- Born
- Birth nameDylan Rhodes O'Brien
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Dylan O'Brien was born in New York City, to Lisa Rhodes, a former actress who also ran an acting school, and Patrick B. O'Brien, a camera operator. His father is of Irish descent and his mother is of English, Spanish, and Italian ancestry. Dylan grew up in Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, before moving with his family to Hermosa Beach, California when he was 12 years old. Before getting bit by the acting bug, Dylan planned to attend film school and become a cinematographer, just like his father. But once he landed the role of Scott's (Tyler Posey) goofy sidekick Stiles on Teen Wolf (2011), he decided to put off school (he was initially under consideration for the role of Scott, but he was more interested in playing Stiles).
Dylan has developed an extensive YouTube following for a series of comic online shorts which he directed, produced and starred in. He made his film debut as one of the stars of the entirely improvised independent feature film High Road (2011), directed by Upright Citizens Brigade. O'Brien's first lead role in a film was playing Dave in the comedy The First Time (2012), opposite Britt Robertson and directed by Jonathan Kasdan. He subsequently had a supporting role, playing tech expert Stuart, in the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy The Internship (2013), and headlined the fantasy adventure film The Maze Runner (2014), also starring Will Poulter and Kaya Scodelario, as well as its sequel, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and the final movie, The Death Cure (2018). He landed the role of Stu in the first episode of Weird City (2019) and also got the role of Sam Taylor in the first episode of Amazing stories (2020). He made five other movies in the meantime, Love and Monsters, Flashback, Maximum Truth, Not Okay and The outfit. He also did one short film: All too well, produced by Taylor Swift and stared in the third episode of the third season in The Other Two.- IMDb mini biography by: Charli
- ChildrenNo Children
- Parents
- Goofy personality
- He first got noticed in his senior year of high school by a director who saw the YouTube videos he did at the time. After the experience of filming a web series with her, he decided to pursue a career in acting while taking classes at community college. He eventually left college after a few months when he scored the role of Stiles on MTV's Teen Wolf after four auditions.
- Was seriously injured during filming a scene for Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). Filming for the film was immediately halted after O'Brien was hospitalized and the release date was pushed back, from February 17, 2017 to, ultimately, January 26, 2018.
- His father is a camera operator and his mother was a stage actress when she was younger.
- Played drums in the band called "Slow Kids At Play".
- Dylan's father is of Irish ancestry. Dylan's mother is of Italian, Spanish, and English descent.
- I feel like I'm good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I've always felt like that's been natural for me.
- I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.
- I didn't have that many friends my first few years of high school. It was very cliquey and I'm super shy, so it was hard to make friends.
- Growing up, I was in love with Jennifer Aniston from 'Friends.'
- Part of growing up is realizing you learn to love so many people. It's about forming those relationships and finding what will last forever.
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