| Tyler Brennan | |||||||||||||||
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| Neighbours character | |||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Travis Burns | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2015–2019 | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 6 February 2015 | ||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 3 April 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Jason Herbison | ||||||||||||||
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Tyler Brennan is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Travis Burns. The actor was asked to audition for the role in 2014, while he was working in the United States. After winning the role, Burns relocated to Australia. Neighbours marks Burns' first Australian television acting job. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 6 February 2015. Burns left the cast in late 2017, and Tyler made his on-screen departure on 27 February 2018. He made a brief return from 16 October 2018, and again on 3 April 2019.
Tyler was introduced as the younger brother of established character Mark Brennan (Scott McGregor). He is portrayed as an impulsive, cocky "badboy-with-a-heart". Burns said that Tyler was untidy and relaxed, which was the exact opposite of Mark. Tyler had a short-lived romance with Imogen Willis (Ariel Kaplan), before switching his attentions to her half-sister Paige Smith (Olympia Valance). One of the character's first story arcs focused on his involvement with Dennis Dimato's (David Serafin) stolen car ring. Tyler eventually realises that he is in too deep and makes a confession to Mark, which results in his arrest.
Tyler and Mark's brother Aaron Brennan (Matt Wilson) and father Russell Brennan (Russell Kiefel) were introduced in 2015. Russell's introduction marked the start of a "controversial" domestic violence storyline, as it emerged that he had abused Tyler when he was younger. The following year, producers paired Tyler with Imogen and Paige's younger sister Piper Willis (Mavournee Hazel), whose parents oppose the relationship due to the age difference between them. The relationship lasts until Tyler's departure in 2018, but Burns later reprised his role to help facilitate Piper's exit from the serial, which saw the couple reunite.