Taylor Kitsch Biography
Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor and model , born April 8, 1981. He is best known for his work in films, such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, Battleship in 2012, John Carter in 2012, Savages of 2012 and Lone Survivor in 2013. Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. His mother, Susan (Green), worked for the BC Liquor Board, while his father, Drew Kitsch, worked in construction. His parents separated when he was one, and he and his two older brothers, Brody and Daman, were raised by their mother in a mobile home park.
He also has two younger maternal half-sisters. Kitsch lived in Port Moody and Anmore. He started playing ice hockey at age 3. He attended Gleneagle Secondary School in Coquitlam. He played junior ice hockey for the Langley Hornets in the British Columbia Hockey League, before a knee injury ended his career. Following his injury, Kitsch took nutrition and economics courses at the University of Lethbridge for a year and lived with his brother.
Taylor Kitsch Age
He was born on 4th April 1981. The amazingly talented actor and Model is 36 years old.
Taylor Kitsch Height
He is 1.81 metres tall.
Taylor Kitsch Wife – Taylor Kitsch Girlfriend – Taylor Kitsch Dating
He started dating Jessica White on January 2006 but hasn’t shared details on their dating love life. The pair didn’t last long and ended up in February 2007. He then dated actress Minka Kelly in 2007 and ended up the same year. In 2015, he was rumored of dating his co-star of True Detective Rachel McAdam but he denied it.
Taylor Kitsch Body
Build: Athletic
Height: 5 ft 11¼ / 181 cm
Weight: 81 kg/179 lbs
Chest :’4’5/ 114 cm
Arms / Biceps :41 cm
Waist:84 cm
Taylor Kitsch Gay
He is a private guy and has kept his profile away from media.
Taylor Kitsch Career
During his childhood, he aspired to become an actor, which eventually was the real reason behind his move to New York. As in New York ,Taylor pursued his dreams by studying the art of acting with coach Sheila Grey. Not too long after that, Taylor was cast in several film and television roles, such as John Tucker Must Die (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006) and Kyle XY (2006). Moving to New York in 2002 was the prize that Taylor received after being scouted by modeling scouts in Canada. Taylor was signed to “IMG Models” and later he became a regular face for the famous clothing lines, “Abercrombie & Fitch” and also “Diesel”. Taylor was also signed under “Untitled Entertainment” during his two years stay in the city. While Taylor was living in New York, he found time to become a certified personal trainer and nutritionist.
In the year 2004, Taylor decided that it was time for him to move to Los Angeles to learn more about the acting course. Taylor stayed in Los Angeles for about eight months and did some print work with “Nous Modeling Management”. It wasn’t too long until Taylor realized that he didn’t want to be in Los Angeles. Taylor thought that things were running a little bit too fast for him, then making the decision to move back to Vancouver for the summer of 2005 to spend more time with his family. In 2006, Taylor then signed with “Endeavour”.
In the year 2006, Kitsch was cast in his breakout role on the NBC sports teen drama television series Friday Night Lights, based on Peter Berg’s 2004 film of the same name and set in the fictional town of Dillon, Texas. For five seasons, Kitsch portrayed the role of Tim Riggins, a high school student who is the fullback/running back of the Dillon Panthers. The series premiered in October 2006 to universal critical acclaim from critics and over 7.7 million viewers. Kitsch has ruled out reprising his role in a potential film sequel to the television series. He played Pogue Parry in The Covenant, alongside Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas and Chace Crawford. In February 2008, he signed on to play Gambit in the X-Men franchise spinoff X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released in May 2009.
Kitsch starred in Steven Silver’s The Bang Bang Club, an historical drama set in South Africa which documents the final bloody days of the apartheid in 2010. He had to lose 35 pounds in two months to play the role of photojournalist Kevin Carter, alongside Ryan Phillippe and Malin Åkerman. In November 2010, The Hollywood Reporter named Kitsch as one of the young male actors who are “pushing – or being pushed” into taking over Hollywood as the new “A-List”. In the Disney film John Carter, based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’s fantasy novel A Princess of Mars, he played the title character, a Confederate soldier who is transported to Mars. Released in March 2012, it made back less than a third of its budget domestically, and worldwide grosses barely recouped its production and marketing costs. Despite this, Kitsch has said, “I’m very proud of John Carter. Box office doesn’t validate me as a person, or as an actor.”
