Biography
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 Gar...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Rip
2026
After a team of Miami cops discovers millions in cash inside a derelict stash house, trust frays as everything — and everyone — is called into questio...
Anniversary
2025
as Paul
A close-knit family is torn apart as a new movement known as "The Change" envelops the country.
Back in Action
2025
as Chuck
Fifteen years after vanishing from the CIA to start a family, elite spies Matt and Emily jump back into the world of espionage when their cover is blo...
Slumberland
2022
as Peter
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightma...
Elvis and the USS Arizona
2021
as USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
The surprising story of how one of music's biggest icons helped to establish a USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor. Elvis’ fundraising concert drew p...
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
as Mark Russell
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerf...
The Midnight Sky
2020
as Mitchell
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
as Mark Russell
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...
First Man
2018
as Deke Slayton
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July ...
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
2018
as The Searcher
Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Game Night
2018
as Brooks
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and fed...
Manchester by the Sea
2016
as Joe Chandler
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tr...
Carol
2015
as Harge Aird
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
The Wolf Pack
2014
as Self
Extra for "The Wolf Of Wall Street" featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Jonah Hill and more as they take fans behind-the-scenes during the m...
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013
as Agent Patrick Denham
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infi...
The Naughty List
2013
as Santa (voice)
After two young elves give Santa and the North Pole food poisoning they must redeem their Naughty List status by finding a way to save Christmas.
A Monsterous Holiday
2013
as Coach
Geeky school kid Andy dreams of being a great inventor, but he’s having trouble coming up with a “big idea” that will win the Science Fair and beat sc...
Morning
2013
as Businessman
Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance...
The Spectacular Now
2013
as Tommy Keely
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in hi...
Broken City
2013
as Paul Andrews
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerfu...
Zero Dark Thirty
2012
as Joseph Bradley
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the ...
Argo
2012
as Hamilton Jordan
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...
Super 8
2011
as Jackson Lamb
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train dera...
The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
2011
as Self
The compelling, heart-wrenching story of high school football star Chris Carnales, whose life changed when he became paralyzed after breaking his neck...
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
as John Driscoll
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether human...
The Kingdom
2007
as Francis Manner
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
The Eighth Blunder of the World
2006
as Self
Blooper reel for Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005)
King Kong
2005
as Bruce Baxter
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter K...
The Present
2004
as Self
A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birthday.
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003
as Raoul Walsh
In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing gu...
Angel's Dance
1999
as Tony
A young hitman is asked to prove himself by killing an innocent woman.
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Captain
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Convict Cowboy
1995
as Clay Treyton
New inmate Clay Treyton, doing time for fisticuffs, is sent to a Montana ranch where prisoners spend time working with horses. Encouraged by the warde...
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
1995
as Peter Walker
A soon-to-be-married woman is distraught when someone kidnaps her baby. Things get even worse when the police accuse her of orchestrating the abductio...
Pure Country
1992
as Buddy Jackson
Dusty Chandler is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a '70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his o...
The Color of Evening
1990
as John
An aging artist seeks his muse and a young lover in the form of a beautiful model.
Home Fires Burning
1989
as Billy Benefield
When a WW2 veteran comes back home, he realizes how the war affected Americans by seeing the changes in his wife, family, and best friend.
Unconquered
1989
as First Boy
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family'...
Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
1988
as Skinner
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the ...
Stone Mattress
N/A
as Bob
Physiotherapist Verna embarks on a luxurious cruise into the magnificent and silently thawing Arctic Northwest Passage. On the ship, Verna meets the f...