Biography - Kyle Chandler

Who is Kyle Chandler?

Kyle Chandler is an American actor.

Kyle Chandler – Birth, Parents, Siblings

Kyle Chandler was born on September 17, 1965, as Kyle Martin Fitzgerald Chandler. His birthplace is Buffalo, New York, the U.S.A., to his father Edward Chandler, a pharmaceutical sales representative, and his mother Sally Jeanette, a dog breeder.

He has three siblings, among whom two are Kelcey Chandler (sister) and Brian Chandler (brother), who is now a successful attorney. Along with his siblings, his parents raised him in Lake Forest, Illinois. At the age of 11, the family moved to Loganville, Georgia.

Education, Ethnicity

Kyle Chandler attended George Walton Academy and graduated from the same in 1983. During high school, he used to play football and was a member of the 1979 state championship football team. Following his father's death from a heart attack when Kyle Chandler was 14 years old, he left football a year later. Instead, he began to participate in theatre programs.

For further education, Chandler attended the University of Georgia to earn a bachelor’s degree in drama, but dropped out as he was seven credits short.

His ethnicity includes German, English, and Irish.

Kyle Chandler – Girlfriend, Marriage, Wife, Children

Kyle Chandler dated and married his girlfriend, Kathryn Macquarrie, in 1995. They had first met at a dog park in the mid-1990s. Chandler has welcomed two daughters with his wife. Their first child is named Sydney Chandler, and their second daughter is named Sawyer Chandler. As of now, Sawyer Chandler is an activist against the practice of shark finning.

Currently, the couple is living a blissful marriage without news of extra-marital affairs and divorce.

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Kyle Chandler – Career

Early Days

Kyle Chandler was cast as a supporting actor in the 1988 TV film Quiet Victory, which was followed by Tour of Duty. In 1994, he starred alongside Ashley Judd in Picnic. In 1996, he was cast as the lead character in Early Edition, the role he played until 2000.

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Films, TV Series

Kyle Chandler has made an enormous contribution to the field of series as well. He has portrayed roles in Tour of Duty (1990), Homefront (199-1993), What About Joan (2000-2001), The Lyon's Den (2003), Grey's Anatomy   (2006-2007), Friday Night Lights (2006-2011), Bloodline (2015-2017), Catch 22 (2019).

In addition to his work in TV series, he is also well known for his portrayal of characters in movies. He has starred in King Kong, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street, Manchester by the Sea (2017), First Man (2018), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). Currently, he is filming Godzilla vs. Kong for 2020, while Godzilla: King of the Monsters is already under production.

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Co-stars

On the set of The Wolf of Wall Street, Kyle Chandler has worked with Jake Hoffman, Carmella Rose, MacKenzie Meehan, Madison McKinley, and Jon Spinogatti.

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Kyle Chandler – Awards, Nominations

Over the course of more than two decades of his acting career, Kyle Chandler has had 19 award nominations. He has been nominated for a Saturn Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, a TCA Award, three Satellite Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Hollywood Film Award, a San Diego Film Critics Society Award, a Palm Springs International Film Festival, a Seattle Film Critics Award, etc.

Among all the nominations, Chandler has won each of the Saturn Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Palm Springs International Film Festival, and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Kyle Chandler – Net Worth, Salary

The net worth of Chandler is estimated at around $12 million, but his annual salary is unknown.

Kyle Chandler – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On Twitter, Kyle Chandler is followed by thousands of followers, but is absent on Instagram and Facebook.

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