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Jonathan Tyler "Ty" Kyte (born July 24, 1984) is a Canadian actor and musician. He was born in
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, 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
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, Vanessa Lengies and
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. He later appeared on the TV series
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(1997) and ''
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'' (1999). He appeared in the made-for-TV movie '' Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story'' in 2004, and had a recurring role on the Canadian
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''
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'' 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
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(for 4 seasons) where he was the guitarist for the backup band for
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(
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). In the show, he performs a different version of the song from his EP, "What You Need" (there are three versions: the original demo, the Let's Talk EP/Instant Star version, and the Talking Pictures version). 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
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, which is featured on the soundtrack,
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. 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 (with Nick Rose and Ryan O'Reilly), and in the band Sweet Thing (with Owen Carrier, Nick Rose, Alex Winter, and Morgan Waters). 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'' (Lefthook Entertainment, 2006) :This EP has 5 original songs, written and performed by Tyler Kyte. '' Sweet Thing EP'' (indie, 2006) :Kyte recorded drums on the 5 songs. ''
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'' (Questionable Records, 2006) :Kyte cowrote and recorded 1 song ("Making You Happy") w/ Ryan O'Reilly. Songs From Instant Star Three (Orange Record Label, 2006–2007) :This soundtrack has 3 songs performed by Kyte, including a song from his EP "What You Need". ''Blue Fox EP'' (Canterbury Music, 2007) :Kyte cowrote and recorded backing vocals, guitar, and piano for these 5 songs. '' The Cloverhill EP'' (Rogue Studio, 2008) :EP by Nick Rose.
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(Orange Record Label, 2008) :This soundtrack has 1 song ("Remind Yourself") performed by Kyte. ''
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'' (Orange Record Label, 2008) :The debut solo album for Kyte, includes 10 tracks. '' Sweet Thing'' (EMI Canada, 2010) :Kyte cowrote 3 tracks and recorded drums and backing vocals '' Tyler Kyte and the Nice Guys'' 2014


Acting


Young roles

Tyler Kyte played many roles during his younger years. Roles include ''
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'', '' Popular Mechanics for Kids'', ''
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'', '' The Defenders: Payback'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and more. Kyte's first role was in
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' "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
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, ''Popular Mechanics for Kids''. His co-stars included
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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 ''
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''. 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''.


Credits


Television


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kyte, Tyler 1984 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male child actors Canadian male television actors Canadian pop singers Male actors from Ontario Singers from Ontario People from Kawartha Lakes 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian singers