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.

Filmography

• Lanterns — Hal Jordan / Halogram
• 2026The Rip — DEA Agent Mateo 'Matty' Nix
• 2025Anniversary — Paul Taylor
• 2025Back in Action — Chuck
• 2022Slumberland — Peter
• 2022Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Bill Gurley
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Bill Gurley
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib — Ranger Safety Binkerton (voice)
• 2021Elvis and the USS Arizona — USS Arizona Seaman Bill Woodward (voice)
• 2021Godzilla vs. Kong — Mark Russell
• Mayor of Kingstown — Mitch McLusky
• 2020The Midnight Sky — Mitchell
• Catch-22 — Colonel Cathcart
• 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters — Mark Russell
• 2018First Man — Deke Slayton
• 2018Game Night — Brooks
• 2018The Vanishing of Sidney Hall — The Searcher
• 2016Manchester by the Sea — Joe Chandler
• Bloodline — John Rayburn
• 2015Carol — Harge Aird
• 2013A Monsterous Holiday — Coach
• 2013Broken City — Paul Andrews
• 2013Morning — Businessman
• 2013The Naughty List — Santa (voice)
• 2013The Spectacular Now — Tommy Keely
• 2013The Wolf of Wall Street — Agent Patrick Denham
• 2012Argo — Hamilton Jordan
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Joseph Bradley
• 2011Super 8 — Jackson Lamb
• 2008The Day the Earth Stood Still — John Driscoll
• 2007The Kingdom — Francis Manner
• Friday Night Lights — Eric Taylor, Director
• American Dad! — Coach Keegan (voice)
• Grey's Anatomy — Dylan Young
• 2005King Kong — Bruce Baxter
• Robot Chicken — (voice)
• 2003And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself — Raoul Walsh
• The Lyon's Den — Grant Rashton
• What About Joan? — Jake Evans
• 1999Angel's Dance — Tony
• Family Guy — Coach Doyle (voice), Coach Taylor (voice)
• King of the Hill — Tucker Mardell (voice) (uncredited)
• Early Edition — Gary Hobson, Director
• 1996Mulholland Falls — Captain
• 1995Convict Cowboy — Clay Treyton
• 1995Sleep, Baby, Sleep — Peter Walker
• 1992Pure Country — Buddy Jackson
• Homefront — Jeff Metcalf
• 1990The Color of Evening — John
• 1989Home Fires Burning — Billy Benefield
• 1989Unconquered — First Boy
• China Beach — Grunt
• Freddy's Nightmares — Chuck
• 1988Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story — Skinner
• Tour of Duty — PVT William Griner
• North and South — Charles Main
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Billy Benefield

Appearances as themselves (12)

• DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast — Self
• Hot Ones Versus — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014The Wolf Pack — Self
• 2011The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story — Self
• 2006The Eighth Blunder of the World — Self
• 2004The Present — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Today — Self