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.
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Primarily2026 The Rip
2025 Anniversary as Paul
2025 Stone Mattress as Bob
2025 Back in Action as Chuck
2022 Slumberland as Peter
2021 Elvis and the USS Arizona as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong as Mark Russell
2020 The Midnight Sky as Mitchell
2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Mark Russell
2018 First Man as Deke Slayton
2018 The Vanishing of Sidney Hall as The Searcher
2018 Game Night as Brooks
2016 Manchester by the Sea as Joe Chandler
2015 Carol as Harge Aird
2014 The Wolf Pack as Self
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street as Agent Patrick Denham
2013 The Naughty List as Santa (voice)
2013 A Monsterous Holiday as Coach
2013 Morning as Businessman
2013 The Spectacular Now as Tommy Keely
2013 Broken City as Paul Andrews
2012 Zero Dark Thirty as Joseph Bradley
2012 Argo as Hamilton Jordan
2011 Super 8 as Jackson Lamb
2011 The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story as Self
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still as John Driscoll
2007 The Kingdom as Francis Manner
2006 The Eighth Blunder of the World as Self
2005 King Kong as Bruce Baxter
2004 The Present as Self
2003 And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Raoul Walsh
1999 Angel's Dance as Tony
1996 Mulholland Falls as Captain
1995 Convict Cowboy as Clay Treyton
1995 Sleep, Baby, Sleep as Peter Walker
1992 Pure Country as Buddy Jackson
1990 The Color of Evening as John
1989 Home Fires Burning as Billy Benefield
1989 Unconquered as First Boy
1988 Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story as Skinner