starred as Tripp. During 2016 and 2017, he started working on a project as a co-producer, the science fiction and suspense film Spectrum playing the role of a young scientist named Connor. He also participated in the one-hour animated television special titled Michael Jackson's Halloween which premiered on CBS in October 2017 lending his voice to the character of Vincent, a young store clerk who wants to be DJ. In the same month, he participated with CBS Cares in a television campaign in support of hurricane relief in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria struck in the area. CBS renewed MacGyver in which Till played the starring role, continuing his role in the second, third and fourth seasons. This leading role allowed him to receive the nomination in 2018 in the 20th edition of the Teen Choice Awards in the category of Choice TV Actor: Action, a nomination that he also received in 2019 in the 21st broadcast of the Teen Choice Awards in the same category. In addition to the leading role, Till collaborated in the production of the 13 episodes that make up the fourth season of the series. In 2019, he collaborated again with CBS Cares in a television campaign in support of the fight against lupus. 2020s: MacGyver finale and critical success in film He renewed his contract in 2020 to continue his leading role in the fifth season of MacGyver. Till has said in interviews that he was the subject of verbal abuse and body shaming from the showrunner of MacGyver, Peter Lenkov. Till reported being suicidal in the first year of the filming of MacGyver due to Lenkov's abuse. Lenkov was later fired from CBS on July 7, 2020. Till played Bob Zellner, the grandson of a member of the Ku Klux Klan, who joins the civil rights movement in the United States in the film Son of the South. His role in the film, based on Zellner's autobiography The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, received critical acclaim. While the film received mixed reviews from critics, Till's performance was widely praised. Filmography Film Television Music videos Producer Awards and nominations References External links 1990 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male child actors American male film actors American male voice actors American male television actors American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Male actors from Georgia (U.S. state) Male actors from Texas People from Fort