Kyle Chandler

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Kyle Chandler

Chandler at the Beverly Hilton, December 2, 2008
Born Kyle Martin Chandler
September 17, 1965 (1965-09-17) (age 46)
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.

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[edit] 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.[1] 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]

[edit] 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[2]. 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.[3] In November 2011, it was reported he joined the cast of Broken City starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones.[4]

[edit] 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

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[edit] 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

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