Portrait of Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Kitsch

Acting

Biography

Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Tim Riggins in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He has also worked in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Battleship (2012), John Carter (2012), Savages (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), The Grand Seduction (2014), American Assassin (2017), Only The Brave (2017), and 21 Bridges (2019). Kitsch starred in the second season of the HBO series True Detective (2015) and the television film The Normal Heart (2014), as well as portrayed David Koresh in the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018) and a CIA Ground Branch operative in the Amazon Prime Video series The Terminal List (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Taylor Kitsch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: April 8, 1981

Place of Birth: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Filmography

2025
American Primeval

as Isaac Reed

2023
Painkiller

as Glen Kryger

2023
Waco: The Aftermath

as Older David Koresh (uncredited)

2022
The Terminal List

as Ben Edwards

2020
Shadowplay

as Max McLaughlin

2019
21 Bridges

as Ray Jackson

2018
Waco

as David Koresh

2017
Only the Brave

as Christopher MacKenzie

2017
The Dig

as Bud

2017
2016
Bling

as Sam (voice)

2014
2014
The Normal Heart

as Bruce Niles

2014
True Detective

as Paul Woodrugh

2013
Lone Survivor

as Lieutenant Michael "Mike" Murphy

2012
Savages

as Chon

2012
Battleship

as Lieutenant Alex Hopper

2012
John Carter

as John Carter

2011
The Bang Bang Club

as Kevin Carter

2009
2008
Gospel Hill

as Joel Herrod

2006
Friday Night Lights

as Tim Riggins

2006
The Covenant

as Pogue Parry

2006
Kyle XY

as Male Camper

2005
Godiva's

as Colm

1988