Brett Quillen Claywell (born April 11, 1978, Greensboro, North Carolina) is an American actor best known for playing the roles of Tim Smith on The WB/CW series One Tree Hill, and Kyle Lewis on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
Claywell may be best-known for his portrayal of young medical student Kyle Lewis on ABC’s long-running daytime series, One Life to Live.
He earned critical acclaim and national recognition, as well as a GLAAD award, for his turn as one of daytime’s most talked about actors of 2010.
He continued performing on the stage all the way up through college, where he studied theater at North Carolina State University while also earning a degree in Architecture.
[3] Claywell has made appearances in films, including The Final Season (in 2007), where he co-starred with Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook and Michael Angarano.