Dylan Minnette

Biography

Dylan Minnette is an American actor, musician. He is known for playing roles such as Clay Jensen in 13 reasons why, Alex in Don't Breathe, Zach in Goosebumps, Rex Britten in Awake, Clay Norman in Saving Grace among others. His recent works include playing Tyler Shultz, Wes Hicks in Scream.

He has been a part of the band Wallows that has produced albums/ EP such as Spring, Nothing Happens.

Family- Childhood

Dylan Christopher Minnette was born on 29th December 1996 in Evansville, Indiana, United States to Robyn Maker-Minnette(mother) and Craig Minnette(father). He grew up in Champaign, Illinois. He lives in Los Angeles, California for his job. He is the only child of his parents.

His paternal grandparents Richard Minnette(grandfather) & Ann Minnette(grandmother) are from Covington.

[ Dylan Minnette with his mom Robyn Maker-Minnette]

[ Dylan Minnette with his father Craig Minnette]

Education

School: He studied in Champaign school, when he was on sets he had a private tutor who taught him classes on the sets, he was also faxed classes.

Girlfriend- Relationship

Isabella Elei

Isabella Elei is a Canadian model, the two were seen holding hands and attending Coachella in April 2023. Dylan often posts the pics and shorts of them being romantic, thus ending the speculations. 

Isabella Elei has been on the cover of Purple Fashion Magazine. 

Lydia Night

Dylan is in relationship with the American musician, vocalist and guitarist Lydia Night (The Regrettes band). He broke up with Kerris Dorsey in the early 2018, Lydia & Dylan had been dating by the end of 2018. The two ended the romantic relationship in December 2022, they still remain friends. Lydia announced the news on instagram to put an end to speculations.

[ Dylan Minnette & Lydia Night in a bar]

Kerris Dorsey

Dylan and Kerris Dorsey played as siblings- "Anthony Cooper" & "Emily Cooper" in the TV series Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The relationship blossomed into love and the couple have dated from 2014 to 2018.

Image: Dylan Minnette with girlfriend Kerris Dorsey

Interesting Facts

• Dylan has appeared in numerous commercials including Tide & GMC commercials. His grandparents were not aware of his works, they saw him in a Tide TV  commercial and were surprised to find out he was working in the entertainment industry.
• The beginning: His career in modeling & acting started at the age of 7. He was Scouted by an agent in Chicago very early, when he was about 5.
• Autism awareness concert: In 2010 Dylan along with his band Wallows performed at the 'Summer Meltdown' to raise awareness about Autism.
• Bleeding Man: Song by Dylan's band was used in the promo video of the TV series- R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour.
• Awards & Nominations: Dylan has won awards for his roles in TV series- Saving Grace & Medium. His roles in TV series such as- The Mentalist, Saving Grace, Let Me In, Lost among others.
• Ellen Degeneres show: Dylan was on Ellen's show in May 2017 with Katherine Langford.
• He is often confused with Percy Jackson star Logan Lerman because of the facial resemblance.
• Political affinity: He has been a supporter of the Democratic party. He voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential elections. He called Donald Trump as- Tronald Dump.
• Twitter account hack: His twitter was hacked in March 2016, the hacker would follow some random twitter accounts.
• He is the only child of his parents.
• Ancestry: He is of English, German, Irish, Scottish, Welsh descent.
• Is Dylan Minnette Gay? He is not Gay, like some are speculating, he has had a steady relationship with his girlfriend.
• Has a cat named Lucy.
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Career

Acting

Dylan's first on screen appearance was playing the young Charlie sheen in the comedy series Two and a Half Men (2003), he was 8 year old at the time.

Music

Wallows

He is a singer & guitarist with the band- Wallows, which was previously called by various names like- The Feaver, The Narwhals. Other members of the band are- Braeden Lemasters(guitar & vocals), Zack Mendenhall (bass), Cole Preston (drums). They frequently practice at- The Roxy, Whisky a Go Go. Their work can be found on their youtube channel-> Wallows Youtube Channel and instagram page as well.

The group members met each other through the music class, they became close friends and formed the band Wallows officially in 2017. The Wallows were previously known by names "The Feaver" and "The Narwhals" [3]

[ Wallows - Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, Zack Mendenhall, Cole Preston ]

• The Crow & the Butterfly: Dylan appeared in the 5th single released by the American rock band Shinedown(Brent Smith, Barry Kerch, Zach Myers, Eric Bass) in the album The Sound of Madness(2008)
• Battle of the bands: Dylan's band won the contest organized by KYSR (98.7 FM) in 2010. They won cash prize of $10,000 & a chance to have professional recording.
• Vans Warped Tour 2011: Dylan and band were part of the music tour
• Wallows- North American Winter tour 2018: The band performed during the winter of 2018 throughout North America.
• In 2022, Wallows performed at Coachella, which had  start performers like Harry Styles, Billie Eilish

Spring (EP)

Wallows released the first single of the EP "Pictures of Girls" on 23rd February 2018. Followed by "These days" (March 2018), "1980s Horror Film" (September 19, 2018), "Let the Sun In", "It's Only Right", "Ground". It was released through Atlantic Records on April 6, 2018.

Nothing Happens

In 2022 Wallows release theird first album "Nothing Happens" on March 22nd 2019 through Atlantic Records. The album was rated 3.5/5 at AllMusic, and 5/10 at "Under the Radar". It reached a peak rank of 8 at the "US Top Alternative Albums billboard", and 13 at Top Rock Albums Billboard"

Remote (EP)

Wallows released the EP Remote in October 2020 through Atlantic Records, and the deluxe version was released again in February 2021. It had a peak US Top Rock Albums Billboard rank of 23

Discography

Filmography

Movies List

TV Series List

Short Movies

Awards

Quotes

• I don't care what anyone says, Coco is the best movie of the year. Beautiful in every way.
• (To the victims of sexual assault & harassment) You are heard, believed, your bravery & courage is inspiring. I'm with you, I'm listening. I will do my part to call out those around me.
• FYI, the kid in Cheaper By The Dozen who yells 'My latte!' has been, and always will be, my hero.
• Eggs are people too.
• Why is it that even though I know I'm not carrying any weapons or drugs, I'm still super relieved when I make it through airport security?
• I want to be a nice guy like all of the security guards at music festivals.
• I love being in anything that's scary to people. [5]
• [On 13 Reasons why] i’ve been acting/working since i was 8 years old, and this show came into my life at a time when i wasn’t sure how interested i was in even doing it anymore, but the story really stuck with me from the first time i read it and i gave it a chance. i’m very lucky they gave me a chance too. this show has changed my life in more ways than i can explain. [4]
• I pass on a lot of teen roles that get sent to me because a lot of the time it doesn't feel real. It's sugar-coated. There's no depth to it. [6]

Sources

1. Dylan Minnette wiki
2. Spring (EP)
3. Nothing Happens (album)
4. On 13 reasons why
5. IMDB Bio
6. 13 reasons why- fansite
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