Connor Jessup

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 scifi 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 20202022 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 Liras Forest 2017 The Constant 2018 and the documentary AW A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2018 In 2019 Jessup contributed to the 3030 Vision Three Decades of Strand Releasing project directing one of 30 short films He also directed Night Flight 2020 an adaptation of Antoine de SaintExupérys 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