People

Devyn A. Tyler

Acting · follow into films and chains

Biography

Devyn Ariel Tyler is an American actress. She is a regular on the TV series Snowfall and Clarice. Tyler was born in New Orleans to actress Deneen Tyler. She attended the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston and graduated from Columbia University in 2013. She has been acting since age eight, landing minor roles in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Great Debaters before taking a break to study French and Francophone studies at Columbia. She returned to acting after college, appearing in TV shows Clarice (2021–present) as well as The Underground Railroad (2021), Fear the Walking Dead (2020), The Purge (2018–2020) and Watchmen (2019). Her movie credits include Deep Water (2022).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Deep Water

As Mary Washington

Synchronic

As Danika

The Great Debaters

As Helen Farmer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

Browse all chains

When the Camera Refuses to Blink

A chain of films about people who have crossed a line, and the directors who hold the lens steady. No absolution, no easy exits, only the long look at what we a...

7 films

Topics