[["Tyler<\/a> Jeffrey Hynes is a Canadian actor.","Hynes was born in Toronto, Ontario, but later grew up on a 24 hectare ranch outside Ottawa.","He began acting professionally at the age of eight.","Hynes got his professional start at the age of eight during a 72-performance run of the musical stage production of A Christmas Carol as Tiny Tim<\/a>, followed by a Canadian tour of The Who's rock opera Tommy, playing the role of 10-year-old Tommy.","He followed this up with his first feature film, Little Men, starring Mariel Hemingway<\/a>.","He portrayed Atreyu in 13 episodes of the TV series Tales from the Neverending Story and The Chosen One in the 24-episode run of Peter Benchley<\/a>'s Amazon.","Tyler<\/a> was nominated \"Fan Favourite\" at Canada's Gemini Awards at age 15.","He later starred in Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story."]]