
Acting
Born September 17, 1965 · 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.

The Rip
2026

Anniversary
2025

Back in Action
2025

Slumberland
2022

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
2022

Elvis and the USS Arizona
2021

Godzilla vs. Kong
2021

The Midnight Sky
2020

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019

First Man
2018

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018

Game Night
2018

Manchester by the Sea
2016

Carol
2015

The Wolf Pack
2014

The Wolf of Wall Street
2013

The Naughty List
2013

A Monsterous Holiday
2013

Morning
2013

The Spectacular Now
2013

Broken City
2013

Zero Dark Thirty
2012

Argo
2012

Super 8
2011

The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
2011

The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008

The Kingdom
2007
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006

King Kong
2005

The Present
2004

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003

Angel's Dance
1999

Mulholland Falls
1996

Convict Cowboy
1995

Sleep, Baby, Sleep
1995

Pure Country
1992

The Color of Evening
1990

Home Fires Burning
1989

Unconquered
1989
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
1988