Actor and model Kellan Lutz was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, to
Karla (Theesfeld) and Bradley Lutz. He has six brothers and a sister,
and is of German, as well as smaller amounts of English, Swedish, and
Dutch, descent. As a child, his family moved around, and he grew up in
North Dakota, the Midwest and Arizona. Upon high school graduation,
Lutz relocated to California to attend Chapman University and study
Chemical Engineering, but left in order to pursue a career in acting.
Lutz had picked up a few modeling jobs as a teenager, but got his first
TV break with a small role in
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987) in 2004.
More television success followed, including parts in
The Comeback (2005) and
Generation Kill (2008). He
was also cast in some film roles, including
Accepted (2006) and
Prom Night (2008), but his major
break came in 2008 when he won the role of vampire Emmett Cullen in the
smash hit
Twilight (2008), and its
subsequent sequels.
Desert Dawn(2025)as Luke Easton
Due Justice(2023)as Max
Come Out Fighting(2022)as Lieutenant Frank Ross
True War Stories: Mission Report(2021)as Bob
What Remains(2022)as Troy
Famous Adjacent(2020)
Syrup(2013)
Tarzan(2013)
The Talk(2010)as Self - Guest
The Making of 'Divertimento'(2020)as Self
Entertainment Tonight(1981)as Self, Self - Co-Host, Bullseye, Self - Guest Co-Host
Home & Family(2012)as Self
Celebrity Page(2013)as Self
White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch(2022)as Self - Former A&F Model
Hollywood Insider(2018)as Self
WatchMojo(2006)as Self - Tarzan
The Osiris Child: Beginning of the End(2017)as Self
