Tylan Grant

Tylan Grant (born 9 October 2001) is an English actor, known for playing Phoenix Hathaway in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. For his role as Phoenix/Brooke, Grant was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2019 British Soap Awards, as well as Celebrity of the Year at the 2019 National Diversity Awards.

Early and personal life Tylan Grant was born in 2001 in London, to parents David and Carrie Grant. Grant has three siblings, including Olive Gray.

Grant was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in 2009, at the age of seven, and has spoken about the difficulties he faced while attending school, due to there being little awareness on the syndrome at the time. In a piece for i newspaper, he stated that teachers did not believe that he was autistic, and that nobody at school understood him.

Grant also has dyscalculia, is a trans man and uses he/him pronouns.

Career Grant made his professional acting debut in an episode of the CBBC sitcom So Awkward as Greta Masters. Then in 2018, he was cast in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks as Brooke Hathaway, making his first appearance on 10 July 2018. Grant is the first BAME actor to play an autistic character on a television series. In 2020, Grant's parents appeared in the soap as Mal and Zoe, the adoptive parents of Brooke's newborn child. In 2023, after he had transitioned to a trans man, Hollyoaks changed his character's name to Phoenix, which Grant appreciated.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2015 So Awkward Greta Masters Episode: "Space Over" 2018–2024 Hollyoaks Phoenix Hathaway Regular role 2018 Loose Women Himself Guest appearance 2019 Good Morning Britain Himself Guest appearance 2019 This Morning Himself Guest appearance

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards Best Newcomer 2019 The British Soap Awards Best Newcomer 2019 Inside Soap Awards Best Young Actor 2019 National Diversity Awards Celebrity of the Year