Tyler Mane is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor from Saskatoon. He is known for playing Sabretooth in X-Men and a 2006 video game, Michael Myers in Rob Zombie's Halloween film duology and Ajax from Troy. He also acted in Joe Dirt, The Scorpion King, Playing with Fire, Doom Patrol and The Devil's Rejects. He is married to Renae Geerlings.
At 6'8, he is the tallest actor to play Michael Myers.
Was a professional wrestler.
To prepare for his role as Michael Myers he watched all of the Halloween films, except for Halloween 3.
Watched the 1990's X-Men cartoon and looked back at Sabertooth for
inspiration. Purchased dozens of Sabertooth Comics to prepare for his
role in the movie X-Men.
While wrestling in WCW as Big Sky in the early-1990s, he teamed
regularly with Vinnie Vegas (Kevin Nash) right before Nash's WWF tenure
as "Diesel".