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Connor Jessup is known for:

  • Closet Monster
    A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

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Biography

Connor Jessup was born in Toronto, Canada. Acting since the age of eleven, he is best known for his roles as Ben Mason on the TNT science fiction television series Falling Skies (2011–2015), Taylor Blaine and Coy Henson in the ABC anthology series American Crime (2016–2017), and Tyler Locke in the Netflix series Locke & Key (2020–2022). Other notable roles include acclaimed performances in the independent films Blackbird (2012) and Closet Monster (2015). Jessup is gay and came out publicly in a post on Instagram in June 2019. Jessup is also a writer, director and producer. He directed the documentary A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018) for the Criterion Collection, and has written and directed several shorts -- including Boy (2015) and Lira's Forest (2017). He runs a production company, Big & Quiet Pictures, with producer Ashley Shields-Muir. Jessup began acting at the age of 11 as a child actor. After various early jobs, including a role in a stage adaptation of The Full Monty, Jessup got a lead role in the children's television series The Saddle Club, for which he is also credited with conceptualizing the plot of one episode.[7] He served as executive producer for the independent film Amy George, which played at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.