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My Take
Ty Olsson is a Canadian character actor whose face you almost certainly recognize even if the name doesn't land. To Supernatural fans he's Benny Lafitte, the vampire with a conscience, and that's the kind of role I love: a tough exterior hiding real warmth. What moves me more is that he played Mark Bingham in Flight 93, portraying a genuine 9/11 hero, which carries a weight most parts never do. He also voiced Ord in Dragon Tales, so he's quietly threaded through a lot of childhoods. A versatile, dependable presence rather than a headline name, and I mean that as high praise.
Overview
Tyler Victor Olsson is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Benny Lafitte in Supernatural (2013–2019) and real-life 9/11 hero Mark Bingham in the A&E television film Flight 93 (2006), as well as providing the voice of Ord in the PBS Kids animated children's series Dragon Tales (1999–2005) and the voice of Frank West in the video game Dead Rising 4 (2016).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ty Olsson
- Name (Japanese)
- タイ・オルソン
- Reading
- たい・おるそん
- Born
- January 28, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / voice actor / television actor / actor / dub actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Canterbury High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.