    IMDb rating 6.8193K votes

  6. Joe2014as Gary

    IMDb rating 6.854K votes

  7. X-Men: Apocalypse2016as Scott Summers / Cyclops

    IMDb rating 6.8500K votes

  8. The Order2024as Jamie Bowen

    IMDb rating 6.865K votes

Most often with

Rick Alverson directed two of these films. Nicholas Hoult 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.

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Films together

  • Nicholas Hoult4 films together, 2015 to 2024
    Nicholas Hoult's page
    • The Order2024IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as Jamie BowenHoult as Robert Jay Mathews
    • Dark Phoenix2019IMDb rating 5.7Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsHoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
    • X-Men: Apocalypse2016IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsHoult as Hank McCoy / Beast
    • Dark Places2015IMDb rating 6.2Sheridan as Young Ben DayHoult as Lyle Wirth
  • Sean Penn2 films together, 2011 to 2024
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    • Asphalt City2024IMDb rating 6.1Sheridan as Ollie CrossPenn as Gene Rutkovsky
    • The Tree of Life2011IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as StevePenn as Jack
  • Oscar Isaac2 films together, 2016 to 2021
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    • The Card Counter2021IMDb rating 6.2Sheridan as CirkIsaac as William Tell
    • X-Men: Apocalypse2016IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsIsaac as En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse
  • Jessica Chastain2 films together, 2011 to 2019
    Jessica Chastain's page
    • Dark Phoenix2019IMDb rating 5.7Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsChastain as Vuk
    • The Tree of Life2011IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as SteveChastain as Mrs. O'Brien
  • Michael Fassbender2 films together, 2016 to 2019
    Michael Fassbender's page
    • Dark Phoenix2019IMDb rating 5.7Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsFassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
    • X-Men: Apocalypse2016IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsFassbender as Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
  • James McAvoy2 films together, 2016 to 2019
    James McAvoy's page
    • Dark Phoenix2019IMDb rating 5.7Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsMcAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
    • X-Men: Apocalypse2016IMDb rating 6.8Sheridan as Scott Summers / CyclopsMcAvoy as Professor Charles Xavier
  • Rick AlversonDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2019
    All films by Rick Alverson
  • Also two films together8 more actors

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Tye Sheridan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.5 billion

17 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 23 films: 17 worldwide figure; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 5Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Ready Player One2018as Parzival / Wade
    $607M39.8% of the total
  2. 2
    X-Men: Apocalypse2016as Scott Summers / Cyclops
    $544M35.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Dark Phoenix2019as Scott Summers / Cyclops
    $252M16.5% of the total
  4. 4
    The Tree of Life2011as Steve
    $55M3.6% of the total
  5. 5
    Mud2012as Ellis
    $33M2.1% of the total
  6. 6
    $15M1.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Dark Places2015as Young Ben Day
    $5.1M0.3% of the total
  8. 8
    The Card Counter2021as Cirk
    $5.0M0.3% of the total
Voyagers (2021), $4.3 millionJoe (2014), $2.4 millionThe Order (2024), $2.0 millionThe Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), $643,557Asphalt City (2024), $488,002The Night Clerk (2020), $302,127The Mountain (2019), $61,035Entertainment (2015), $55,506Detour (2017), $1,788

$10.3 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Tye Sheridan's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
Marcello Mastroianni AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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