Kyle Chandler
36 movies · 21 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 17, 1965 (age 61)
- Place of birth
- Buffalo, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Kyle Martin 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.
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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
Kyle Chandler: movies and TV shows
Acting (57)
- 2026
- 2026 The Rip
as DEA Agent Mateo 'Matty' Nix
- 2025 Anniversary
as Paul Taylor
- 2025 Back in Action
as Chuck
- 2022 Slumberland
as Peter
- 2022
- 2022 Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
as Bill Gurley
- 2022
- 2021 Elvis and the USS Arizona
as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
- 2021
- 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong
as Mark Russell
- 2020 The Midnight Sky
as Mitchell
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Mark Russell
- 2019
- 2018 First Man
as Deke Slayton
- 2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
as The Searcher
- 2018 Game Night
as Brooks
- 2016 Manchester by the Sea
as Joe Chandler
- 2015 Carol
as Harge Aird
- 2015
- 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street
as Agent Patrick Denham
- 2013 The Naughty List
as Santa (voice)
- 2013 A Monsterous Holiday
as Coach
- 2013 Morning
as Businessman
- 2013 The Spectacular Now
as Tommy Keely
- 2013 Broken City
as Paul Andrews
- 2012 Zero Dark Thirty
as Joseph Bradley
- 2012 Argo
as Hamilton Jordan
- 2011 Super 8
as Jackson Lamb
- 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still
as John Driscoll
- 2007 The Kingdom
as Francis Manner
- 2006
- 2005 King Kong
as Bruce Baxter
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2003
- 2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Raoul Walsh
- 2001
- 1999 Angel's Dance
as Tony
- 1999
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Mulholland Falls
as Captain
- 1995 Convict Cowboy
as Clay Treyton
- 1995 Sleep, Baby, Sleep
as Peter Walker
- 1992 Pure Country
as Buddy Jackson
- 1991
- 1990 The Color of Evening
as John
- 1989 Home Fires Burning
as Billy Benefield
- 1989 Unconquered
as First Boy
- 1988 Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
as Skinner
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1985
- 1951
Behind the camera (2)
- 2006
- 1996
Talk shows and appearances (12)
- 2024
- 2024 Hot Ones Versus
1 episode
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2011
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2 episodes
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
3 episodes
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1952 Today
4 episodes