Kellan Lutz

Kellan Lutz
Lutz in April 2012.
Born	Kellan Christopher Lutz (1985-03-15) March 15, 1985 Dickinson, North Dakota U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Model, actor
Years active	2004–present
Religion	Christianity[1]
Website	kellanlutz.com

Kellan Christopher Lutz (born March 15, 1985) is an American model and actor. He is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga film series (2008–2012), and has since played Poseidon in the 2011 film Immortals, Tarzan in the 2013 animated film Tarzan, The Expendables 3 (2014) and Hercules in the 2014 film The Legend of Hercules.

Early life

Lutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, the son of Karla (née Theesfeld) and Bradley Lutz.^[2][3] He has one sister, Brittany and six brothers; Brandon, Tanner, David, Daniel, Brad and Chris.^[2] Lutz grew up in the Midwest and Arizona,^[2] and graduated from Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona,^[2] before deciding to pursue an acting career.^[4] He attended Chapman University to pursue a degree in chemical engineering.

Career

Lutz at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International

Lutz has had recurring roles on Model Citizens (2004) and The Comeback (2005), and smaller roles in episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, CSI: NY, Summerland, Six Feet Under, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Heroes. He was also in the films Stick It (2006), Accepted (2006), and Prom Night (2008). Additionally, Lutz has performed on the California stage and was the host of Bravo's Blow Out. He also appeared in the 2006 commercial for Hilary Duff's fragrance With Love... Hilary Duff, and in the 2007 music video for her single, "With Love".^[5] In 2008, he appeared in another music video, Hinder's "Without You".^[6] In the same year, Lutz also appeared in the miniseries Generation Kill, based on the book by Evan Wright and had a starring role in the film Deep Winter.

Lutz's big break came when he played Emmett Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight (2008) saga by Stephenie Meyer and reprised his role for the sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).^[7][8] He also appeared as George Evans in the 90210 spinoff (2009) on The CW.^[9] Lutz also appeared the 2010 remake A Nightmare on Elm Street as Dean, "a well-liked, well-off high school jock", in April 2010.^[10] He reprised his role as Emmett Cullen in the third installment of the Twilight saga, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). He appeared as the feisty Poseidon, God of the Sea in Immortals (2011).^[11] Lutz reunited with his Twilight co-star and close friend, Ashley Greene, in the film A Warrior's Heart (2011).^[12] He was considered for the lead role in Conan the Barbarian (2011), but eventually lost out to Jason Momoa.^[13] He also reunited with his Immortals co-star Mickey Rourke in the action film Java Heat (2013), which was in Indonesia.^[14] In 2012, Lutz was one of the candidates for the lead role in the film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, a role that ultimately went to Jeremy Renner.^[15] Lutz starred in the epic The Legend of Hercules (2014), but the film was a critical and commercial failure.

Lutz is signed with Ford Models.^[16] He is one of the models featured in the 2010 Calvin Klein X underwear campaign.^[17]

In 2012, Lutz made a special guest appearance on the TV Show 30 Rock, as himself, where he pretended to be related to the character J.D. Lutz, who is played by actor John Lutz.

In 2015, it was announced that Lutz will star in the thriller film Money with Jamie Bamber, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah.^[18]

In June 24, 2016, Lutz tweeted on his Twitter page that he has a meeting with both McG and Mary Viola about having the role of He-Man.^[19][20]

Charity work

Lutz' primary charity is Saving Innocence (www.savinginnocence.org) which works to rescue and rehabilitate child victims of sex trafficking in the United States. Lutz was GQ Magazine's Gentleman of the year for his work with this organization in 2014, and has been the organizations public ambassador since 2011. Lutz dedicates his birthday each year to financially benefit Saving Innocence, and runs campaigns for them on a regular basis. Lutz' latest campaign is a celebrity fitness challenge to benefit Saving Innocence.^[21]

Lutz supports the animal charity PETA and stars in a video supporting the adoption of animals instead of buying them.^[22] He is also a supporter of West African primate conservation charity Ape Action Africa, and used the Dublin premiere of the film Tarzan to raise funds for the charity's work to save endangered gorillas and chimpanzees.^[23]

He is also a supporter of rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, in particular with the St. Bernard Project.^[24]

Lutz endorsed the documentary film The Paw Project, which focuses on the declawing of exotic and domesticated cats in America.^[25]

Personal life

Lutz enjoys numerous outdoors and fitness activities.^[26] He also has a passion for horror films, and prefers to perform his own stunts when making films.^[27] Although Lutz enjoys watching horror movies, he prefers to star in action films.^[28] He is a devout Christian.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kellan Lutz.

• Official website
• Kellan Lutz at the Internet Movie Database
• Kellan Lutz on Twitter