Travis Van Winkle

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Van Winkle at the 2016 WonderCon
Born
Travis Scott Van Winkle

(1982-11-04) November 4, 1982 (age 41)
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Travis Scott Van Winkle [1] (born November 4, 1982) is an American actor, best known for starring in the feature film Accepted (2006) and the 2021 third season of the Netflix streaming television series You , portraying Trent DeMarco in Transformers (2007), Trent Sutton in Friday the 13th (2009), and Lieutenant Danny Green in The Last Ship (2014–2018). [2]

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Early life

Van Winkle was born in Victorville, California, the middle of three children of Sally (née Fitzgerald) and Charles Van Winkle. [3] When he was two years old, his family moved to Oscoda, Michigan. When he was eight, his family moved again to Peachtree City, Georgia, where he graduated from McIntosh High School and attended the University of West Georgia but did not graduate, leaving at age 20 to pursue his acting endeavors in Hollywood. [4] He is a member of the Baha'i faith. [5]

Career

Van Winkle made his television debut in a December 2004 episode of the Fox sitcom Quintuplets , and has since appeared in shows such as That's So Raven , Malcolm in the Middle , The O.C. , and 7th Heaven . [6] His film credits include one of the leads in Fox's Meet the Spartans , David R. Ellis's film Asylum , Universal's Accepted [7] and Michael Bay's Transformers . While he has modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch shot by Bruce Weber, Van Winkle appeared in New Line/Paramount's 2009 reboot of Friday the 13th (another Bay production) as Trent Sutton. He also appeared in Julianne Hough's 2008 music video for "That Song in My Head". [8]

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Travis Van Winkle and The Last Ship cast

In 2011, Van Winkle starred in the suspense thriller film 247°F co-starring Scout Taylor-Compton. [9] In 2012, he starred in the independent comedy Last Call . [10] He also appeared in the thriller Bloodwork, co-starring Tricia Helfer. [11]

In 2011 and 2012, Van Winkle made guest appearances in television series such as Happy Endings , 2 Broke Girls , and Two and a Half Men . [12] In October 2012, he was cast as Lieutenant Daniel Joshua "Danny" Green, leader of the Naval Mountain Warfare Special Forces Unit aboard the Nathan James, in the TNT action drama pilot The Last Ship , also executively produced by Bay. [13] The series premiered on TNT on 22 June 2014. In December 2012, he was cast in a recurring role as Jonah on the second season of The CW's series Hart of Dixie . [14]

In 2014, Van Winkle starred in the comedy film Mantervention . [15] He also guest starred in an episode of Scorpion . [16] In 2015, he starred in the PixL original movie Bound & Babysitting alongside Tammin Sursok. [17]

In 2017, Van Winkle starred as Scott Hays in Hallmark channel original movie Christmas Getaway alongside Bridget Regan. [18]

In 2019, Van Winkle appeared in the film Senior Love Triangle as the character Spencer. [19]

In October 2020, Van Winkle was cast in the main role of Cary Conrad on the third season of the Netflix thriller series You . [20]

In 2022, it was announced that he will be appearing in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video remake of the 1989 film Road House . [21] [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Instinct vs. ReasonFrat boy Short film
Billy's Dad Is a Fudge-Packer! Billy's sister's boyfriendShort film
2005ConfessionScott
2006 Accepted Hoyt Ambrose
National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 Frat guy Direct-to-video
Left in Darkness CorbyDirect-to-video
2007 Transformers Trent DeMarco
2008 Meet the Spartans Sonio
Asylum TommyDirect-to-video
2009 Friday the 13th Trent Sutton
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th Himself Documentary film
2011 247°F Ian
Intervention: Cinderella Prince Charming Short film
2012Children of the AirTrey ThomasShort film
Rites of Passage Hart
Last Call Danny
Bloodwork Greg
2013Pulling the GoalieChipShort film
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13thHimselfDocumentary film
2014 Mantervention Coke
2019 Senior Love Triangle Spencer
2024 Road House Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Quintuplets Great-looking HugoEpisode: "Date Night"
That's So Raven BenEpisode: "Double Vision"
2005 Malcolm in the Middle PhillipEpisode: "Tiki Lounge"
The O.C. Kyle ThompsonEpisode: "The O.C. Confidential"
7th Heaven BrianEpisode: "Helpful"
2007 Veronica Mars Patrick NickersonEpisode: "Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down"
Greek TravisEpisode: "Multiple Choice"
2009 90210 Jamie4 episodes
2010 Law & Order: LA Colin BlakelyEpisode: "Hollywood"
2011 Happy Endings Bo Bazinski2 episodes
2 Broke Girls WilliamEpisode: "And the '90s Horse Party"
2012 Two and a Half Men DylanEpisode: "A Possum on Chemo"
CSI: Miami MickeyEpisode: "Last Straw"
Raising Hope PhilipEpisode: "Sabrina's New Jimmy"
Squad 85 Rusty6 episodes
A Star for ChristmasJaredTelevision film (ION)
2013 Hart of Dixie Jonah Breeland5 episodes
2014–2018 The Last Ship Danny GreenMain role
2015Adventures in Love & BabysittingAlexTelevision film (PixL)
Scorpion Ensign Nathan HallEpisode: "Robots"
2017Christmas GetawayScott HayesTelevision film (Hallmark)
2019 Instinct Ryan Stock11 episodes
2020Project Christmas WishLucasTelevision film (Hallmark)
2021 You Cary Conrad Main role (season 3)
'Tis the Season to be MerryAdam WaltersHallmark movie
2022 Good Sam Dr. Eric Kace4 episodes
Made for Love Aaron Benson2 episodes
2023–present FUBAR AldonMain role

Web

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Dating Rules from My Future SelfMarc2 episodes
2013The Life GenieThe ManEpisode: "The Man"

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2008"That Song in My Head" Julianne Hough

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