Age: 31
male
Connor William Jessup, born in Toronto, Canada, is a versatile actor and filmmaker. He began his acting career at the age of eleven, gaining recognition for his roles as Ben Mason in the sci-fi series 'Falling Skies' (2011) and Taylor Blaine in the drama 'American Crime' (2015). Jessup is also widely known for his leading role as Tyler Locke in the Netflix fantasy series 'Locke & Key' (2020-2022), where he starred in all three seasons. His directing career began in 2014 with the short film 'Little Coffins', which is now considered a lost media. He went on to direct several other shorts, including 'Boy' (2015), 'Lira's Forest' (2017), 'The Constant' (2018), and the documentary 'A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul' (2018). In 2019, Jessup contributed to the '30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing' project, directing one of 30 short films. He also directed 'Night Flight' (2020), an adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s story, and most recently, the sleepwalking drama 'Julian and the Wind' (2024). In addition to his work in film and television, Jessup is an advocate for queer causes and publicly came out as gay in June 2019 during Pride Month.
ARE YOU PLAYING THE GAME, OR IS THE GAME PLAYING YOU? Vee doesn't know if she has the guts to play NERVE, an online game of high-stakes dares. But whoever's behind the online game knows exactly what she wants, enticing her with prizes and a super handsome partner. With Ian on her team, it's easy to agree to another dare. And another. And another. At first, it's thrilling, as the manipulative audience, or the 'Watchers', cheer them on to riskier challenges. But things quickly get out of hand. Will Vee and Ian risk their lives for the grand prize dare? Or will they lose NERVE? WATCHER or PLAYER?
