Born: October 12, 1986
Age: 38
Birthplace: Burbank, California, U.S.
Tyler Jordon Blackburn (born October 12, 1986) is an American actor, singer and model. He is known for his roles as Jesse Pratt in Peach Plum Pear and as Caleb Rivers on the hit ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off, Ravenswood.
Blackburn was born in Burbank, California. He has three brothers and a sister. He is of English, Welsh, Czech, Swedish and Cherokee descent.
Blackburn began performing in 2002 and appeared on the series Unfabulous on Nickelodeon. In the following year he was a teacher in the short film The Doers of Coming Deeds. In 2005, he made a cameo in the film Next of Kin. In 2007, Blackburn appeared in Cold Case and Rock ville CA, a webseries launched by Josh Schwartz. In 2010, he appeared on Days of Our Lives, Gigantic, and was also in the independent film Peach Plum Pear.
In October 2010, Blackburn was cast in a recurring role as Caleb Rivers in the TV series Pretty Little Liars. He was upgraded to series regular for the third season starting in the summer of 2012. In March 2011, he joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot Brave New World, which was not picked up to series.
Blackburn also starred as Pete in the six-episode webseries Wendy, a project developed by Alloy Entertainment and Macy's that premiered on September 15, 2011.
In 2012, he starred in drama Hiding alongside Ana VillafaƱe, Jeremy Sumpter, Dean Armstrong and Dan Payne.
In May 2013, it was announced that Blackburn was joining the cast of Pretty Little Liars's spin-off Ravenswood.
For his role in Alloy Entertainment webseries Wendy, Blackburn recorded a song that was released on August 15, 2011.
He recorded another song for the ABC Family television show, Secret Life of the American Teenager.
He recorded Find A Way in 2012 and the song played while he was starring as Caleb Rivers in Pretty Little Liars
Film | |||
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Year | Film | Role | Notes |
2006 | The Doers of Coming Deeds | Solly Katz | Short |
2005 | Next of Kin | French student | |
2010 | Peach Plum Pear | Jesse Pratt | |
2012 | Hiding | Jesse | Main role |
2016 | Love Is All You Need? | Ryan Morris | Upcoming film |
2016 | Hello Again | Jack | Filming |
Television | |||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
2006 | Unfabulous | Nathan | 2 episodes |
2009 | Cold Case | Foster / Jeff Feldman | 1 episode |
Rockville, CA | Spencer | 1 episode | |
2010 | Days of Our Lives | Ian | 17 episodes |
Gigantic | Echo | 1 episode | |
2011 | Wendy | Pete | Web series |
2011-present | Pretty Little Liars | Caleb Rivers | Recurring role (Seasons 1-2); Main role (Seasons 3-present) |
2013-14 | Ravenswood | Caleb Rivers | Lead role; 10 episodes |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2014 | Teen Choice Awards | "Choice Summer TV Star: Male" | Pretty Little Liars | Won |
2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Won |