39 Facts About Kyle Chandler

Kyle Martin Chandler was born on September 17,1965 and is an American actor.

Kyle Chandler received critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in the NBC series Friday Night Lights, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011.

Kyle Chandler's well-received guest appearance on the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, earned Chandler his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Kyle Chandler has starred in the Netflix thriller series Bloodline, for which he received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Kyle Chandler was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth child of Edward Kyle Chandler, a pharmaceutical sales representative, and his wife, Sally Jeanette, a dog breeder.

Kyle Chandler was raised Catholic, although he stopped attending church after his father's death in 1980.

Kyle Chandler grew up in suburban Lake Forest, Illinois, until he was 11 years old, when his family moved to a small farm in Loganville, Georgia.

Kyle Chandler's mother raised Great Danes for show dogs; he travelled with his parents to dog shows as a child and helped out at their dog boarding kennel.

Kyle Chandler graduated from George Walton Academy in nearby Monroe, Georgia, in 1983.

Kyle Chandler left the team the following year, aged 14, after his father died of a heart attack.

Kyle Chandler participated in the theatre program at Walton after quitting football.

In 1988, seven credits short of a bachelor's degree in drama, Kyle Chandler dropped out of college to pursue a television deal.

In 1988, Kyle Chandler was signed by the American Broadcasting Company and brought to Hollywood as part of ABC's new talent program.

Kyle Chandler made his television film debut that same year as a supporting hero actor in Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story.

Also in 1988, Kyle Chandler studied with acting teacher, Milton Katselas.

Kyle Chandler's first major acting experience was a supporting role on television as Army Private William Griner in Tour of Duty.

Kyle Chandler made his film debut in one of the key roles in the 1992 George Strait film, Pure Country.

Homefront ran for two seasons, with Kyle Chandler appearing in all 42 episodes.

From 1996 to 2000, Kyle Chandler starred as the lead character in the CBS series Early Edition, as a man who had the ability to change future disasters.

Kyle Chandler portrayed bar owner Gary Hobson, a stockbroker turned hero who received "tomorrow's newspaper today", delivered to his door by a mysterious cat.

Kyle Chandler was featured in all 90 episodes of the series, which ran for four seasons.

In 2003, Kyle Chandler played scheming lawyer Grant Rashton in six episodes of the short-lived NBC series The Lyon's Den, opposite Rob Lowe.

Coincidentally, Kyle Chandler later played John Driscoll in The Day the Earth Stood Still.

In February 2006, Kyle Chandler returned to television to guest star as the ill-fated bomb squad leader Dylan Young in two episodes of the ABC series Grey's Anatomy.

Kyle Chandler received substantial praise for his performance and was nominated for the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series category at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards.

Kyle Chandler appeared again on Grey's Anatomy, in the February 15,2007 episode "Drowning on Dry Land", and the February 22,2007 episode "Some Kind of Miracle".

Kyle Chandler learned that he had been cast as high school football coach Eric Taylor when he was on Christmas vacation in 2005 with his family.

Kyle Chandler said that neither he nor Berg wanted him to play the role of Coach Taylor.

Kyle Chandler co-starred in Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty in 2012, playing the role of Joseph Bradley, an Islamabad CIA Station Chief.

Kyle Chandler appeared in The Wolf of Wall Street, released in 2013, based on the memoir of Wall Street tycoon Jordan Belfort.

In 2015, Kyle Chandler co-starred in Todd Haynes' drama film Carol, portraying "a jealous husband" to his wife played by Cate Blanchett, who is revealed to be lesbian.

Also in 2015, Kyle Chandler returned to television with the Netflix drama series Bloodline, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Kyle Chandler played an investigator in Shawn Christensen's film The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, and starred with Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman in the comedy film Game Night.

Kyle Chandler portrayed Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley in Showtime's Super Pumped alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

In November 2022, Kyle Chandler played Peter in the Netflix film Slumberland alongside Jason Momoa.

For nearly 20 years after beginning his acting career in the late 1980s, Kyle Chandler lived in Los Angeles.

Kyle Chandler's mother came to live with the family toward the end of her life, when she was living with Alzheimer's disease.

Kyle Chandler participates in an annual charity golf tournament at Wolfdancer Golf Club to raise funds for football players who have spinal cord injuries.

Kyle Chandler met his wife at a dog park in the mid-1990s.