
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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Acting History
2026
The Rip
2025Anniversary as Paul
2025Back in Action as Chuck
2022Slumberland as Peter
2022Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber as Bill Gurley
2021Mayor of Kingstown as Mitch McLusky
2021Elvis and the USS Arizona as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
2021Godzilla vs. Kong as Mark Russell
2020The Midnight Sky as Mitchell
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Mark Russell
2019Catch-22 as Colonel Cathcart
2018First Man as Deke Slayton
2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as The Searcher
2018Game Night as Brooks
2016Manchester by the Sea as Joe Chandler
2015Carol as Harge Aird
2015Bloodline as John Rayburn
2014The Wolf Pack as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013The Wolf of Wall Street as Agent Patrick Denham
2013The Naughty List as Santa (voice)
2013A Monsterous Holiday as Coach
2013Morning as Businessman
2013The Spectacular Now as Tommy Keely
2013Broken City as Paul Andrews
2012Zero Dark Thirty as Joseph Bradley
2012Argo as Hamilton Jordan
2011Super 8 as Jackson Lamb
2011The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story as Self
2008The Day the Earth Stood Still as John Driscoll
2007The Kingdom as Francis Manner
2006The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2006Friday Night Lights as Eric Taylor
2005King Kong as Bruce Baxter
2005Grey's Anatomy as Dylan Young
2005Robot Chicken as (voice)
2005American Dad! as Coach Keegan (voice)
2004The Present as Self
2003The Lyon's Den as Grant Rashton
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Raoul Walsh
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2001What About Joan? as Jake Evans
1999Angel's Dance as Tony
1999Family Guy as Coach Doyle (voice)
1999Family Guy as Coach Taylor (voice)
1997King of the Hill as Tucker Mardell (voice) (uncredited)
1996Early Edition as Gary Hobson
1996Mulholland Falls as Captain
1995Convict Cowboy as Clay Treyton
1995Sleep, Baby, Sleep as Peter Walker
1992Pure Country as Buddy Jackson
1991Homefront as Jeff Metcalf
1990The Color of Evening as John
1989Home Fires Burning as Billy Benefield
1989Unconquered as First Boy
1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Skinner
1988Freddy's Nightmares as Chuck
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1988China Beach as Grunt
1987Tour of Duty as PVT William Griner
1985North and South as Charles Main
1952Today as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Billy Benefield
—Lanterns as Hal Jordan








