The roles of Taylor Blaine in the Emmy-winning ABC drama American Crime, Ben Mason in the sci-fi series Falling Skies, Simon Atherton on the Discovery Kids series The Saddle Club, Sean Randall in the film Blackbird, and Oscar Madly in the film Closet Monster are best known for Canadian actor Connor Jessup.
Connor is a writer, director, and producer in addition to an actor.
Connor Jessup: Early Life, Age, Wiki, Parents, Ethnicity
On June 23, 1994, Connor Jessup was born in Toronto, Canada. Liam is his brother’s name.
ElJay is Liam’s stage name as a rapper. On September 10th, 2017, his brother debuted his most recent song clip, which featured Naomi.
Height
Connor At 5 feet 11 inches, Connor is average-sized (1.8 meters).
Connor’s Coming Out as Gay
Connor shared his coming-out story on his Instagram page. He posted a photo of himself online and publicly disclosed his sexual orientation on his 25th birthday. He has known he is gay since he was thirteen, as stated in the post, but for many years he folded the knowledge and buried it beneath the rest of his emotional mess. He eventually come out while battling his emotions and continued by expressing his gratitude for being gay. Connor further added:
“Queerness is a solution … If you’re gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, or questioning if you’re confused if you’re in pain or you feel you’re alone if you aren’t or you don’t: You make the world more surprising and bearable.”
After coming out, Connor struggled to contain his emotions as his mother, Brenda Thurston, sent him a note of support and wished him a happy birthday by stating, “Happy 25th Birthday to my beautiful, gay son.”
TV shows and Movies
When Connor turned 11, his parents enrolled him in an acting camp after first enrolling him in the neighborhood youth theater company. He observed several of his colleagues having agents and appearing in Doritos commercials when he was attending acting camp. Then he persuaded his mum to locate an agency for him. He was soon cast as Bat Throwing Kid in the Jon Dore Television Show.
He received a significant part as Simon Atherton in the 2008–2009 season of The Saddle Club a year later. He soon started making appearances in television programs including King, Falling Skies: The Enemy Within, and American Crime, among others.
He had the opportunity to work in films like Blackbird, Skating to New York, Closet Monster, Strange But True, Disappearance at Clifton Hill, and White Lie after television series.
Connor is currently filming his new television series Locke & Key, in which he plays the role of Tyler Locke.
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