- Born
- Height1.88 m
- Percy Hynes White has been acting since the age of two, beginning with performances in short films in and around his hometown of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
By age 9, he was playing the lead in "Winners," and soon was chosen for leading roles in other short films, including "The Confessional" and "Little Man." Percy was featured in Don McKellar's "The Grand Seduction," which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
Since then, he has starred in "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb"; "Our House" opposite Thomas Mann and Nicola Peltz; "Milton's Secret," with Donald Sutherland; and "Rupture," opposite Noomi Rapace.
Percy Hynes White also had the lead role in "Edge of Winter," opposite Joel Kinnaman and Tom Holland; and "Cast No Shadow," which earned him Best Actor at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival and the Rising Star Award at the 2014 Edmonton International Film Festival.
Percy played a supporting lead in "I Like Movies," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022 and earned White a Best Supporting Actor Award from The Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Among his current projects are "My Old Ass," by celebrated director Megan Park for Margot Robbie's production company LuckyChap, and "Winter Spring Summer Fall," where he plays the lead role opposite his "Wednesday" series co-star Jenna Ortega.
Select television credits include two seasons as series regular on "The Gifted" for Fox, a spin-off series in the universe of Marvel's X-Men opposite Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, and Natalie Alyn Lind, a role on Jordan Peele's reboot of the cult classic "The Twilight Zone" for CBS: All Access, "The Transplant" for NBCUniversal, two seasons on "Between" for Netflix, and the limited series "11.22.63" for Hulu starring James Franco.
Percy Hynes White also played a series regular role on "Pretty Hard Cases" for CBC. Most notably, he stars as Xavier Thorpe in "Wednesday," produced by Tim Burton for Netflix.
Percy Hynes White is based in Los Angeles and Toronto.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Parents
- RelativesDarren Hynes(Cousin)
- Son of actor/writer Joel Thomas Hynes and writer/producer Sherry White.
- He is a huge horror nerd and loves horror movies. He's particularly a fan of the campy 80s underground horror films.
- Hynes White once test screened for a role on Stranger Things (2016) as a teenager, but ultimately didn't get the part.
- Learned archery, painting and fencing for his role in Mercredi (2022).
- Prior to being cast in Mercredi (2022), he had been a long time Tim Burton fan, having become a fan as a child. His father would read Burton's poetry to him.
- I want to do weird movies, which are the type of movies that I would watch. I wanted to do indie movies and arthouse stuff. I want to play people who are completely on the other end of the spectrum, who are the opposite of myself. And just have fun.
- I don't think it's ever about the project (for me). I always just want it to be about the role, big or small, I think it's always going to feel the same. There's the same energy and excitement in taking it on.
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