Age: 32
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.
A hardened space mercenary discovers an ancient alien weapon capable of destroying entire star systems. Torn between selling it to the highest bidder and preventing galactic annihilation, the protagonist must assemble a ragtag crew of rebels, exiles, and unlikely allies to stay ahead of ruthless corporate hunters and a militaristic empire determined to weaponize the artifact. As the mercenary uncovers the weapon's true origin and devastating potential, personal vendettas collide with cosmic stakes. Racing across hostile planets and through treacherous asteroid fields, the team confronts questions of power, redemption, and sacrifice. With time running out and trust constantly tested, they must decide whether to destroy the weapon forever or risk everything to control it—knowing that either choice could reshape the universe itself.
