Tyler Kyte

Jonathan Tyler "Ty" Kyte is a Canadian actor and musician. He was born in Lindsay, Ontario, and began his acting career with commercials and performing in the Musical Tommy in Toronto. Kyte was made famous amongst Canadian youth as a correspondent on the Canadian TV series Popular Mechanics for Kids alongside fellow Canadians Elisha Cuthbert, Vanessa Lengies and Jay Baruchel. He later appeared on the TV series Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.
He appeared in the made-for-TV movie Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story in 2004, and had a recurring role on the Canadian drama Instant Star as Vincent Spiederman until 2008.

Music

Kyte has released an EP, titled the Let's Talk EP. The EP has 5 original songs, written and performed by Tyler Kyte. Kyte played a rockstar on the show Instant Star where he was the guitarist for the backup band for Jude Harrison. In the show, he performs a different version of the song from his EP, "What You Need". The song is on the Songs From Instant Star Three soundtrack, along with two songs that were performed by Johnson on the show. Due to Johnson's management at the time, they were not put on the soundtrack. Instead, Kyte recorded the two songs and they were put on the soundtrack. The two songs are "Unraveling" and "Worth Waiting For". Tyler also performs a song, "Remind Yourself", on the fourth season of Instant Star, which is featured on the soundtrack, Songs From Instant Star Four. As well as singing an acoustic cover of the Degrassi: the Next Generation theme during the ending credits of seasons 9 through 14
Tyler's debut CD, Talking Pictures, is now available in stores throughout Canada. It was released in both the Canadian and American iTunes stores. Some of the songs from the Let's Talk EP have been remastered for the CD.
He is also currently playing in the band Blue Fox, and in the band Sweet Thing. Tyler also toured throughout Europe with The Ryan O'Reilly Band. He plays guitar, mandolin, and piano as well as providing backing vocals in Blue Fox, The Ryan O'Reilly Band and the drums for Sweet Thing. Tyler plays with an ensemble collective called Dwayne Gretzky featuring a wide variety of covers, sometimes playing theme nights.

Discography

Let's Talk EP

Let's Talk – 4:14
What You Need – 3:48
Sarah – 4:50
Some Things Are Better Left Alone – 4:06
Soft Spoken – 4:24

Sweet Thing EP
Don't Feel Cold
Songs From Instant Star Three
Blue Fox EP
The Cloverhill EP
Songs From Instant Star Four
Talking Pictures
Sweet Thing
Tyler Kyte and the Nice Guys 2014

Acting

Young roles

Tyler Kyte played many roles during his younger years. Roles include Goosebumps, Popular Mechanics for Kids, Due South, The Defenders: Payback, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Interstate 60, Darcy's Wild life, and more. Kyte's first role was in Goosebumps' "Don't Go To Sleep" as Matt Amsterdam, a boy tired of being young who, after sleeping in his attic one night, wakes up in another dimension. In 1998, Kyte landed a role in the popular children's show replacing Jay Baruchel, Popular Mechanics for Kids. His co-stars included Elisha Cuthbert and Vanessa Lengies. His role in PMK landed him a nomination in 2001 at the Geminis, "Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series". Certain episode were released on DVD.

Adult roles

In 2003, Tyler played Charles Smart in the movie The Elizabeth Smart Story. The movie is based on the true story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping. Later in 2004, Kyte took a role in a popular gay-themed movie, Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story.