Troye Sivan, born Troye Sivan Mellet (5 June 1995) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and lives in Perth, Australia with his parents and three siblings. He is Jewish and is currently being homeschooled.
He played Young James Howlett in the X-Men film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and most recently starred in the film Spud. He also makes vlogs on video-sharing website Youtube.
Sivan has sung at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Channel Seven Perth Telethon. His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. Sivan made it to the grand finals of StarSearch 2007. His debut album, Dare to Dream was released in February 2008. The CD includes five songs "There's a Hero", "Angels Brought Me Here", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Unsung Hero" and "The Prayer". On 20 September 2008, Sivan sang in the opening of Storm the Stage at the Burswood Entertainment Complex. In February 2010, Sivan opened the "We Are The World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)", the collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Most recently in December 2012 Troye produced his own music video through YouTube called "The 2012 Song" telling the story of the year from his perspective.
