Kellan Lutz is a film and television actor. Before acting, he was an Abercrombie & Fitch model.
Lutz was born as one of 7 brothers with 1 sister in Dickinson, North Dakota and was raised throughout North Dakota, the Midwest, and Arizona. He started modeling when he was 13 or 14, and after high school he moved to Los Angeles for college where he then decided to pursue an acting career.
Lutz has close friendships with Twilight co-stars Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, which formed before the movie began filming.