# Travis Tope
**Travis Tope** (born 1991) is an American film and television actor whose best-known credits include the ensemble drama *Men, Women & Children* (2014), a recurring role in the final season of the HBO Prohibition-era series *Boardwalk Empire*, and the lead in the Netflix true-crime satire *American Vandal* in its second season[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/) • [4](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278725-travis-tope?language=en-US).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Bexar County, Texas, USA[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/); grew up in Plano, Texas[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/) |
| First screen role | The independent drama *Divine Souls* (2007), at age 16[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/) |
| Breakout year | 2014: *Little Accidents*, *Men, Women & Children*, *The Town That Dreaded Sundown*, and a recurring *Boardwalk Empire* role[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/) |
| Blockbuster credit | Charlie Miller in *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/) |
| Notable series role | Kevin McClain, 8 episodes of *American Vandal* season 2 (Netflix, 2018)[4](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278725-travis-tope?language=en-US) |
| Critics' range | On Rotten Tomatoes his highest-rated film is *Disfluency* at 86% and his lowest is *Independence Day: Resurgence* at 29%[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/travis_tope) |
## Early life and first roles
Tope grew up in [Plano, Texas](https://www.edgepedia.org/plano-texas), where he was an Eagle Scout in Plano's Boy Scout Troop 1000 before turning to acting[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/). At 16 he earned his first big-screen role in the independent drama *Divine Souls* (2007)[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/).
Finding roles proved difficult for several years afterward, until he was cast in the mining-town drama *Little Accidents* (2014) alongside [Elizabeth Banks](https://www.edgepedia.org/elizabeth-banks) and [Boyd Holbrook](https://www.edgepedia.org/boyd-holbrook)[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/).
## 2014: a crowded breakout year
Three feature releases and a cable series placed Tope on screen repeatedly in 2014. He was offered roles in *The Gambler* and *November Criminals* but chose instead to star in [Jason Reitman](https://www.edgepedia.org/jason-reitman)'s dramedy *Men, Women and Children*, playing Chris Truby opposite [Jennifer Garner](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-garner), Adam Sandler, Ansel Elgort, and [Rosemarie DeWitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/rosemarie-dewitt)[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/) • [5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-700965/filmographie/). He followed it with a starring role as Nick in the horror film *The Town That Dreaded Sundown* (2014)[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/).
**Boardwalk Empire.** The sources describe Tope's part in the HBO series' final season differently. IMDb credits him as Joe Harper in 6 episodes in 2014[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/), The Movie Database describes the character as Tommy Darmody in the final season[4](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278725-travis-tope?language=en-US), and AlloCiné lists a role named Slim in two season-5 episodes[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-700965/filmographie/). All three agree on the show, the season, and the year; the character name remains reported inconsistently across filmographies.
## Film and television work since 2015
Tope moved between features and television guest parts. In 2015 he appeared in single episodes of *Battle Creek* (as Ricky) and *Casual* (as Mike), and in *NCIS: Los Angeles* (as Wyatt Maslow)[5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-700965/filmographie/). In 2016 he played Charlie Miller in the sci-fi sequel *[Independence Day: Resurgence](https://www.edgepedia.org/independence-day-resurgence)* and Evan Klein in the sci-fi horror film *Viral*, and he made two appearances as Rob in *Last Man Standing*[3](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/) • [5](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-700965/filmographie/).
His most prominent television role came as Kevin McClain in the second season of the Netflix mockumentary *American Vandal* (2018), across 8 episodes[4](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278725-travis-tope?language=en-US). The same year he played the lead, Jude, in the thriller *Seven in Heaven*, about teenagers who spend seven minutes in a locked closet and emerge in a hostile alternate world[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/).
His most recent listed feature credit is the drama *Disfluency* (2021), in which he plays Dylan[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/). Review aggregation places it at 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest critics' score of his listed films, against 29% for *Independence Day: Resurgence*, the lowest[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/travis_tope). His *Say You Will* (2017), opposite [Michelle Forbes](https://www.edgepedia.org/michelle-forbes), sits at 88% on the audience scale and was released by Gravitas Ventures[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/travis_tope).
## Reception and trajectory
The pattern across his filmography is small-scale dramas and thrillers punctuated by one large studio production. The Metacritic entry for *Independence Day: Resurgence*, in which Tope plays Charlie Miller, carries a Metascore of 32, while *Little Accidents* scored 56[7](https://www.metacritic.com/person/travis-tope/). The sequel itself was a commercial success years later on streaming, according to FlixPatrol data reported around Tope's IMDb news page, where he was also noted as leading the cast of *American Vandal*'s second season alongside [Melvin Gregg](https://www.edgepedia.org/melvin-gregg)[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/news/).
## References
1. [Travis Tope, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/)
2. [Travis Tope Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/travis_tope)
3. [Travis Tope Biography and Filmography, Tribute.ca](https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/travis-tope/47948/)
4. [Travis Tope, The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1278725-travis-tope?language=en-US)
5. [Travis Tope: Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-700965/filmographie/)
6. [Travis Tope - News, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2506621/news/)
7. [Travis Tope, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/travis-tope/)
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