Kyle Chandler

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birthname = Kyle Martin Chandler
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birthplace = Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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spouse = Katherine Chandler

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" and "Friday Night Lights".

Biography

Personal life

Chandler was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Sally, a dog breeder, and Edward Chandler, a farm owner and pharmaceutical sales representative. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/51/Kyle-Chandler.html Kyle Chandler Biography (1966?-) ] ] He was raised in Loganville, Georgia and near Chicago, Illinois, and educated at the University of Georgia, in Athens.He is married to Katherine Chandler and has two daughters named Sydney and Sawyer.

Career

Chandler was signed by an ABC scout in 1988 on a talent search. Chandler's first major role on television was as the Cleveland Indians rightfielder Jeff Metcalf in the ABC show "Homefront". Homefront was a drama set in the late 1940s 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". In a departure from his usual good guy roles, Chandler played scheming lawyer Grant Rashton in the short-lived series "The Lyon's Den". Other roles on Chandler's resume include: William Griner, "Tour of Duty", and 1930s B-actor Bruce Baxter (who was based on Bruce Cabot, the actor who played Jack Driscoll in the original King Kong) in the 2005 film "King Kong".

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. 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".

Following his Emmy-nominated guest role in "Grey's Anatomy", Kyle Chandler is currently starring as Coach Eric Taylor in the NBC drama series "Friday Night Lights", which follows the lives of a high-school football coach and his players in a small Texas town. The series is inspired by the and movie of the same name. The show's pilot aired on October 3, 2006. "Friday Night Lights" is broadcast at 9 p.m. ET on Fridays.

In 2007, he appeared in the big screen movie "The Kingdom".

Nominations & Wins

* 1997: Saturn Award — Best Genre TV Actor ("Early Edition") (WIN)

* 2006: Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series ("Grey's Anatomy")

* 2007: Television Critics Association Award — Individual Achievement in Drama ("Friday Night Lights")

Kyle had a star near Orion's Belt named for him in September 2007.

Filmography

* "Tour of Duty" ... PVT William Griner
* "Pure Country" (1992) ... Buddy Jackson
* "Homefront" (1993) ... Jeff Metcalf
* "The Color of Evening" (1994) ... John
* "" (1994) ... Charles Main
* "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" (1995) ... Peter Walker
* "Convict Cowboy" (1995) ... Clay Treyton
* "Mulholland Falls" (1996) ... Captain
* "Angel's Dance" (1999) ... Tony Greco
* "Early Edition" ... Gary Hobson
* "What About Joan" (2001) ... Jake Evans
* "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself" (2003) ... Raoul Walsh
* "The Lyon's Den" (2003) ... Grant Rashton
* "Capital City" (2004) ... Mac McGinty
* "King Kong" (2005) ... Bruce Baxter
* "Grey's Anatomy" (2006, 2007) ... Dylan Young
* "Friday Night Lights" (2006 - present) ... Coach Eric Taylor
* "The Kingdom" (2007) ... Francis Manner
* "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008)

References

External links

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* [http://www.fridaynightlightsonline.com Kyle Chandler — Friday Night Lights]
* [http://www.kylechandlercentral.com Kyle Chandler Central — Fansite and Forum]
* [http://www.myspace.com/dillonpantherfootball Kyle Chandler Myspace Page]