Taylor Kitsch
Taylor Kitsch ( born April 8, 1981 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian film and television actor.
Life and career
Taylor Kitsch played in his first youth hockey at the " Langley Hornets " in the BCHL. In 2002 he suffered a serious knee injury and had to end his athletic career. He moved to New York and studied acting at the IMG. During this time he worked simultaneously as a model among other things for Abercrombie & Fitch and diesel and also trained as a nutritionist and personal trainer.
From 2004 to 2006 he was at Untitled Entertainment, an American film company under contract. In 2007 he signed with WME Agency.
He played from 2006 to 2011, the role of Tim Riggins in the Emmy -nominated NBC series Friday Night Lights, which was inspired by the film from the year 2004. For this role he was nominated for a Teen Choice Award in both 2007 and 2008.
In February 2008, Kitsch for the role of the mutant Gambit signed in the comic book adaptation X -Men Origins: Wolverine. The spin-off to the X -Men trilogy (2000-2006) tells the history of the X -Men Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman. "
In 2009 he was hired by Steven Silver for his film The Bang Bang Club with Ryan Phillippe for the role of Kevin Carter. The premiere of the film took place in 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
In January 2010 we started shooting for the film adaptation of the Sci -Fi - novel series John Carter of Mars Lynn Collins, a supporting actress from X -Men Origins: Wolverine. Kitsch stars as the main character John Carter. The film was released in cinemas in 2012. Due to the late start of filming he appeared in the fifth season of Friday Night Lights, only as a guest performer. End of August 2011 began the filming for the Universal Pictures Production Battleship. It was directed by, as well as Friday Night Lights, Peter Berg.
Filmography
- 2006: Godiva's (TV series, episode 2x02 )
- 2006: Kyle XY (TV series, episode 1x01 )
- 2006: John Tucker Must Die ( John Tucker Must Die )
- 2006: The Pact ( The Covenant )
- 2006-2011: Friday Night Lights (TV series, 68 episodes)
- 2008: Gospel Hill
- 2009: X -Men Origins: Wolverine
- 2010: The Bang Bang Club
- 2012: John Carter - Between Two Worlds ( John Carter )
- 2012: Battleship
- 2012: Savages
- 2013: The Grand Seduction
- 2013: Lone Survivor