Name
John Gallagher Jr.
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1984-06-17 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Biography
John Howard Gallagher Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also played Johnny in Green Day's Broadway musical, American Idiot, Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of Jerusalem, and Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. He portrayed Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's drama series The Newsroom, starred in the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, and played Emmett DeWitt in 10 Cloverfield Lane.
Known For
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A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband...
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A group of eighty American workers are locked in their office and ordered by an unknown vo...
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Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual frie...
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Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious ...
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Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naï...
- 2003 Pieces of April as Timmy Burns
- 2010 Jonah Hex as Second Lt. Evan
- 2022 Abandoned as Alex
- 2022 The Same Storm as Dale Salt
- 2022 Gone in the Night as Max
- 2006 The Good Student as Brett Mullen
- 2011 Margaret as Darren
- 2009 Whatever Works as Perry
- 2022 Spring Awakening: Those You've Known as Self - Moritz
- 2013 Short Term 12 as Mason
- 2013 Broadway Idiot as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 The Heart Machine as Cody
- 2023 Which Brings Me to You as Wallace
- 2016 10 Cloverfield Lane as Emmett
- 2017 The Belko Experiment as Mike Milch
- 2016 Hush as The Man
- 2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post as Reverend Rick
- 2001 The Flamingo Rising as Gary
- 2019 The Best of Enemies as Lee Trombley
- 2018 Sadie as Cyrus
- 2018 Peppermint as Detective Stan Carmichael
- 2020 Underwater as Liam Smith
- 2019 American Woman as Juan
- 2014 Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes as Self
- 2020 Come Play as Marty
- 2024 I.S.S. as Christian Campbell
- 2026 Eleven Days
- 2027 The Exorcist: Martyrs
- Soon Swim Fishy as Abel
- Soon 20/20
- 2000 Ed ( 1 episode ) as Eric
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Jeff Lynwood
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Gary
- 2006 Love Monkey ( 1 episode ) as Paul
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Gary
- 2012 The Newsroom ( 25 episodes ) as James Harper
- 2014 Olive Kitteridge ( 4 episodes ) as Christopher Kitteridge
- 1999 The West Wing ( 2 episodes ) as Tyler
- 2022 Art That Made Us ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Associate Prof. of Early Modern History
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Terrence Holt
- 2016 Easy ( 1 episode ) as Lucas
- 2020 Stars in the House ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Modern Love ( 1 episode ) as Rob
- 2016 Westworld ( 3 episodes ) as Liam Dempsey
- 2020 Love Life ( 1 episode ) as Luke Ducharme
