Kellan Lutz

**Kellan Lutz** portrayed Wren Elkins in *The Guardians*, *Guardians: Extinction*, and *Guardians: The Final Stand.*

## Life & Career

Kellan Christopher Lutz was born on March 15, 1985, in Dickinson, North Dakota, the son of Karla (née Theesfeld) and Bradley Lutz. He has one sister, Brittany, and six brothers, Brandon, Tanner, David, Daniel, Brad, and Chris. Lutz grew up in the Midwest and in Arizona,and graduated from Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, before deciding to pursue an acting career. He attended Chapman University to pursue a degree in chemical engineering.

Lutz had recurring roles on *Model Citizens* (2004) and *The Comeback* (2005), 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*(2006), *Accepted* (2006), and *Prom Night* (2008). 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, and had a starring role in the film *Deep Winter*.

Lutz's big break came when he played Emmett Cullen in the film adaptations of the *Twilight* (2008) saga by Stephenie Meyer. He reprised his role for all four follow-up films, beginning with *The Twilight Saga: New Moon* (2009). He also appeared as George Evans in the *90210* spinoff (2009) on The CW. Lutz also appeared the 2010 remake *A Nightmare on Elm Street* as Dean, "a well-liked, well-off high school jock", in April 2010. He reprised his role as Emmett Cullen in the third installment of the *Twilight* saga, *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), and then appeared as the feisty Poseidon, God of the Sea in *Immortals* (2011). Lutz reunited with his *Twilight*co-star and close friend, Ashley Greene, in the film *A Warrior's Heart* (2011). He was considered for the lead role in *Conan the Barbarian* (2011), but eventually lost out to Jason Momoa. He also reunited with his *Immortals* co-star Mickey Rourke in the action film *Java Heat* (2013), which was shot in Indonesia. In 2012, Lutz was one of the candidates for the male lead in the film *Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters*, a role that ultimately went to Jeremy Renner. Lutz starred in the epic *The Legend of Hercules* (2014), but the film was a critical and commercial failure.

Lutz is signed with Ford Models. He is one of the models featured in the 2010 Calvin Klein X underwear campaign.

In 2012, Lutz made a special guest appearance on the TV show *30 Rock*, playing a version of himself who is related to the character J.D. Lutz, played by actor John Lutz. In 2011 and 2012, he again portrayed Emmett Cullen, in the fourth and fifth *Twilight* installments, *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1* and *Part 2* (2012).

In 2015, it was announced that Lutz will star in the thriller film *Money* with Jamie Bamber, Jesse Williams, and Jess Weixler directed by Martin Rosete and produced by Atit Shah. The film was released on 2016.

Lutz had also appeared as the main lead in *Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child* and *Guardians of the Tomb*.

On June 24, 2016, Lutz tweeted that he had a meeting with both McG and Mary Viola about playing the role of He-Man.