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Biography

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Tyler James Hilton (born on November 22, 1983, in Palm Springs, California) is an American Singer/Songwriter and an Actor. Hilton, while still somewhat unknown, hit the music scene in 2000. Rolling Stone Magazine compared him to his contemporary, Jason Mraz, while others have compared Hilton to John Mayer, both vocally and instrumentally. Since the release of his first album, he has branched out into acting, guest starring on the WB’s television show One Tree Hill, and playing the role of Elvis Presley in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. Hilton just finished filming his role in the upcoming film Charlie Bartlett.

Early Years

Born and raised in Palm Springs, California, Hilton grew up around music. Hilton began teaching himself Elvis Presley songs at an early age. At the age of 13, his family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he wrote his first song about a girl whom he attended school with. Hilton's family made another move back to Coachella Valley for high school, where, at La Quinta High School, he started a band with some of his classmates. The band didn't go anywhere, so Hilton began to enter open mic nights and went to local coffee shops to play his own music.

Establishment

Hilton heard a local radio station was giving away Jonny Lang concert tickets and called into the Mark & Brian radio show on KLOS in Los Angeles at the age of 16. While on the phone, he sang an acapella version of Jonny Lang’s song "Breakin' Me." Mark & Brian were so impressed with Hilton's performance that they gave him a spot at the station's Christmas concert. Word of Hilton caught the ear of Maverick Records, who signed him up with a record deal shortly after. Work started on Hilton's debut major label record, The Tracks of Tyler Hilton, and the songs were recorded quickly. The album was released on September 28, 2004. After the release of his album, Hilton joined the likes of Avril Lavigne, Jet, 50 Cent, and Josh Groban as an artist chosen by AOL Breaker for his star potential. In the Summer of 2005, Tyler opened for Hilary Duff on her American leg of the "Still Most Wanted" tour. Hilton plays various venues for live shows, and allows attendees to tape his performances. These performances are available on the internet, and Archive.org

Acting

Hilton had been interested in acting since his high school days, and always had a passion for it, as well as music. Around the same time of his album's release, Hilton, then 20 years old, auditioned for the part of Chris Keller, a "troubled musician" on The WB's hit drama One Tree Hill. Producers were impressed with his audition and signed him for the show in 2004. He played his part on the series so well that his role was extended by the producers.
His shady character proved as quite a problem for the youngsters in Tree Hill, when he almost broke up a marriage between Nathan and Haley in Season 2 and caused problems for Lucas and Brooke in Season 3. Later, Chris Keller is seen asking Nathan for a favor. The unlikely pair, who rarely get along due to their common love interest - Haley, drive off to a poker game where they end up stealing the money and jumping into a river to save their lives, despite the fact that Tyler's (third-person speaking) character "Chris Keller can't swim". Chris loses the money in the river and ends up selling his 'water-logged' guitar to get Haley's records back from the studio. So far, this was the last of the character in One Tree Hill as he is seen walking away with his empty guitar case.
According to him, "Chris Keller's work here is done"
In addition to this role, Hilton landed the part of Elvis Presley in the biopic Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.

Trivia

Tyler covered two Elvis Presley songs for the film Walk The Line, Milk Cow Blues, and That's All Right.
Tyler Hilton's character on One Tree Hill, Chris Keller, was originally written for 2 episodes, but series creator Mark Schwahn liked him so much that his role was extended.
Tyler received his first guitar as a Christmas present.
During the filming of "Walk The Line", he met and befriended Joaquin Phoenix and Waylon Payne. The two actors later took Tyler out celebrating for his 21st birthday.
He is a big fan of Elvis Presley. Not only did he learn to play the guitar by learning Elvis songs, but he played Elvis in "Walk The Line".
Tyler's demo for Maverick Records was produced by singer/songwriter Gabe Lopez, who produced American Idols Jim Verraros and Angela Peel, as well as gold artist Triniti. Lopez' debut came out in 2006.
Tyler Hilton is friends with singer/actor Jesse McCartney

Discography

Tyler Hilton (2000)

Tyler Hilton EP (2004)

The Tracks of Tyler Hilton (2004)

External links

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