| Taylor Kitsch | |
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Kitsch at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival |
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| Born | Taylor Kitsch April 8, 1981 Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor/Model |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model.
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Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. His mother worked for the government and his father in construction.[1] He has two older brothers and two younger half sisters, and was raised by his single mother.[2] Originally set to become a professional hockey player, he played for the Langley Hornets in the Canadian BCHL before a bad knee injury ended his career. He moved to New York in 2002 after receiving an opportunity to pursue modeling with IMG and studied acting there as well. After two years, he signed with the production company Untitled Entertainment. While staying in New York, Kitsch also became certified as a nutritionist and personal trainer.
Kitsch has modeled for Diesel and Abercrombie & Fitch. He also appears in the limited edition coffee table book by celebrity photographer John Russo.[3][4]
Kitsch starred in the NBC series Friday Night Lights as football player Tim Riggins.
He played Pogue Parry in The Covenant alongside Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas and Chace Crawford.
In February 2008, he signed on to play Gambit in the X-Men franchise spinoff X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released in May 2009. Of the fan-favorite character of Gambit, Kitsch states, "I knew of him, but I didn't know the following he had. I'm sure I'm still going to be exposed to that. I love the character, I love the powers, and I love what they did with him. I didn't know that much, but in my experience, it was a blessing to go in and create my take on him. I'm excited for it, to say the least."[5]
In 2009, Kitsch signed up for Steven Silver's The Bang Bang Club alongside Ryan Phillipe and Malin Åkerman, set in South Africa and documenting the final bloody days of the apartheid.[6]
As of June 2009, Kitsch is to play the title role in the film John Carter, alongside his X-Men Origins: Wolverine co-star Lynn Collins. The film is slated for a 2012 release.[7]
In April 2010 it was announced Kitsch would star in Peter Berg's Battleship, an adaptation of the Hasbro guessing game, as Naval commander Alex Hopper.[8] On November 2010 The Hollywood Reporter named Kitsch as one of the young male actors who are “pushing – or being pushed” into taking over Hollywood as the new “A-List”.[9][10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Godivas | Colm | |
| 2006 | Kyle XY | Male Camper | Pilot |
| 2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Justin | |
| 2006 | Snakes on a Plane | Kyle "Crocodile" Cho | |
| 2006 | The Covenant | Pogue Parry | |
| 2006–2011 | Friday Night Lights | Tim Riggins | TV series; 68 episodes |
| 2008 | Gospel Hill | Joel Herrod | |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Remy LeBeau / Gambit | |
| 2010 | The Bang-Bang Club | Kevin Carter | |
| 2012 | John Carter | John Carter | Post-production |
| 2012 | Battleship | Alex Hopper | Post-production |
| 2012 | Savages | Chon | Post-production |
| 2012 | Transformers: Darkness Rising | Ramjet | Voice Only, TV Series |
| 2013 | Lone Survivor |