Kyle Chandler

Kyle Martin Chandler (born September 17, 1965) is an American actor, best known for his roles on Early Edition and notably as Coach Eric Taylor in the drama series Friday Night Lights, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2011. He has starred in the films King Kong (2005), The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Super 8 (2011), Argo (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Carol (2015), and Manchester by the Sea (2016). In 2015, he began starring on Netflix's drama series Bloodline, for which he received his fourth and fifth Primetime Emmy Award nominations. 2Early life Chandler was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth child of Edward Chandler, a pharmaceutical sales representative, and his wife, Sally Jeanette (née Meyer), a dog breeder. Chandler has three siblings, one of whom helped him with his southern accents for Friday Night Lights and Bloodline. His ancestry includes German, English, and Irish. Chandler was raised near Chicago, Illinois. When he was eleven, his family moved from Lake Forest, Illinois to a small farm in Loganville, Georgia. Chandler's mother raised Great Danes for show dogs, and he travelled with his parents to dog shows as a child. He also helped out at their dog boarding kenne