Tyler Garcia Posey is an American actor and musician who portrayed MTV's Teen Wolf Scott McCall, the series titular character, in all one hundred episodes.
Posey's performance on Teen Wolf earned him numerous accolades.
At the start of Season 5, Posey became a co-producer of Teen Wolf and hosted episodes of the Teen Wolf after show Wolf Watch.
He made his directorial debut in Season 6 with the episode After Images.
Posey returned for Teen Wolf: The Movie and as a producer for the film.
Early Life
Tyler was born in Santa Monica, California and lives in the Los Angeles area. His heritage is Irish, English, & Mexican.
He developed an early interest in the arts and began his acting career performing on stage with his actor/writer dad, John Posey, at the age of six. They later worked in TV and film together and John Posey has appeared along side his son in a series of Teen Wolf webisodes.
Career
His first major role came from the series Doc where he played Raul Garica from 2001 to 2004.
Tyler has worked steadily in both TV and film since the age of eight appearing in feature films Collateral Damage, Legendary and Maid in Manhattan and popular television shows Smallville, Brothers & Sisters and Lincoln Heights
After his success on Teen Wolf, he appeared in an episode of Workaholics on Comedy Central, had a small role in the film Scary Movie V and appeared in the Kevin Smith film Yoga Hosers in 2015.
In 2017, Posey joined the cast of Jane The Virgin as the title character's love interest. He had a brief recurring role as a bi-sexual comic book artist named Adam.
Posey appeared as Lucas in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare in 2018.
Posey appeared in the much delayed third season of the MTV slasher series, Scream which aired on VH1 as a six-episode miniseries in 2019.
His most recent TV appearance was on competition show The Masked Singer.
Musical Career
He is also a singer/songwriter, plays lead and bass. He was formerly the front man for the band "Lost in Kostko" (A.K.A Disappearing Jamie).
The band's song Dexter is featured in the Teen Wolf episode Lunatic.
After Teen Wolf, Posey formed the band PVMNTS. After a brief tour, including an appearance at the 2018 Warped Tour, Posey left the band in April 2019. As of 2021, Posey is recording as a solo artist and touring with ModSun and Girlfriends featuring Travis Mills and Nick Gros as part of the "Internet Killed the Rockstar Tour" presented by Big Noise.
Discography
Solo
- Drugs [EP] (2021)
With Lost in Kostko
- You're Gonna Need A Towel [EP] (2011)
With PVMNTS
- Better Days [EP] (2018)
With Five North
- Scumbag [EP] (2020)