Tyler Jordon Blackburn (born October 12, 1986) is an American actor, singer and model. He is best known for playing

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on the hit Freeform series ''

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'' and its spin-off, '' Ravenswood''. He most recently starred as Alex Manes in

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'' (2019–2022).

Early life

Blackburn was born in Burbank, California. He has one older sister and three younger brothers. Blackburn has a 4 inch long scar on his left shoulder. This was caused due to the removal of a benign bone tumor at the age of 10.

Career

Acting

Blackburn began performing in 2004 and appeared on the series ''

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'' on

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. In the following year he was a teacher in the short film ''The Doers of Coming Deeds''. In 2008, he made a cameo in the film ''Next of Kin''. In 2009, Blackburn appeared in ''

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'' and ''Rockville CA'', a webseries launched by

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. In 2010, he appeared on ''

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'', '' Gigantic'', and was also in the independent film ''Peach Plum Pear''. In October 2010, Blackburn was cast in a recurring role as Caleb Rivers in the television series ''

''. He was upgraded to series regular for the third season starting in the summer of 2012. Blackburn also starred as Pete in the six-episode web series ''Wendy'', a project developed by

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that was based on

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which premiered on September 15, 2011. In 2012, he starred in drama ''Hiding'' alongside

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and

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. In May 2013, it was announced that Blackburn would star in the 2013 ''Pretty Little Liars'' spin-off '' Ravenswood''. In March 2018, Blackburn joined the cast of

series ''

''.

Music

For his role in

web series ''Wendy'', Blackburn recorded Golden State's "Save Me" to be used as the show's theme song, which was released on August 15, 2011. He recorded "Find a Way" in 2012 for the

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television show, ''

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'', and the song played while he was starring on ''

''. He has recorded several songs with Novi, including "Can't Love Me" which played in the twelfth episode of ''Roswell, New Mexico''.

Personal life

Blackburn publicly

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on April 19, 2019 through an interview with ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Discography

Extended play

Singles

As main artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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