Connor Jessup was born in Toronto, Canada. Acting since the age of eleven, he is best known for his roles in Netflix's fantasy series
Locke & Key (2020) and in the Emmy-winning ABC drama
American Crime (2015). Other notable roles include acclaimed performances in the independent films
Blackbird (2012) and
Closet Monster (2015).
Jessup is also a writer, director and producer. He directed the documentary
A.W. A Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018) for the Criterion Collection, and has written and directed several shorts -- including
Boy (2015) and
Lira's Forest (2017). He runs a production company, Big & Quiet Pictures, with producer Ashley Shields-Muir.