Colton Tapp

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Colton Tapp
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OccupationActor, model and musician
Years active2016–present
Website coltontapp.com

Colton Dayne Tapp is an American actor, model and musician. Tapp is known in film for his roles in Three Days in August , Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness , Pi Day Die Day , The Boundary and Expulsion.

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Career

Film

In 2016, Tapp earned a breakout role as the son of an Irish painter in the movie, Three Days in August , directed by Johnathan Brownlee, [1] which premiered at Dallas International Film Festival [2] and internationally premiered at Montreal World Film Festival. Although not his first film, this role led him to following roles in films such as Pi Day Die Day , starring alongside Ari Lehman, [3] John Wilkes Booth in Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness , a feature historic film shot in Sri Lanka about the rise and fall of Mahatma Gandhi and Abraham Lincoln, [4] and The Boundary co-starring with "Neil DeGrasse Tyson". [5] [6] Tapp went on to film scifi-thriller Expulsion, where he performs dual roles as two versions of himself on different sides of a portal acted along-side Lar Park-Lincoln from Friday the 13th, Part VII.

Awards

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008Blood on the HighwayVampire
2015PestAndre
2015Phone EyesBully
2015PluggedJerry
2015That One JokeMark
2015Something's HereThomas*Best Actor Award
2015Pi Day Die DayLucas
2015Heart StopperStewart*UIL State Finalist
2015Hand Covers BruiseBrother*2nd Best Film Award, *Most Outside the Box*
2015 Three Days in August Liam*Montreal World Film Festival
2016The BoundaryMiles
2016No Wifi HereSteve
2016Death RoadBlake*Produced by Tapp
2016Night LightDawson
2016Morning RiftCody
2016The EnablerKyle
20162% EvilLogan
2017The PrecinctJimmy
2019Solar Eclipse: Depth of DarknessJohn Wilkes Booth
2020ExpulsionScott / Other Scott*Dual Lead Roles

TV

YearTitleRole
2017You Can Do BetterVince
2017Murder Made Me FamousDetective Solerno

2017

National Enquirer InvestigatesLiam Hemsworth
2015Legends & LiesEdmund Gaines
2015BelieveLance

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References

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