Early life

Lutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, the son of Karla (née Theesfeld) and Bradley Lutz. He has one sister, Brittany and six brothers; Brandon, Tanner, David, Daniel, Brad and Chris. Lutz grew up in the Midwest and Arizona, and graduated from Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, before deciding to pursue an acting career. He attended Chapman University to pursue a degree in chemical engineering.

Career

Lutz has had recurring roles on Model Citizens (2004) and The Comeback (2005), and smaller roles in episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, CSI: NY, Summerland, Six Feet Under, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Heroes. He was also in the films Stick It (2006), Accepted (2006), and Prom Night (2008). Additionally, Lutz has performed on the California stage and was the host of Bravo's Blow Out. He also appeared in the 2006 commercial for Hilary Duff's fragrance With Love... Hilary Duff, and in the 2007 music video for her single, "With Love". In 2008, he appeared in another music video, Hinder's "Without You". In the same year, Lutz also appeared in the miniseries Generation Kill, based on the book by Evan Wright and had a starring role in the film Deep Winter.

Lutz's big break came when he played Emmett Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight (2008) saga by Stephenie Meyer and reprised his role for the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). He also appeared as George Evans in the 90210 spinoff (2009) on The CW. Lutz also appeared the 2010 remake A Nightmare on Elm Street as Dean, "a well-liked, well-off high school jock", in April 2010. He reprised his role as Emmet Cullen in the third installment of the Twilight saga, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). He appeared as the feisty Poseidon, God of the Sea in Immortals (2011). Lutz reunited with his Twilight co-star and close friend, Ashley Greene, in the film A Warrior's Heart (2011). He was considered for the lead role in Conan the Barbarian (2011), but eventually lost out to Jason Momoa. He also reunited with his Immortals co-star Mickey Rourke in the action film Java Heat (2013), which was in Indonesia. In 2012, Lutz was one of the candidates for the lead role in the film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, a role that ultimately went to Jeremy Renner. Lutz starred in the epic The Legend of Hercules (2014), but the film was a critical and commercial failure.

Lutz is signed with Ford Models. He is one of the models featured in the 2010 Calvin Klein X underwear campaign.

In 2012, Lutz made a special guest appearance on the TV Show 30 Rock, as himself, where he pretended to be related to the character J.D. Lutz, who is played by actor John Lutz.

In 2015, it was announced that Lutz will star in the thriller film Money with Jamie Bamber, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.

Charity work

Lutz' primary charity is Saving Innocence (www.savinginnocence.org) which works to rescue and rehabilitate child victims of sex trafficking in the United States. Lutz was GQ Magazine's Gentleman of the year for his work with this organization in 2014, and has been the organizations public ambassador since 2011. Lutz dedicates his birthday each year to financially benefit Saving Innocence, and runs campaigns for them on a regular basis. Lutz' latest campaign is a celebrity fitness challenge to benefit Saving Innocence.

Lutz supports the animal charity PETA and stars in a video supporting the adoption of animals instead of buying them. He is also a supporter of West African primate conservation charity Ape Action Africa, and used the Dublin premiere of the film Tarzan to raise funds for the charity's work to save endangered gorillas and chimpanzees.

He is also a supporter of rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, in particular with the St. Bernard Project.

Lutz endorsed the documentary film The Paw Project, which focuses on the declawing of exotic and domesticated cats in America.

Personal life

Lutz enjoys numerous outdoors and fitness activities. He also has a passion for horror films, and prefers to perform his own stunts when making films. Although Lutz enjoys watching horror movies, he prefers to star in action films. He is a devout Christian.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Stick It	Frank
2006	Accepted	Dwayne
2007	Ghosts of Goldfield	Chad	Direct-to-video
2008	Prom Night	Rick Leland
2008	Deep Winter	Mark Rider
2008	Twilight	Emmett Cullen
2009	After Dusk They Come	Jake	Direct-to-video
2009	Twilight Saga: New Moon, TheThe Twilight Saga: New Moon	Emmett Cullen
2010	Meskada	Eddie Arlinger
2010	Nightmare on Elm Street, AA Nightmare on Elm Street	Dean Russell
2010	Twilight Saga: Eclipse, TheThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Emmett Cullen
2011	Warrior's Heart, AA Warrior's Heart	Conor Sullivan
2011	Love, Wedding, Marriage	Charlie
2011	Arena	David Lord
2011	Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, TheThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Emmett Cullen
2011	Immortals	Poseidon
2012	Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, TheThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Emmett Cullen
2013	Java Heat	Jake Travers
2013	Syrup	Sneaky Pete
2013	Tarzan	Tarzan
2014	The Legend of Hercules	Hercules	Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Actor: Action
2014	The Expendables 3	John Smilee
2015	Experimenter	William Shatner
2015	Extraction	Harry Turner
2016	Money	Mark

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Model Citizens	Himself	Contestant
2004	Bold and the Beautiful, TheThe Bold and the Beautiful	Rob	Episode #1.4409
2005	CSI: NY	Alex Hopper	Episode: "Tri-Borough"
2005-14	Comeback, TheThe Comeback	Chris MacNess	14 episodes
2005	Six Feet Under	Critter	Episode: "Hold My Hand"
2005	Summerland	Fordie	2 episodes
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Chris Mullins	Episode: "Empty Eyes"
2007	Heroes	Andy	Episode: "Five Years Gone"
2008	Generation Kill	Cpl. Jason Lilley	Miniseries
2008-09	90210	George Evans	6 episodes
2012	Punk'd	Himself	Guest host
2012	30 Rock	Himself	Episode: "Unwindulax"
2015	Bullseye	Host

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Valley Peaks	Kyle McBride	2 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2007	"With Love"	Hilary Duff
2008	"Without You"	Hinder
2012	"Put Your Hands Up"	Matchbox 20

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie: Scene Stealer Male	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Won
2011		Choice Movie: Male Scene Stealer	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Won
2012		Choice Movie Scene Stealer: Male	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	Nominated
2013		Choice Movie Scene Stealer	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	Won
2014		Choice Movie Actor: Action	The Legend of Hercules	Nominated
	Young Hollywood Awards	Super Superhero		Won
		Hottest Body	N/A	Nominated
2015	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Actor	The Legend of Hercules	Nominated
		Worst Screen Combo		Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]