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In May 2012, Kitsch starred in Peter Berg’s Battleship, based on Hasbro’s toy game, as Lieutenant Alex Hopper. It, too, failed at the domestic box office, boasting the worst opening in history for a film that cost more than $200 million. Again, international revenues are expected to help mitigate its performance. The film marked his reunion with Berg and former Friday Night Lights co-star, Jesse Plemons. In July 2012, he starred in Oliver Stone’s Savages, with Blake Lively, Salma Hayek and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. HitFix’s film critic Drew McWeeny was positive of Kitsch’s bond with Johnson which he described as “not only credible but lived in and authentic throughout the film”. McWeeny wrote that Kitsch was used the right way in this film with an ensemble that pushes him or challenges him in scenes which resulted in his playing hard, playing intense.
Kitsch starred in The Grand Seduction ,in 2013, remake of Jean-François Pouliot’s French-Canadian La Grande Séduction (2003) directed by Don McKellar, and another Peter Berg film, Lone Survivor, based on Marcus Luttrell’s book. He plays alongside Jim Parsons, Julia Roberts and Mark Ruffalo in Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart, which aired on HBO on May 25, 2014. Kitsch is in negotiations for the lead role in the American remake of The Raid. Kitsch starred in the sophomore season of True Detective, opposite Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, and Colin Farrell. Kitsch will write, direct and star in the drama Pieces.
Movies and TV Shows And Tv Shows
- Pieces (2019)
- Waco (2018) TV stars as David Koresh
- American Assassin (2018) stars as Ghost
- Only the Brave (2017) aka “Granite Mountain”
- Bling (2016) stars as Sam (voice)
- True Detective (2015) TV stars as Paul Woodrugh
- The Normal Heart (2014) stars as Bruce Niles
- The Grand Seduction (2013) stars as Dr. Paul Lewis
- Lone Survivor (2013) stars as Mike Murphy
- Savages (2012) stars as Chon
- Battleship (2012) stars as Lieutenant Alex Hopper
- John Carter (2012) stars as John Carter
- The Bang Bang Club (2010) stars as Kevin Carter
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) stars as Remy LeBeau/Gambit
- Gospel Hill (2008) stars as Joel Herrod
- Friday Night Lights (2006) TV stars as Tim Riggins
- The Covenant (2006) stars as Pogue Parry
- Snakes on a Plane (2006) aka SoaP stars as Kyle
- John Tucker Must Die (2006) stars as Just
Taylor Kitsch Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor
Initial release: 25 December 2013 (USA)
Director: Peter Berg
Featured song: Heroes
Box office: 154.8 million USD
Producers: Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Randall Emmett.
In 2005 Afghanistan, Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg), Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matthew “Axe” Axelson (Ben Foster) deploy on a mission of surveillance and to take out Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Though spotted by goatherds, Luttrell and his team decide not to kill them. But one of the Afghans alerts a group of Taliban fighters to the invaders, and a terrible battle ensues, in which the SEALs find themselves hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned.
