Biography

Replaced Benicio Del Toro in the role of McKenna in 2018's "The Predator".

Credits fellow actor Michael Shannon for advising him to join and ultimately begin work on theater productions.

Submitted nearly 200 audition tapes during the start of his acting career before landing major roles.

Was discovered in his hometown of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, by a modeling agent while working as a carpenter in a local theater.

Was chosen for the role of Donald Pierce in 'Logan' (2017) nearly three months after he initially auditioned for the part.

There was no theater in my high school. I think even our art program was cut - it was so bad. I didn't even know that was a possibility in college or in high school; I hadn't even thought of it. It was pretty negligent. My father has run a bulldozer all of his life, and my mom is in real estate.

When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.

I unloaded planes for UPS in Louisville, Kentucky. It only was bad because it was called 'Earn to Learn,' where you pay for your tuition for college, but you have to work graveyard shift - midnight to eight A.M. - and then go to school at nine or 10 A.M. I was a zombie after two semesters.

I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.

Most difficult is the labeling by other people that models are empty-headed bodies. I think if you look for negativity, you can find it anywhere.