{"id":25383,"date":"2026-07-10T18:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=kyle-chandler"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:36:29","slug":"kyle-chandler","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=kyle-chandler","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Chandler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Martin Chandler\u00a0(born September 17, 1965) is an American actor. He received critical acclaim for his performance as\u00a0Eric Taylor\u00a0in the\u00a0NBC\u00a0series\u00a0Friday Night Lights(2006\u20132011), winning the\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series\u00a0in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Making his screen acting debut in the 1988 television film\u00a0Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story, Chandler&#8217;s first regular television role was in the\u00a0ABC\u00a0drama\u00a0Homefront\u00a0(1991\u20131993). 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