Kellan Lutz biography

Kellan Christopher Lutz (born March 15, 1985) is an American fashion model and actor for television and films, who is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in the Twilight Saga film series.

Early life

Lutz is the middle child with one sister and six brothers. He was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, and was raised throughout North Dakota, the Midwest, and Arizona. After graduating from high school he moved to California to attend Chapman University for chemical engineering, but later decided to pursue an acting career instead.

Career

Lutz has acted on a number of television shows. He had recurring roles on Model Citizens and The Comeback, 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, Accepted, and Prom Night. 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". In 2008, he appeared in another music video, Hinder's "Without You". In the same year, Lutz also appeared in the miniseries Generation Kill, based on the book by Evan Wright.
Lutz played Emmett Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer and reprised his role for the sequel, released in November 2009. He also appeared as George Evans in the 90210 spinoff on The CW. Lutz reunited with his Twilight co-star and close friend, Ashley Greene, in the film A Warrior's Heart. Lutz also appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street as Dean, "a well-liked, well-off high school jock", in April 2010, and as the feisty Poseidon, God of the Sea in Immortals (2011). Lutz is one of the candidates for the lead role in the upcoming film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He was considered for the lead role in Conan the Barbarian but eventually lost out to Jason Momoa.
In 2011, together with Mickey Rourke, Kellan Lutz is starring Java Heat movies in Indonesia.
Lutz is currently signed with Ford Models.  He is one of the models featured in the 2010 Calvin Klein X underwear campaign.

Charity work

Lutz supports animal charity PETA and stars in a video supporting the adoption of animals instead of buying them.
Lutz is also a supporter of rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, in particular with St. Bernard Project.

Personal life

In Lutz's free time, he likes to take part in extreme skateboarding, weight training, track, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, racquetball, badminton, snow skiing, snowboarding, dance, and numerous other activities. He also has a passion for horror films, and prefers to perform his own stunts when making films.
Lutz previously dated his The Bold and the Beautiful co-star Kayla Ewell.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Stick It	Frank
2006	Accepted	Dwayne
2007	Ghosts of Goldfield	Chad	Direct-to-video
2008	Prom Night	Rick Leland
2008	Deep Winter	Mark Rider
2008	Twilight	Emmett Cullen
2009	The Forgotten Ones	Jake	Direct-to-video
2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Emmett Cullen	Teen Choice Award for Scene Stealer - Male[citation needed]
2010	Meskada	Eddie Arlinger
2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Dean Russel	Cameo
2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Emmett Cullen	Teen Choice Award for Scene Stealer - Male[citation needed]
2011	Love, Wedding, Marriage	Charlie
2011	Arena	David Lord
2011	A Warrior's Heart	Conor Sullivan
2011	Immortals	Poseidon
2011	Guardians of Luna	Carson Stone
2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	Emmett Cullen
2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	Emmett Cullen	post-production
2012	Jave Heat	Jake Travers
2013	Tarzan	Tarzan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Model Citizens	himself
2004	The Bold and the Beautiful	Rob	Episode #1.4409
2005	CSI: NY	Alex Hopper	Episode: "Tri-Borough"
2005	Six Feet Under	Critter	Episode: "Hold My Hand"
2005	Summerland	Fordie	Episodes: "Safe House"; "The Space Between Us"
2005	The Comeback	Chris MacNess	13 episodes
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Chris Mullins	"Empty Eyes"
2007	Heroes	Andy	"Five Years Gone"
2008	Generation Kill	LCpl Jason Lilley	Miniseries
2008–2009	90210	George Evans	6 episodes
2009	Valley Peaks	Kyle McBride	Episodes: "Welcome to the VP"; "Motorcycle Free or Die Hard"
2012	Punk'd	Himself	Guest host

Fun Facts

Has appeared in music videos for both Hillary Duff and Hinder.

Favorite place is South Africa.

Is real life friends with Twilight co-stars Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Taylor Lautner, and Robert Pattinson.

Grew up in Arizona.

Born in North Dakota.

Has six brothers and one sister.

Quotes

I love life way too much and find fun in almost anything. I'm a chameleon.

(about the 'Twilight' cast): This cast rocks! We get along so well together it's like a real family which is great to see.

Well my family is really supportive of it all and is glad to see me on TV or on the big screen which is great. As far as school, well it affected that greatly since I quit going to school to take the biggest risk of my life and pursue acting. I worked my butt off in high school and received a lot of scholarships for college and to throw all that away for acting was tough for my family, but it was just something I felt my heart pulling me towards and don't regret a single minute of it. I love to act!

"To be completely honest, I didn't know Twilight was a book. I thank God for Ashley Greene [who plays Alice Cullen]. She's like, 'Did you read the books?' And I'm like...'What books?' But they were easy reads so it was fine. Emmett's such an easy guy, so it was awesome to play him."