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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-09-17 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Kyle Chandler

Biography:

Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in the NBC series Friday Night Lights(2006–2011), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011.

Making his screen acting debut in the 1988 television film Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story, Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama Homefront (1991–1993). This was followed by the lead role of Gary Hobson in the series Early Edition (1996–2000). His well-received guest appearance on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2006–2007) earned Chandler his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Chandler's film work has included notable supporting roles in King Kong (2005), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Super 8 (2011), Argo, Zero Dark Thirty (both 2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Carol (2015), Manchester by the Sea (2016), Game Night and First Man (both 2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). Chandler has also starred in the Netflix thriller series Bloodline (2015–2017), for which he received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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Known For

Acting

2028

Scar Tissue as Stefan Cameron

2025

Anniversary as Paul

2022

2021

Elvis and the USS Arizona as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
Godzilla vs. Kong as Mark Russell
Mayor of Kingstown as Mitch McLusky

2020

The Midnight Sky as Mitchell

2019

2018

Game Night as Brooks
First Man as Deke Slayton

2016

Manchester by the Sea as Joe Chandler

2015

Carol as Harge Aird
Bloodline as John Rayburn

2014

2013

Broken City as Paul Andrews
The Wolf of Wall Street as Agent Patrick Denham
The Spectacular Now as Tommy Keely
Morning as Businessman
The Naughty List as Santa (voice)

2012

Argo as Hamilton Jordan
Zero Dark Thirty as Joseph Bradley

2011

2008

2007

The Kingdom as Francis Manner

2006

2005

King Kong as Bruce Baxter
Grey's Anatomy as Dylan Young
Robot Chicken as (voice)
American Dad! as Coach Keegan (voice)

2004

The Present as Self

2003

2001

What About Joan? as Jake Evans

1999

Family Guy as Coach Doyle (voice)

1997

King of the Hill as Tucker Mardell (voice) (uncredited)

1996

Mulholland Falls as Captain
Early Edition as Gary Hobson

1995

Convict Cowboy as Clay Treyton
Sleep, Baby, Sleep as Peter Walker

1992

Pure Country as Buddy Jackson

1991

Homefront as Jeff Metcalf

1990

1989

Unconquered as First Boy
Home Fires Burning as Billy Benefield

1988

1987

Tour of Duty as PVT William Griner

1985

North and South as Charles Main

1952

Today as Self

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Billy Benefield

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Lanterns as Hal Jordan

Directing

2006

1996

Early Edition as Director