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Connor Jessup

1994-06-23 (30 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Connor William Jessup, born in Toronto, Canada, is a versatile actor and filmmaker. He began his acting career at the age of eleven, gaining recognition for his roles as Ben Mason in the sci-fi series 'Falling Skies' (2011) and Taylor Blaine in the drama 'American Crime' (2015). Jessup is also widely known for his leading role as Tyler Locke in the Netflix fantasy series 'Locke & Key' (2020-2022), where he starred in all three seasons. His directing career began in 2014 with the short film 'Little Coffins', which is now considered a lost media. He went on to direct several other shorts, including 'Boy' (2015), 'Lira's Forest' (2017), 'The Constant' (2018), and the documentary 'A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul' (2018). In 2019, Jessup contributed to the '30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing' project, directing one of 30 short films. He also directed 'Night Flight' (2020), an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s story, and most recently, the sleepwalking drama 'Julian and the Wind' (2024). In addition to his work in film and television, Jessup is an advocate for queer causes and publicly came out as gay in June 2019 during Pride Month.

Movies

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Disappearance at Clifton Hill
55.26 %|Feb 28, 2020
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
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Strange but True
60 %|Oct 17, 2019
Thriller
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White Lie
66 %|Sep 7, 2019
Drama
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Closet Monster
71 %|Jul 15, 2016
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
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Fragments
59 %|Oct 23, 2015
Comedy, Drama
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Crazyhouse
10 %|Oct 1, 2015
Drama
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What Doesn't Kill You
54 %|Sep 8, 2014
Science Fiction, Drama
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Skating to New York
59 %|Nov 2, 2013
Drama
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Blackbird
65.11 %|Sep 9, 2012
Drama
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Adam
0 %|Invalid Date
Comedy, Romance

Series

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Canada's Drag Race
66 %|Jul 2, 2020
Reality
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Locke & Key
78.27 %|Feb 7, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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American Crime
67 %|Mar 5, 2015
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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American Crime
67 %|Mar 5, 2015
Drama, Crime, Mystery
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Falling Skies
71 %|Jun 19, 2011
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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King
70 %|Apr 17, 2011
Drama, Crime
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The Jon Dore Television Show
100 %|Oct 17, 2007
Comedy
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The Saddle Club
63 %|Feb 6, 2001
Family, Drama