Tyler Mane
Tyler Mane ( born October 23, 1966 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; born Daryl Karolat ) is a Canadian actor and former professional wrestler. As a wrestler he was also known by the name of Big Sky and Nitron.
Career
Wrestling
The 2.03 m wide Mane began his wrestling career in 1989 in WCW under the name Nitron. He then went to Puerto Rico and then to Japan. After his return to the U.S. he fought for a brief interlude in the Global Wrestling Federation in 1993 for WCW, this time as Big Sky and tag team partner Kevin Nash. In 1996, he finished his career as a wrestler.
Play-acting
Mane changed his name to Tyler Mane and switched to acting. His first major film role was that of Sabretooth in the comic book movie X -Men. In Wolfgang Petersen's Troy film, he played the Greek hero Ajax alongside Brad Pitt. In 2007 he took his first starring role as Michael Myers in Halloween, a remake of the horror movie classic Halloween - The night of horror from 1978, as well as in its sequel Halloween II In addition, he stood in small roles and as a stuntman in Halloween: H20, " Buffy - the Vampire Slayer " and X -Men: the Last Stand in front of the camera.
He also guest starred in the series Party of Five (1999) and Monk ( 2006). Mane wrote the screenplay for the 2011 independent slasher film Compound Fracture in which he also played a starring role alongside him play Derek Mears and Muse Watson in the film by AJ Rickert Epstein with. He also took over in 2011 the role of Jeremiah Carver, in the horror web series " Chopper".
Filmography
- 2000: X -Men
- 2001: Joe Dirt
- 2001: Evilution - The beast from cyberspace
- 2002: The Scorpion King
- 2002: Black Mask 2: City of Masks
- 2004: Troy
- 2005: The Devil's Rejects
- 2005: Hercules ( TV series)
- 2007: Halloween
- 2009: Halloween II
- 2011: 247 ° F
Private
He is married for the third time and has two children from his first marriage.