Kyle Chandler
Acting
1965-09-17 · Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Lanterns
2026 · Series
The Rip
2026 · Movie
Anniversary
2025 · Movie
Back in Action
2025 · Movie
Slumberland
2022 · Movie
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
2022 · Series
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022 · Series
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022 · Movie
Mayor of Kingstown
2021 · Series
Elvis and the USS Arizona
2021 · Movie
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021 · Movie
The Midnight Sky
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
Catch-22
2019 · Series
First Man
2018 · Movie
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018 · Movie
Game Night
2018 · Movie
Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Movie
Carol
2015 · Movie
Bloodline
2015 · Series
The Wolf Pack
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · Movie
The Naughty List
2013 · Movie
A Monsterous Holiday
2013 · Movie
Morning
2013 · Movie
The Spectacular Now
2013 · Movie
Broken City
2013 · Movie
Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Movie
Argo
2012 · Movie
Super 8
2011 · Movie
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
2011 · Movie
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008 · Movie
The Kingdom
2007 · Movie
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006 · Movie
Friday Night Lights
2006 · Series
King Kong
2005 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Robot Chicken
2005 · Series
American Dad!
2005 · Series
The Present
2004 · Movie
The Lyon's Den
2003 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
What About Joan?
2001 · Series
Angel's Dance
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
King of the Hill
1997 · Series
Early Edition
1996 · Series
Mulholland Falls
1996 · Movie
Convict Cowboy
1995 · Movie
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
1995 · Movie
Pure Country
1992 · Movie
Homefront
1991 · Series
The Color of Evening
1990 · Movie
Home Fires Burning
1989 · Movie
Unconquered
1989 · Movie
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
1988 · Movie
Freddy's Nightmares
1988 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
China Beach
1988 · Series
Tour of Duty
1987 · Series
North and South
1985 · Series
Today
1952 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series