<P> Tyler Posey was born in Santa Monica, California, son of actor / writer John Posey and the late Cyndi Terese Garcia . He grew up in Santa Clarita, California . His on - screen mother in Teen Wolf, actress Melissa Ponzio, said: "I had the pleasure to meet his mom and dad, and he is the perfect mix of the two ." Posey also has two brothers, Derek and Jesse . </P> <P> His mother, of Mexican descent, died of breast cancer in December 2014 . Season 5 of Teen Wolf was dedicated to her memory . </P> <P> Posey has worked steadily in film and television . In February 2002, he appeared in the film Collateral Damage; in December of that year, he played Jennifer Lopez's son in the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan . He auditioned for the role of Jacob Black in the Twilight film series in 2007 but lost the role to his friend Taylor Lautner . The two regularly went for the same roles as child actors . </P> <P> That same year, Posey voiced a character in the pilot of the Disney original cartoon SheZow, which aired on May 4 as a part of the Shorty McShorts' Shorts miniseries . In 2012, he co-starred with Twilight actor Booboo Stewart in the film White Frog . In 2011, Posey was cast in his breakout role as the lead in the MTV television series Teen Wolf, which is based on the 1985 film . Posey plays high school student Scott McCall, who is bitten by a werewolf and must keep this fact secret while protecting his loved ones from a host of supernatural threats and beings . In 2015, he also became a co-producer for the fifth season of Teen Wolf . </P>

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