This is an accepted version of this page Tyler Lee Hoechlin (/ˈhɛklɪn/; born September 11, 1987) is an American actor.

[3] He earned a baseball scholarship to Arizona State University, where he played infield; his team made it to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

[4] At first, Hoechlin aimed for a career in baseball, prioritizing it over his acting opportunities, which led him to turn down offers for auditions and meetings (including one with director Francis Ford Coppola), and to decline the role of Emmett Cullen in the Twilight films.

[13][14] The series' producers accommodated Hoechlin's baseball schedule, filming on days he did not have practice or a game, throughout high school and his first year of college.

[4] After 7th Heaven ended in 2007, he had small roles in other television series, including CSI: Miami, My Boys, and Castle.

[15] He also returned to film work, starring in David DeCoteau's Grizzly Rage in 2007 and appearing in Solstice the following year.

During the early seasons of the show, filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, Hoechlin lived with co-stars Tyler Posey and Dylan O'Brien.

[19][20] After leaving Teen Wolf to pursue other work and film roles,[7] Hoechlin was cast in Richard Linklater's baseball comedy Everybody Wants Some!!.

To achieve a sense of camaraderie among the cast, they spent three weeks living together at Linklater's ranch while fine-tuning the script.

[30] He appeared in four episodes of the show's second season, and was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Guest Performance on a Television Series for his work in the role.

[37] In October 2019, it was confirmed that Superman & Lois, a spin-off series starring Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch, was in development at the CW,[38] which picked it up straight-to-series in January 2020.

[45] Bigger premiered on September 13, 2018, in Las Vegas, in conjunction with the Mr. Olympia competition, and was released to cinemas in October.