Tyler Jordon Blackburn (born October 12, 1986[1]) is an American actor, singer and model. He is best known for playing Caleb Rivers on the hit Freeform series Pretty Little Liars and its spin-off, Ravenswood.[2] He most recently starred as Alex Manes in The CW series Roswell, New Mexico (2019–2022).
Blackburn was born in Burbank, California.[3] He has one older sister and three younger brothers.[4]
Blackburn has a 4 inch long scar on his left shoulder. This was caused due to the removal of a benign bone tumor at the age of 10.[5]
Blackburn began performing in 2004 and appeared on the series Unfabulous on Nickelodeon. In the following year he was a teacher in the short film The Doers of Coming Deeds. In 2008, he made a cameo in the film Next of Kin. In 2009, Blackburn appeared in Cold Case and Rockville CA, a webseries launched by Josh Schwartz. In 2010, he appeared on Days of Our Lives, Gigantic, and was also in the independent film Peach Plum Pear.[6]
In October 2010, Blackburn was cast in a recurring role as Caleb Rivers in the television series Pretty Little Liars.[7] He was upgraded to series regular for the third season starting in the summer of 2012.[8]
Blackburn also starred as Pete in the six-episode web series Wendy, a project developed by Alloy Entertainment and Macy's that was based on Peter Pan which premiered on September 15, 2011.[9] In 2012, he starred in drama Hiding alongside Ana Villafañe, Jeremy Sumpter, Dean Armstrong and Dan Payne.
In May 2013, it was announced that Blackburn would star in the 2013 Pretty Little Liars' spin-off Ravenswood.[10][better source needed]
In March 2018, Blackburn joined the cast of The CW series Roswell, New Mexico as Alex Manes, a character initially introduced as a love interest to Michael Vlamis's Michael Guerin.[11] Blackburn remained a series regular on the show during its four-season run until it ended in 2022.
For his role in Alloy Entertainment web series Wendy, Blackburn recorded Golden State's "Save Me" to be used as the show's theme song, which was released on August 15, 2011.[12] He recorded "Find a Way" in 2012 for the then ABC Family (now renamed Freeform) show, The Secret Life of the American Teenager. The song was also featured on ABC Family's other shows, including The Fosters and Pretty Little Liars, the latter of which Blackburn starred on.
Subsequently, Blackburn released an extended play titled "Find My Way - EP" in 2013 which was released on Apple Music[13].
Blackburn has also recorded several songs with Novi, including a feature on Novi's song titled "Can't Love Me". The song was then featured in the twelfth episode of Roswell, New Mexico.[14] on which Blackburn starred on during its four-season run. Blackburn also performed a song called "Would You Come Home" on the thirteenth episode of season two of Roswell, New Mexico as his character, Alex Manes.
Blackburn publicly came out as bisexual on April 19, 2019 through an interview with The Advocate.[15]
