Tyler Lepley

Tyler Lepley: Biography in Details

Who is Tyler Lepley?

Tyler Lepley is an American actor, rapper, and personal trainer.

He is best known for portraying Benjamin “Benny” Young on Tyler Perry‘s soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots.

Tyler Lepley: Age, Parent, and Ethnicity

Tyler was born on March 24, 1987, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. He is of mixed race. Lepley has Italian descent from his mother’s side and Jamaican from his biological father’s side

His mother’s name is Jennifer Lepley. His biological parents separated when Lepley was just 6 yrs old. After that, he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Charles Jen Dinas.

He seems to be a single child of his parents.

Education

Tyler has his schooling from Central Bucks High School West in Doylestown. During their school days, he was engaged in various sports like track, football, basketball, karate, boxing, and so on.

Lepley shared that he was teased by various other children in the school being only the black kid there.

He was selected as the MVP at the sports camp for Villanova University. Although, he attended Kutztown University on a football scholarship. He graduates from Kutztown in 2010 with a degree in criminal justice.

Tyler Lepley: Career, Professional life

Early Days

Lepley used to play football in his initial days. He played under the name Tyler Dinnas in high school. He suffered an injury in 2003 and underwent surgery. it nearly ended his football career.

Likely in 2004, Lepley was selected as the MVP at the sports camp for Villanova University. He played from the university up to 2007.  He along with his other player was suspended for the attack and also broke his jaw.

Afterward, he was reinstated to the college, his football career was over. After finishing his graduation Lepley moved to Los Angeles in 2011. Then he started working as a personal trainer at Iron Fitness Gym in Santa Monica.

Acting Career

Working in the gym, he was discovered by a producer and was invited to the auditions. To a surprise, he gets to receive the lead role in an independent horror movie, Slumber Party Slaughter in 2012.

After that, he undertakes various acting classes and started his acting career professionally. He made his debut in an episode of The CW’s 90210. In 2013, he landed the role of Benny on Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots and also appear in Baggage Claim.

He gets to fame after portraying the main role of Jaxon Holley in the 2016 TV film Ringside. In 2019, he was cast as Diamond in the Starz drama, P-Valley. Likewise, his recent work was performed in the Untitled Tracy Oliver Amazon comedy series.

Tyler Lepley: Salary, Net Worth

As of 2022, the actor has already made a net worth of around $1.5 million from his career. With various upcoming works, his net worth will surely go to rise.

Lepley resides in his house in San Fernando Valley which is worth around $1.5 million. Moreover, he just owns a Lamborghini car which he flaunts on his Instagram post the day before on the 24th of June.

Tyler Lepley: Rumor and controversy

After premiering The Haves and the Have Nots in 2013, there were various rumors of Lepley being gay and also having affair with Tyler Perry.

Lepley even elaborated that the rumors got started with the night soap, and also said that it affected his latest work.

Despite the gay rumors, both of the men made their statements and showed actions that contradict them. Lepley mentioned not being single likely perry was seen pictured with her longtime girlfriend.

Tyler Lepley: Body measurement: Height, Weight

Being a physical trainer at the gym, he evidently possesses natural six-pack abs and a muscular body.

He stands at a height of 6 feet(1.83m) and weighs around 80 kg.  Likewise, the actor has black-colored hair with dark brown eyes.

Social media

Lepley is active on Twitter with around 88K followers, over 555K followers on Instagram, and likely around 415K followers on his Facebook account.

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