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Travis Tope
Tope at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival
Born	(1991-11-11) November 11, 1991 (age 33) Plano, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

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, Joe Harper/Tommy Darmody in the series Boardwalk Empire, and Kevin McClain in the Netflix mockumentary American Vandal.

Early life

Tope is a Texas native, born November 11, 1991. He was living in Plano before he started auditioning for acting.^[1]^[2] In January 2010, as a member of Plano's Boy Scout Troop 1000, Tope was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.^[3]

Career

In 2014, Tope starred as JT Doyle in the drama Little Accidents opposite Elizabeth Banks and Boyd Holbrook, with Sara Colangelo directing. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2014, and was released on January 16, 2015, by Amplify.^[4] 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.^[5]^[6] The film had premiered on September 6, 2014 at TIFF and was released domestically on October 1, 2014 by Paramount Pictures.^[7] Then he played the lead role of Nick Strain in the slasher horror film The Town That Dreaded Sundown along with Addison Timlin, which was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.^[2] The film was released by Orion Pictures on October 16, 2014.^[8] He then played Joe Harper in the final fifth season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.^[5]

Before starring in Men, Women & Children, Tope was offered roles in three different films, including The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg, Men, Women & Children, and young adult thriller November Criminals alongside Chloë Grace Moretz.^[1] He passed on both The Gambler and November Criminals and started shooting Men, Women & Children the next month.^[6] Tope was also offered a role in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, How to Catch a Monster, which he passed on. The role was played by Iain De Caestecker.^[1] He was also asked to give a screen test for a role in Night at the Museum 3, but he passed on that, too.^[1]

In October 2014, at the Live Reading of the script of the 1999 film American Beauty, Tope read the role of Ricky Fitts, originally played by Wes Bentley.^[9]

In 2015, Tope starred in the premiere episode "The Battle Creek Way" of the CBS comedy series Battle Creek as Ricky.^[3]^[10] Later he appeared as Wyatt Maslow in the episode "Blaze of Glory" in the sixth season of another CBS series, NCIS: Los Angeles.^[11]

Tope has played the role of male lead Evan Klein in the Blumhouse science-fiction horror film Viral opposite Lio Tipton (credited as Analeigh Tipton) and Sofia Black-D'Elia, which Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman directed.^[5] The film was scheduled to be released on February 19, 2016 by Dimension Films.^[12]

Tope played Charlie Miller in the science-fiction disaster film Independence Day: Resurgence, along with Liam Hemsworth and Jessie Usher, directed by Roland Emmerich.^[13] The film was released on June 24, 2016 by 20th Century Fox.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2007	Divine Souls	David
2014	Little Accidents	JT Doyle
2014	Men, Women & Children	Chris Truby
2014	The Town That Dreaded Sundown	Nick
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Charlie Miller
2016	Viral	Evan Klein
2017	Say You Will	Sam Nimitz
2018	Seven in Heaven	Jude
2021	Disfluency	Dylan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Boardwalk Empire	Joe Harper / Tommy Darmody	6 Episodes
2015	Battle Creek	Ricky	1 Episode
2015	NCIS: Los Angeles	Wyatt Maslow	1 Episode
2016	Last Man Standing	Rob	4 Episodes
2018	American Vandal	Kevin McClain	8 Episodes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kit, Borys (November 12, 2013). "Little-Known Actor Mulls Three High-Profile Film Offers (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Kit, Borys (April 29, 2013). "MGM Casts Unknown for Male Lead in 'Town That Dreaded Sundown' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Wendell, Bryan (March 6, 2015). "Actor Travis Tope, of the new series 'Battle Creek,' is an Eagle Scout". Scouting. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Foundas, Scott (January 22, 2014). "Sundance Film Review: 'Little Accidents'". Variety. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goldberg, Lesley (May 29, 2014). "'Boardwalk Empire' Enlists Rising Star Travis Tope (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Billington, Alex (December 16, 2013). "Jason Reitman's Next Film 'Men, Women & Children' Begins Shooting". firstshowing.net. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "Men, Women & Children (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ "The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Lussier, Germain (October 17, 2014). "Jason Reitman Uses His Own Cast For 'American Beauty' Live Read With Gorgeous Results". slashfilm.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Couch, Aaron (March 1, 2015). "'Battle Creek' Stars on Season-Long Mystery, "Troubled" Characters". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Somosot, Janice (March 16, 2015). "'NCIS Los Angeles' Season 6 'Blaze Of Glory' Spoilers: The 'NCIS LA' Team Searches For Some Hackers That Hijacked A Missile Test [WATCH VIDEO]". ibtimes.com.au. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Barton, Steve (May 21, 2015). "Blumhouse Announces Dates for Viral and Amityville: The Awakening". Dread Central. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Sneider, Jeff; Ge, Linda (March 25, 2015). "'Boardwalk Empire's' Travis Tope in Talks for 'Independence Day 2' (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Chitwood, Adam (October 14, 2014). "INDEPDENDENCE [sic] DAY 2 Release Date Moved Up a Week; HITMAN: AGENT 47 Moved to Summer 2015; PADDINGTON Pushed to January". Collider. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

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Travis Tope at IMDb

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