Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler
Chandler at the Beverly Hilton, December 2, 2008
Born	Kyle Martin Chandler September 17, 1965 (1965-09-17) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Spouse	Kathryn Chandler (1995-present); 2 children

Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles in the television shows Early Edition as Gary Hobson, Deputy Jackson Lamb in the film Super 8, and as Coach Eric Taylor in Friday Night Lights, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011.

Personal life

Chandler was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth child of Edward Chandler, a farm owner and cigarette sales representative, and his wife, Sally. He was raised in Loganville, Georgia, and attended George Walton Academy in nearby Monroe. He went on to the University of Georgia, in Athens, where he was a drama major and member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He is married to Kathryn Chandler, a television writer; the couple has two daughters. They live west of Austin, outside of Dripping Springs, Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Chandler was signed by an ABC scout in 1988 on a talent search. His first major role on television was as Army Sergeant William Griner as a member of special operations squad fighting in Vietnam in the series Tour of Duty. After that, he went on to play Cleveland Indians rightfielder Jeff Metcalf in the ABC show Homefront, a drama set in the mid 1940s after World War II in the fictional town of River Run, Ohio. In his next television role, Kyle moved from the past to play a man who had the ability to change future disasters as the central character in the CBS television series Early Edition. He portrayed bar owner Gary Hobson, a stockbroker turned hero who received "tomorrow's newspaper today", delivered to his door by a mysterious cat. In 1996 he received the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television for his portrayal of Gary.

Subsequently, Chandler appeared opposite Joan Cusack as investment banker Jake Evans in the short-lived ABC comedy series What About Joan. He also played scheming lawyer Grant Rashton in the short-lived series The Lyon's Den. Other roles on Chandler's resume include: the 1930s film star Bruce Baxter (who was based on romantic film star Bruce Cabot, the actor who played Jack Driscoll in the original King Kong) in the 2005 film King Kong. Coincidentally he would later go on to play John Driscoll in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

In February 2006, Chandler appeared as the ill-fated bomb squad leader Dylan Young in "It's The End of The World" & "As We Know It", a two-part episode on the ABC series Grey's Anatomy that followed the 2006 Super Bowl. He received substantial notice and press for the appearance as a result and subsequently received a nomination in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. He appeared again in the February 15, 2007 episode of Grey's Anatomy: "Drowning On Dry Land", and the February 22, 2007 episode: "Some Kind of Miracle". In July 2009, Chandler appeared in a television commercial for teachers.^{[citation needed]}

Following his Emmy-nominated guest role in Grey's Anatomy, Kyle Chandler starred as Coach Eric Taylor in the NBC/DirecTV drama series Friday Night Lights, which followed the lives of a high-school football coach, his family and players in a small Texas town. The series was inspired by the book and movie of the same name. The show's pilot aired on October 3, 2006. The last show of the final season aired in July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, he appeared in the big screen movie The Kingdom. In December 2008, he appeared in the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.

In 2011, he appeared in a lead role in the science fiction movie Super 8. On September 18, Chandler won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Coach Eric Taylor in the television series Friday Night Lights.

Chandler and Mark Wahlberg filming Broken City on a Long Island Rail Road train at Montauk.

He will appear in Ben Affleck's drama, Argo set for a 2012 release. In November 2011, it was reported he joined the cast of Broken City starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1992	Pure Country	Buddy Jackson
1994	The Color of Evening	John
1996	Mulholland Falls	Captain
1999	Angel's Dance	Tony Greco
2005	King Kong	Bruce Baxter
2007	The Kingdom	Francis Manner
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	John Driscol
2011	Super 8	Jackson Lamb
2012	Argo	Hamilton Jordan
2013	Broken City
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story	Skinner	TV-Movie
1989	Unconquered	1st Boy	TV-Movie
	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Billy Benefield	Episode: Home Fires Burning
	China Beach	Grunt	Episode: Independence Day
	Freddy's Nightmares	Chuck	Episode: Memory Overload
1990	Tour of Duty	William Griner	8 episodes
1990, 2003	One Life to Live	Joey	2 episodes
1991–1993	Homefront	Jeff Metcalf	42 episodes
1994	North and South Book III: Heaven and Hell	Charles Main	Miniseries
1995	Sleep, Baby, Sleep	Peter Walker	TV-Movie
	Convict Cowboy	Clay Treyton	TV-Movie
1996–2000	Early Edition	Gary Hobson	90 episodes
2001	What About Joan?	Jake Evans	Episode: The Proposal
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Raoul Walsh	TV-Movie
	The Lyon's Den	Grant Rashton	6 episodes
2004	Capital City	Mac McGinty	TV-Pilot
2005	Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To	Cooper	TV-Pilot
2006–2007	Grey's Anatomy	Dylan Young	4 episodes
2006–2011	Friday Night Lights	Eric Taylor	76 episodes
2008	King of the Hill	Tucker Mardell	Episode: The Courtship of Joseph's Father

Produced

• Early Edition (1999–2000, 22 Episodes)

Directed

• Early Edition (2000, 1 Episode - "Occasionally Amber")
• Friday Night Lights (2010, 1 Episode - "Texas Whatever")

Awards and nominations

Critics' Choice Television Award

• 2011: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Drama Series" - Friday Night Lights

Emmy Award

• 2006: Nominated, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" - Grey's Anatomy
• 2010: Nominated, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" - Friday Night Lights
• 2011: Won, "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series" - Friday Night Lights

Satellite Awards¨

• 2010: Nominated, "Best Actor in a Series, Drama" - Friday Night Lights
• 2011: Pending, "Best Actor in a Series, Drama" - Friday Night Lights

Saturn Award

• 1997: Won, "Best Genre TV Actor" - Early Edition

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 2011: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series" - Friday Night Lights

Television Critics Association Awards

• 2007: Nominated, "Individual Achievement in Drama" - Friday Night Lights

External links

• Kyle Chandler at the Internet Movie Database
• Kyle Chandler — Friday Night Lights
• Kyle Chandler at Emmys.com