Dylan Sprayberry, born July 7, 1998, is an American actor. He is known for his role on Teen Wolf and in Man of Steel. Sprayberry guest starred on Glee as a young Cooper Anderson in an episode.
Personal Life[]
He attended West University Elementary School in Houston, Texas until eight years ago when his family moved to Los Angeles, where he and his younger sister, Ellery, have been working regularly in TV and film over the past six years.
Career[]
Sprayberry started acting when he was nine years old, after he and his family moved to Los Angeles, starting as Bully in the movie The Sunday Man. Among his works are a guest appearance on the Nickelodeon show iCarly, Glee, Criminal Minds and MADtv. His latest role was his debut on the big screen in the 2013 Man of Steel, where he portrays a 13-year-old version of the main character, Clark Kent.
Sprayberry was announced, in early February 2014, to have joined the season four cast of Teen Wolf in a recurring role.[1] He portrays Liam Dunbar, a transferred freshman at the high school and Scott's first beta, at the beginning of Season 4. Sprayberry was promoted to a series regular on Teen Wolf for the renewed fifth season.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Sunday Man | Bully | short |
My Father | Young Steven | ||
2008 | State of the Union | Jesse | 2008 – 2009 ("Episode #1.1" and "Episode #2.5") |
Spaced | Goat Boy | TV movie | |
Criminal Minds | Sam Cunningham | ("Brothers in Arms") | |
Soccer Mom | Sammy Handler | ||
MADtv | Tyler | ("Episode #14.2") | |
iCarly | Matthew | ("iHave a Lovesick Teacher") | |
2009 | The Three Gifts | Mike Crane | TV movie |
Old Dogs | Cute Soccer Kid | ||
Reconciliation | 10 Year Old Grant | ||
Land of the Lost | Tar Pits Kid | uncredited | |
Chasing a Dream | 8 Year Old John Van Horn | TV movie | |
The Honeysting | Andy Wilder | short | |
2010 | Seamus and Magellan | Sam | short |
Bedrooms | Max | ||
2011 | Shuffle | Young Lovell | |
Spooky Buddies | Rodney | ||
2012 | Common Law | Hunter | ("Ride-Along") |
Glee | Young Cooper Anderson | ("Big Brother") | |
2013 | Man of Steel | Clark Kent (13 Years) | |
2014 | Teen Wolf | Liam Dunbar | 2014 – 2017 (49 episodes) |
Cry of the Butterfly | Homeless Child | ||
2016 | Vanished – Left Behind: Next Generation | Flynn | |
2018 | The Row | Carter West | |
Light as a Feather | Henry Richmond | 2018 – 2019 (18 episodes) | |
2019 | The Malibu Tapes | Josh Davidson | |
2020 | Angie: Lost Girls | Mario |
Trivia[]
- He is one out of five Glee actors to have guest starred on iCarly, the others being Dot-Marie Jones (Coach Beiste), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Chord Overstreet (Sam Evans), and Harry Shum Jr. (Mike Chang).
- He is the fourth Glee guest actor to make an appearance on Teen Wolf. He is following Ivonne Coll (Alma Lopez), Aaron Hendry (Darren) and Tamlyn Tomita (Julia Chang).