​TYLER PARKS

     Tyler Parks is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and spent most of his childhood growing up between Atlanta and Chicago, Illinois. At a very young age, Tyler’s family quickly noticed that he had an affinity for dancing and playing “make-believe”. When he was 6 years old, his mother and father enrolled him in local dance classes, and it wasn’t long before he was gracing the ESPN Channel in National Competitions. In 2000, Tyler tried-out and made the AllStar Dance Team, which was set to perform later that year in Paris, France for Thanksgiving. That same year he auditioned for his first movie “The Legend of Bagger Vance”. Although he was not selected, he found this process of auditioning for a movie quite intriguing. So, soon after, Tyler was enrolled in local acting classes. It wasn’t long before he was discovered by Atlanta agent, Joy Pervis (Hot Shot Kids/ J Pervis Talent). Two weeks after signing with Joy, Tyler attended his first audition for a clothing store ad, and “booked it”. He began booking almost immediately in print and regional commercials. 

     Tyler made his first trip to Los Angeles when he was 16 years old. Shortly after returning to Atlanta, he was cast in his first movie role as Terry in Family Curse with Mykel Shannon Jenkins (The Bold & The Beautiful) and Tone Bell (Whitney). Tyler soon hit a TV series streak and was cast in Road Trip, an educational series; Acting Class, a mockumentary styled show about an acting academy; and then ultimately getting a chance to appear nationally as a guest star on Tyler Perry’s ' Meet The Browns'. 

     Tyler’s acting career began to weave in with this dance career as he was cast in several music videos: David Archuleta’s “Crush” (American Idol), Young Jeezy’s “Crazy World” and Tiffany Scott’s “It’s Not Me”. The young entertainer realized that both skill sets could be used and another could be added… choreography. 

Not only by teaching regular classes at two of the most popular studios in Atlanta, he made his way on to the choreography scene by choreographing Kat Graham’s “Cold Hearted Snake” video. He went on to choreographing live performances for The Vampire Diaries star, including a VMA Awards performance.

     In December of 2010 Tyler graduated Georgia State University with a degree in Journalism and Spanish. Upon graduation, Tyler relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his career.

     After relocating to Los Angeles, Tyler has appeared in television for the hit series’ Glee and Shake It Up. He has also landed national commercials for Nissan, Old Navy, and Range Rover; and most recently can be seen performing with Mary J Blige at the Halo Awards and Kelly Clarkson at the 2012 American Music Awards. 

     This year you can catch Tyler Parks as Newsome in Helen Hunt's new film " RIDE ", as Emmett Till in the award winning film " The Perfect Sacrifice ", as Billy in the AFI Scifi " Kepler X-47 ", as Cameron in the LGBT hit " Swadhisthana ", and as Josh in " The Other Side" out now on DVD!

 

 

      To learn more visit his IMDb Page: www.imdb.me/TylerParks