Tye Kayle Sheridan ( born November 11 , 1996 ) is an American actor . Sheridan made his feature film debut in Terrence Malick 's experimental drama film The Tree of Life ( 2011 ) and had his first leading role in Jeff Nichols 's film Mud ( 2012 ) . He also co-starred in David Gordon Green 's drama Joe ( 2013 ) . In 2015 , he starred in the drama The Stanford Prison Experiment . Sheridan played Cyclops in the 2016 film X-Men : Apocalypse , and will portray the lead character , Wade Watts , in Steven Spielberg 's adaptation of Ernest Cline 's Ready Player One , which is scheduled for a March 30 , 2018 release .
Tye Sheridan is a person.