Tyler Airin Cornell was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. First born of Courtney Sprachmann (Cornell) and Keith Lofton, he was living back and forth between homes of split (never married) parents up until freshman year at Saint Ignatius High School.At St. Mark Elementary School Tyler performed in all the plays he was eligible for. Instead of continuing in high school, he joined the Saint Ignatius rowing team. After two years of participating in this varsity sport, he decided to continue with theater and was cast in the play Little Women as Mr. Brooke.Early in 2014 Tyler signed with Pro-Model and Talent Management and completed a training course. In August of 2014 Tyler began training to compete in IMTA Los Angeles 2015, an acting and modeling competition for men and women. During IMTA Tyler won 2nd place for "Male Junior Actor of the Year".He regularly does independent work as well as work provided by his agency, PMTM. Tyler was cast as a featured extra in Cleveland Cavs Together Commercial, as well as films such as Red Acquisition and Cleveland Abduction.