Dylan Christopher Minnette is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is known for his role as Clay Jensen in the Netflixdrama series13 Reasons Why. He has also appeared in the drama series Lost, the fantasy seriesAwake, the drama series Scandal and Grey's Anatomy, and as a young Michael Scofield in Prison Break. He also plays the guitar and sings in the Americanalternative rock band Wallows. In films, Minnette has appeared in the horror film Let Me In, the thriller film Prisoners, the family comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, the family fantasy film Goosebumps, the horror film Don't Breathe, and the horror film The Open House.
Personal life
Minnette was born in Evansville, Indiana, the son of Robyn and Craig Minnette. He moved to Champaign, Illinois, where he lived for five years, and later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. From 2014 to 2018, Minnette was in a relationship with Kerris Dorsey, whom he met on the set of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Later that year, he began a relationship with Lydia Night.
Career
Acting
Minnette's first role was a single episode of Drake & Josh. He has since appeared in the NBC original film The Year Without a Santa Claus, as an unnamed character in Fred Claus, as Todd Lyons in the film The Clique, and as Noah Framm in Snow Buddies. Notable roles of Minnette on television include the young version of the character Michael Scofield on Prison Break and character Clay Norman on Saving Grace. He played a bully named Kenny in Let Me In, a remake of Swedish, Let the Right One In, released in October 2010. He also played a role as Jerry Grant Jr. on ABC's Scandal as the President's son. Minnette has also appeared in several commercials and in four episodes of Lost as Jack's son in the sideways timeline. Minnette also appeared in "The Crow & the Butterfly" video from the rock groupShinedown. Since 2017, Minnette has starred as Clay Jensen in the Netflix original series13 Reasons Why. He also starred in the Netflix Original Film, The Open House, which premiered in January 2018.
Music
Minnette is the singer and rhythm guitarist in the band Wallows with Cole Preston, Danny Ferenbach, and Braeden Lemasters. Before 2017 they were known as The Feaver and then The Narwhals. They performed at "Summer Meltdown", a concert for autism awareness in 2010 and won a battle of the bands contest the same year, sponsored by 98.7 FM. They played at Vans Warped Tour 2011 and have since performed at many Los Angeles venues including the Roxy Theatre and Whisky a Go Go. Their song Bleeding Man was used in the promo for season 2 of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour. Throughout 2017, they released four singles "Pleaser", "Sun Tan", "Uncomfortable" and "Pulling Leaves Off Trees" on Apple Music and Spotify. In 2018, they released two more singles "Pictures of Girls" and "These Days". They performed "Pictures of Girls" on The Late Late Show with James Corden on May 8, 2018. Their debut album, Nothing Happens, was released in March 2019.
