Dylan O'Brien
Biography
Dylan Rhodes O'Brien is an American actor born on August 26, 1991, in New York City, New York. Known professionally for his work in both television and film, he has accumulated forty known acting credits in the industry. O'Brien first gained widespread recognition for his television work before transitioning into prominent lead and supporting roles across various film genres, establishing himself as a recognizable presence in contemporary science fiction, action, disaster, and adventure cinema.
Career overview
Dylan O'Brien earned his first major television role as Stiles Stilinski in the MTV supernatural series Teen Wolf, appearing in the show from 2011 to 2017. He subsequently achieved further prominence by taking on the lead role in the science fiction Maze Runner trilogy from 2014 to 2018, which led to a series of major film appearances.
Expanding his filmography into different genres, O'Brien played Deepwater Horizon explosion survivor Caleb Holloway in the 2016 disaster film Deepwater Horizon and portrayed fictional counterterrorist Mitch Rapp in the 2017 action thriller American Assassin. In 2018, he provided the voice for the title character in the Transformers installment Bumblebee. He later took on the lead roles in the 2020 adventure film Love and Monsters and the horror film Caddo Lake.
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- Send Help (2026) as Bradley Preston
- Being Heumann (2026) as Evan White
- Twinless (2025) as Roman / Rocky
- Twinless (2025) Executive Producer
- Anniversary (2025) as Josh Taylor
- Ponyboi (2025) as Vinnie
- Caddo Lake (2024) as Paris Lang
- Saturday Night (2024) as Dan Aykroyd
- Fantasmas (2024) as Dustin
- Maximum Truth (2023) as Simon Tarnum
- The Outfit (2022) as Richie Boyle
- Not Okay (2022) as Colin
- Infinite (2021) as Treadway
- Flashback (2021) as Fred Fitzell
- All Too Well: The Short Film (2021) as Him
- Amazing Stories (2020) as Sam Taylor
- Love and Monsters (2020) as Joel
- Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2020) as Self
- The Other Two (2019) as Dylan O'Brien
- Weird City (2019) as Stu Maxsome
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) as Thomas
- Bumblebee (2018) as B-127 / Bumblebee (voice)
- American Assassin (2017) as Mitch Rapp
- Deepwater Horizon (2016) as Caleb Holloway
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) as Thomas
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- The Maze Runner (2014) as Thomas
- Wolf Watch (2014) as Self
- The Internship (2013) as Stuart Twombly
- The First Time (2012) as Dave Hodgman
- High Road (2012) as Jimmy Malone
- Teen Wolf (2011) as Stiles Stilinski
- New Girl (2011) as The Guy
- First Dates with Toby Harris (2011) as Peter
- Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge (2011) as Charlie Brown
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Dylan O'Brien
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self - Presenter
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self
- Apparatus as JP
- Bulls as Danny