Get To Know 'Young Dylan' Star Dylan Gilmer With 10 Fun Facts (Exclusive)

Dylan Gilmer is returning for the second season of his hit comedy Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan!

The 12-year-old actor and rapper stars in the title role in the series, which is executive produced and created by Tyler Perry.

Young Dylan follows hip-hop mogul-in-training Dylan (Gilmer) as he continues his pursuit of stardom, while getting his family into hilarious hijinks along the way. Accompanying Dylan in his quest for music greatness are his uncle Myles (Carl Anthony Payne II), aunt Yasmine (Mieko Hillman), grandmother Viola (Aloma Lesley Wright), cousins Rebecca (Celina Smith) and Charlie (Hero Hunter), and Rebecca’s best friend Bethany (Jet Miller).

The series returns for it’s second season TONIGHT (June 19) at 8:30pm ET/PT on Nickelodeon, right after an all new Danger Force.

In the season two premiere, Dylan gets ready to return to Chicago with his mother when a change in the plan causes him to question their relationship and prompts the Wilson family to help him through this latest crisis. Check out the trailer here.

To celebrate the second season, we spoke to Dylan and got to know 10 Fun Facts about him. Check them out below!

• 1. My favorite food is oysters, sushi, and mac & cheese. A lot of people say that it’s weird to like oysters and sushi since I’m just a kid, but really like it. I don’t know why I like it so much, I guess I’m a weird kid!
• 2. I love playing soccer and football. I’m also getting into lacrosse. A lot of people would not think that I would like to get into lacrosse but I’m getting into it now, so you can definitely see me playing in a few videos on Instagram. Me scoring some goals, you know!
• 3. I like collecting action figures like Marvel, DC and anime.
• 4. I like to spend a lot of time with my family.
• 5. I love to play Fortnite and 2K with my friends. We have so much fun staying up all night and playing!
• 6. I am not an early morning person at all. I’m definitely a staying up late person!
• 7. I love to do art!
• 8. My favorite gaming console is PS5, man! Xbox, nah man, I’m all about PlayStation bro!
• 9. My favorite car is a Bugatti Chiron. I would love to get one when I grow up and be able to tell my younger self, “We made it man. You wanted your dream car and you got it!”
• 10. I would like to buy a house for my family, for my mom and dad.