Connor William Jessup, born in Toronto, Canada, is a versatile actor and filmmaker. He began his acting career at the age of eleven, gaining recognition for his roles as Ben Mason in the sci-fi series 'Falling Skies' (2011) and Taylor Blaine in the drama 'American Crime' (2015). Jessup is also widely known for his leading role as Tyler Locke in the Netflix fantasy series 'Locke & Key' (2020-2022), where he starred in all three seasons. His directing career began in 2014 with the short film 'Little Coffins', which is now considered a lost media. He went on to direct several other shorts, including 'Boy' (2015), 'Lira's Forest' (2017), 'The Constant' (2018), and the documentary 'A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul' (2018). In 2019, Jessup contributed to the '30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing' project, directing one of 30 short films. He also directed 'Night Flight' (2020), an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s story, and most recently, the sleepwalking drama 'Julian and the Wind' (2024). In addition to his work in film and television, Jessup is an advocate for queer causes and publicly came out as gay in June 2019 during Pride Month.

Filmography

• 2025Peak Everything — Tom
• 2024Julian and the Wind — Director, Editor, Writer
• 2020Disappearance at Clifton Hill — (uncredited)
• Locke & Key — Tyler Locke
• 2020Night Flight — Editor, Director
• 2020The Archivists — Producer
• 201930/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing — Producer, Director, Editor
• 2019Strange but True — Ronnie Chase
• 2019White Lie — Owen
• 2018A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul — Self, Director
• 2018The Constant — Director, Editor
• 2017Lira's Forest — Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
• 2016Closet Monster — Oscar Madly
• American Crime — Taylor Blaine, Coy Henson
• 2015Boy — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2015Crazyhouse — Beckett
• 2015Fragments — Alex
• 2014Little Coffins — Writer, Director, Producer
• 2014What Doesn't Kill You
• 2013Skating to New York — Casey Demas
• 2012Blackbird — Sean Randall
• 2011Amy George — Executive Producer
• Falling Skies — Ben Mason
• King — Ben Moser
• Nicolas' Life — Nicolas O'Brien
• The Jon Dore Television Show — Bat Throwing Kid #3
• The Saddle Club — Simon
• Jenjira's Magnificent Dream

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Canada's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge