Travis Tope (born November 11, 1991) is an American film and television actor, known for playing Chris Truby in the film ''
Men, Women and Children'', Nick Strain in ''
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
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'', Joe Harper/Tommy Darmody in the series ''
Boardwalk Empire'', and Kevin McClain in the
Netflix
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mockumentary ''
American Vandal
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''.
Early life
Tope is a
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
native, born November 11, 1991. He was living in
Plano before he started auditioning for acting.
In January 2010, as a member of Plano's Boy Scout Troop 1000, Tope was awarded the rank of
Eagle Scout
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.
Career
In 2014, Tope starred as JT Doyle in the drama ''
Little Accidents'' opposite
Elizabeth Banks
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and
Boyd Holbrook
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, with Sara Colangelo directing. It premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2014, and was released on January 16, 2015, by
Amplify. Then Tope played the role Chris Truby in the drama ''
Men, Women & Children'' along with
Adam Sandler and
Rosemarie DeWitt, and directed by
Jason Reitman.
The film had premiered on September 6, 2014 at
TIFF
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and was released domestically on October 1, 2014 by
Paramount Pictures. Then he played the lead role of Nick Strain in the slasher horror film ''
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' is a 1976 American thriller horror film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith. The film is loosely based on the 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unide ...
'' along with
Addison Timlin
Addison Jayne Timlin (born June 29, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Jami Lerner in ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (2014) and Colleen Lunsford in '' Little Sister'' (2016). She is also known for playing Sasha Bingham i ...
, which was directed by
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (sometimes Alfonso Gómez-Rejón; born November 6, 1972, in Laredo, Texas) is an American film and television director. His television program credits include ''Hunters'', '' Glee'' and ''American Horror Story''. He was nomi ...
.
The film was released by
Orion Pictures on October 16, 2014. He then played Joe Harper in the
final fifth season of the
HBO series ''
Boardwalk Empire''.
Before starring in ''Men, Women & Children'', Tope was offered roles in three different films, including ''
The Gambler'' with
Mark Wahlberg
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, ''Men, Women & Children'', and young adult thriller ''
November Criminals
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'' alongside
Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz (; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards.
She began actin ...
.
He passed on both ''The Gambler'' and ''November Criminals'' and started shooting ''Men, Women & Children'' the next month.
Tope was also offered a role in
Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, ''
How to Catch a Monster
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'', which he passed on. The role was played by
Iain De Caestecker.
He was also asked to give a screen test for a role in ''
Night at the Museum 3'', but he passed on that, too.
In October 2014, at the ''
Live Read
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''ing of the script of the 1999 film ''
American Beauty'', Tope read the role of Ricky Fitts, originally played by
Wes Bentley
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.
In 2015, Tope starred in the premiere episode "The Battle Creek Way" of the
CBS
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comedy series ''
Battle Creek
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'' as Ricky.
Later he appeared as Wyatt Maslow in the episode "Blaze of Glory" in the
sixth season of another CBS series, ''
NCIS: Los Angeles''.
Tope has played the role of male lead Evan Klein in the
Blumhouse
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It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as ''Paranormal Activity'', ''Insidiou ...
science-fiction horror film ''
Viral'' opposite
Lio Tipton
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(credited as Analeigh Tipton) and
Sofia Black-D'Elia
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, which
Henry Joost
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and
Ariel Schulman
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directed.
The film was scheduled to be released on February 19, 2016 by
Dimension Films.
Tope played Charlie Miller in the science-fiction disaster film ''
Independence Day: Resurgence'', along with
Liam Hemsworth
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and
Jessie Usher
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, directed by
Roland Emmerich
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.
The film was released on June 24, 2016 by
20th Century Fox
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Texas
People from Plano, Texas
21st-century American male actors
1991 births