Like many aspiring actors, Hunter Doohan had a suitcase and a dream when he first moved to Los Angeles in 2012 during his college gap year, as he was initially planning to attend Oklahoma City University.
“I loved the blind optimism delusion that I had to move out to L.A. with not a lot of proof to back that decision up,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. Though that gap year turned into a gap decade, it’s also turned into dreams becoming realities.
Doohan, now 32, admits that “there was so long when nothing was happening,” but after grinding for several years, he finally landed his industry break in 2019 playing the younger version of Aaron Paul’s character in the Apple TV+ drama Truth Be Told. He garnered more attention after starring alongside Bryan Cranston in fellow Apple show Your Honor the following year.
But it would be his next role that catapulted him to new levels of fame. In 2022, Doohan starred opposite Jenna Ortega in the Addams family-centered series Wednesday, playing Tyler Galpin, the show’s love interest turned Hyde monster. He’s since reprised his role for two more seasons, including season three that’s currently in production in Ireland.
“I always have been scared since season one, kind of knowing my arc and being a villain in some people’s eyes, that a death would be around the corner,” he quips of his character’s storyline. “So to be here in season three is amazing.”
