Troye Sivan Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

As an actor, Sivan portrayed the younger Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and starred as the title character in the Spud film trilogy. As a YouTube personality, Sivan used to upload video blogs regularly and, as of 2021, has over 7.3 million subscribers and over 1.3 billion total views. His video “The ‘Boyfriend’ Tag”, with fellow vlogger Tyler Oakley, earned them a Teen Choice Award in the “Choice Web Collaboration” category. In 2014, Time named Sivan as one of the “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014”. In 2018, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for “Revelation”, from the film Boy Erased, in which he also had a supporting acting role. In 2022, he starred in the movie Three Months.

Early life

Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Laurelle Mellet, a homemaker and former model, and Shaun Mellet, an entrepreneur and real estate agent. Sivan grew up in Perth, Western Australia, with his parents and three siblings. He was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family, though he does not consider himself to be religious—his father was born to a Jewish family of Lithuanian-Jewish descent and his mother converted to Judaism. Sivan attended Carmel School, a private Modern Orthodox school, until 2009, when he started distance education. His middle name turned surname Sivan is a Hebrew calendar month.

Music

Sivan’s musical career started when he sang at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Channel Seven Perth Telethon. His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. Sivan made it to the finals of StarSearch 2007. His debut EP, Dare to Dream, was released in June 2007. In February 2010, Sivan opened “We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)”, the collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

On 5 June 2013, Sivan was signed to EMI Australia, a Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret until a year later. On 15 August 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled TRXYE, led by its first single “Happy Little Pill”, which was released on 25 July 2014.^[26] TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries. The EP debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 album. “Happy Little Pill” peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies. Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild, on 4 September 2015. The EP was supported by a music video trilogy entitled Blue Neighbourhood, comprising the three songs “Wild”, “Fools” and “Talk Me Down” and released from September 2015 to December 2015. Additionally, the EP served as an introduction to his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood, which was released on 4 December 2015. The single “Youth” reached number 23 in the Billboard Hot 100. Sivan supported Blue Neighbourhood and Wild with his first tour, 2015’s Troye Sivan Live.^[32] He further supported Blue Neighbourhood with 2016’s Blue Neighbourhood Tour and Suburbia Tour. On 26 May 2017, Troye collaborated with Martin Garrix to produce the song “There for You”.

Acting

In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre. In 2008, Sivan was cast in a Western Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible. In February 2008, Sivan was cast as young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Sivan got the part after videos of his telethon performance were posted on YouTube, catching the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send in an audition tape. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee was already cast for this role, he was unable to be a part of the film, due to his other film, The Road. In July 2009, he auditioned successfully for the lead role in Spud, a film adaptation of the 2005 novel by South African author John van de Ruit. Filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid-April 2010. The film was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010 and was later nominated for six SAFTAs, including a Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Sivan.

Sivan appeared in the Western Australian season of Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play Waiting for Godot which opened on 28 May 2010. Sivan shared the role of “Boy” with Craig Hyde-Smith, alternating nights. In June 2012, Sivan returned to South Africa to film Spud 2: The Madness Continues, which was released in South Africa on 21 June 2013. Sivan also starred in the third film in the series, Spud 3: Learning to Fly, released on 28 November 2014.

Sivan had a supporting role in the 2018 film Boy Erased. In 2022, he starred as Caleb in the feature film Three Months. On 22 November 2021, Sivan was cast as a series regular in the upcoming HBO drama series The Idol.

YouTube

In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after having only sung on the site since 2007. At the time of posting his first vlog, Sivan had accumulated 27,000 subscribers in his five years since joining YouTube on 1 October 2007. As of June 2022, Sivan had over 7 million subscribers and over 1 billion total views across his YouTube videos. His YouTube channel is the eighth most subscribed channel in Australia.

A YouTube video Sivan made with fellow YouTuber Tyler Oakley, titled “The ‘Boyfriend’ Tag”, earned them a Teen Choice Award in the “Choice Web Collaboration” category.

Artistry

Sivan’s favourite artists include Amy Winehouse, Taylor Swift and Lorde. MTV Artists cites Michael Jackson and Frank Ocean as additional influences. He told Wonderland magazine in 2018, “When I think about the songs that I grew up listening to that made me feel … gay, it was mostly straight women: Cher, Madonna, Miley, Robyn, Lady Gaga. Those are my gay icons, which is a bit strange. I would have loved to have had more queer music growing up. That would have been nice.” Sivan also cites Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera as his inspirations, as his music video for “My My My!” was directly influenced by the one for “Dirrty” (2002).

Sivan’s music has been described as “layered electropop with constant tinges of EDM”. His baritone voice has received widespread praise, and his work has been compared to that of Lorde and Taylor Swift. In December 2020, Sivan was listed at number 34 in Rolling Stone Australia‘s “50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time” issue.

Personal life

Sivan came out publicly as gay via a YouTube video on 7 August 2013, three years after coming out to his family. He has a mild form of Marfan syndrome.