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Taylor Kitsch Awards And Nominations
Won
- CinemaCon, USA
2012 CinemaCon Award Male Star of Tomorrow - CinEuphoria Awards
2015 CinEuphoria Best Ensemble – International Competition - Genie Awards
2012 Genie Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
Nominee
- Genie Awards
2012 Genie Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
The Bang Bang Club (2010) - Gold Derby Awards
- 2010 Gold Derby TV Award Ensemble of the Year
Friday Night Lights (2006)
Aimee Teegarden - 2007 Gold Derby TV Award Ensemble of the Year
Friday Night Lights (2006) - OFTA Television Award Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
The Normal Heart (2014) - People’s Choice Awards, USA
2010 - People’s Choice Award Favorite On-Screen Team
- Scream Awards
2009 - Teen Choice Awards
2009
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
2008 - Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actor: Drama
Friday Night Lights (2006)
2007 - Teen Choice Award Choice TV: Breakout
Friday Night Lights (2006)
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Taylor Kitsch Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights
Theme song: Friday Night Lights Theme Song
Production locations: Austin, Pflugerville
Networks: NBC, Audience
Writers: Jason Katims, Rolin Jones, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, Buzz Bissinger
After Dillon High’s football coach, Coach Eric Taylor must build a team from the ground up at East Dillon. Eric’s wife, Tami, also is challenged in her role as principal at West Dillon, as the parents of students who were zoned out of the district blame her for their kids being thrust into a less-than-desirable situation at East Dillon. They also face challenges in their family life with teenage daughter Julie.
Taylor Kitsch Battleship
Battleship
Initial release: 3 April 2012 (Tokyo)
Director: Peter Berg
Featured song: Thunderstruck
Box office: 303 million USD
Budget: 209 million USD
Lt. Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a weapons officer aboard the destroyer USS John Paul Jones, while his older brother, Stone (Alexander Skarsgård), is the commanding officer of the USS Sampson. Unknown to Alex, Stone or the rest of the U.S. Navy, alien invaders have arrived on Earth with plans to steal Earth’s resources. When a confrontation with the invaders knocks out the Navy’s radar capability, American and Japanese forces must work together to find a way to save the planet.
Taylor Kitsch House
He bought a maisonette at $1,300,000 located in Austin, TX. It covers 3.64 acres.
Taylor Kitsch Savages
Savages
Initial release: 25 June 2012 (Westwood)
Director: Oliver Stone
Box office: 83 million USD
Story by: Don Winslow
Screenplay: Oliver Stone, Don Winslow, Shane Salerno
California entrepreneurs Ben (Aaron Johnson) and Chon (Taylor Kitsch) run a lucrative business raising marijuana and share a one-of-a-kind love with beautiful O (Blake Lively). Life in Laguna Beach is idyllic for them, until Elena (Salma Hayek), the merciless leader of the Mexican Baja Cartel, moves in and demands a piece of the action. However, Elena underestimates the trio’s unbreakable bond, and with the help of a shady DEA agent (John Travolta), Ben, Chon and O go to war.
Taylor Kitsch X Men
X Men
Initial release: 8 April 2009 (Sydney)
Director: Gavin Hood
Box office: 373.1 million USD
Budget: 150 million USD
Screenplay: David Benioff, Skip Woods
Seeking solace from his dark past, Logan (Hugh Jackman), better known as Wolverine, seems to have found love and contentment with Kayla Silverfox (Lynn Collins). Logan’s peaceful existence is shattered when Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber), his vicious brother, brutally murders Kayla. Logan’s thirst for revenge propels him into the Weapon X program, where he undergoes a painful procedure to bond his bones with adamantium, making him virtually indestructible andmore than a match for Victor.
Taylor Kitsch News
Taylor Kitsch Needed a Vacation After Playing David Koresh in Waco. So He Took Two.
Updated:June 13, 2018
After embodying David Koresh for 10 months on Waco, Taylor Kitsch needed to decompress and get away — which is exactly what he did.
The Friday Night Lights alum, 37, lost 30 pounds and had to study scripture, learn to play the guitar and take vocal lessons for the role of the Branch Davidian cult leader in the six-episode miniseries, which debuted on the Paramount Network in January. And that doesn’t begin to describe the psychological toll playing such a character for 10 months could have.
“Something that I learned through talking to other actors that have played guys that don’t have the best rap either, it’s tough because sometimes you let those things infiltrate into your head, even unconsciously if you’re talking to somebody,” Kitsch told PEOPLE at ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas. “Even now having played Dave Koresh, people are like, ‘Oh my god how are you not crazy right now?’”
Source:https://people.com