Kyle Chandler

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Kyle Chandler
Chandler in the titles for Early Edition
Birth name	Kyle Martin Chandler
Born	September 17, 1965 (age 41) Buffalo, New York
Spouse(s)	Katherine Kyl
Notable roles	Gary Hobson on Early Edition Dylan Young on Grey's Anatomy

Kyle Chandler (born September 17, 1965, in Buffalo, New York) is an Emmy nominated American television actor.

Born in upstate New York, Chandler was raised in Loganville, Georgia and educated at the University of Georgia, Athens.

1 Acting roles
2 Award Nominations
3 Selected filmography
4 External links

[edit] Acting roles

Kyle Chandler's first major role on television was as the Cleveland Indians right fielder 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 a guy 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, Kyle 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 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.

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 book and movie of the same name. The show's pilot aired on October 3, 2006. Friday Night Lights is broadcast at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesdays.