Kyle Chandler
Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American actor .
biography
Chandler grew up in a suburb of Chicago . At the age of eleven, he moved to Loganville , Georgia with his mother and three siblings . His father died early when Chandler was a child. He graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in Theater Studies . Today he lives in Austin / Texas with his wife and two children .
Career
Chandler played his first significant role on the ABC show Homefront in the early 1990s. Before that, he mostly played supporting roles in smaller television productions . Homefront was a drama set in the fictional town of River Run, Ohio , in the 1940s . In his next TV role, Chandler played a man with the ability to change future events in the CBS series Alone Against the Future . In this series, he plays the stockbroker Gary Hobson, who receives tomorrow's paper every morning from a mysterious cat. In 1996 he received the Saturn Award for Best Actor in a Television Series for his role as Gary.
Chandler also starred alongside Joan Cusack in the ABC comedy series What About Joan and deviated from his sonnyboy image as a lawyer in The Lyon's Den . He played other roles in series such as Freddy's Nightmares and films such as King Kong In the second season of Grey's Anatomy , Chandler also has a guest role as a bomb defuser. For his role alongside Christina Ricci in the episodes Code Black and The Last Day (original title: It's the end of the world (as we know it) Part 1 & 2 ), which were broadcast in the USA directly after the Super Bowl and thus one Reaching an audience of nearly 40 million, not only did it get a lot of attention; rather, this success earned him an Emmy nomination in 2006 .
Between 2006 and 2011 he starred in the critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights series for which he won an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama Series.
In 2011, Kyle Chandler received a lead role as a cop in the science fiction film Super 8 . In 2013 he played an FBI agent alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street . Kyle Chandler was nominated for an Emmy in both 2015 and 2016 for his role as John Rayburn in the US television series Bloodline .
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: NAM service in Vietnam (8 episodes)
- 1992: Pure Country
- 1994: Torches in the Storm (Heaven & Hell: North & South, Book III)
- 1996: According to its own rules (Mulholland Falls)
- 1996–2000: Alone Against the Future (Early Edition)
- 1999: A Hopeful Young Killer (Angel's Dance)
- 2003: Love, Lie, Passion (One Life to Live) (2 episodes)
- 2003: Pancho Villa - Mexican Outlaw
- 2005: King Kong
- 2006–2011: Friday Night Lights
- 2007: Grey's Anatomy (4 episodes)
- 2007: Operation: Kingdom (The Kingdom)
- 2008: King of the Hill (speaking role)
- 2008: The Day the Earth Stood Still (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
- 2011: Super 8
- 2012: Argo
- 2012: Zero Dark Thirty
- 2013: The Spectacular Now - Perfect is now (The Spectacular Now)
- 2013: Broken City
- 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
- 2015: Carol
- 2015-2017: Bloodline (TV series)
- 2016: Manchester by the Sea
- 2017: Sidney Hall
- 2018: Game Night
- 2018: Departure to the Moon (First Man)
- 2019: Godzilla II: King of the Monsters
- 2019: Catch-22 (TV series, 6 episodes)
Awards
- 2011: Emmy Awards - Best Actor in a Drama Series for Friday Night Lights
- 2011: Phoenix Film Critics Society Award (Best Ensemble) for Super 8
- 2012: Hollywood Film Festival Award (Best Ensemble) for Argo
- 2012: Palm Springs International Film Festival (Best Ensemble) for Argo
- 2012: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance (Best Ensemble) for Argo
- 2012: Nomination for the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award (Best Ensemble) for Argo
- 2012: Nomination for the San Diego Film Critics Society Award (Best Ensemble) for Argo
- 2012: Nomination for the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award (Best Ensemble) for Zero Dark Thirty
Web links
- Kyle Chandler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kyle Chandler at AllMovie (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Chandler, Kyle |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chandler, Kyle Martin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York |