Taylor Kitsch is a model and actor. He has most recently found success in the role of "Tim Riggins" on NBC's Friday Night Lights.
Born in Kelowna, British Columbia and raised in Vancouver, Taylor Kitsch found himself in the middle of a large family with 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Taylor played ice hockey in the Canadian BCHL for the Langley Hornets before a career ending knee injury.
Kitsch moved to New York City in 2002 to study acting, later signing with United Entertainment. During his time in New York he became a certified nutritionalist and personal trainer. Kitsch also pursued modeling, working for IMG, and found success with brands including Abercromie & Fitch, Deisel, Clairol and Osmos. He also appeared in magazines including CosmoGirl, Super (with Meg Ryan) and N'uomo Vogue.
Kitsch admits that he always saw modeling as a "segue" into his acting career and a way to support himself in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. Kitsch hasn't always found himself in the spotlight and has risen through time finding homes in the subway and friend's closets on his way to the top. Kitsch spent weeks living out of his car attending auditions and hoping to find the role to jump start his acting career.
Taylor Kitsch made his acting debut in three 2006 summer blockbusters, co-starring in The Covenant as Pogue Perry. In addition to co-starring in Friday Night Lights, 2006 also found Taylor appearing on television in Kyle XY and Canadian TV show Godiva's.
Born in Kelowna, British Columbia and raised in Vancouver, Taylor Kitsch found himself in the middle of a large family with 2 older brothers and 2 younger sisters. Taylor played ice hockey in the Canadian BCHL for the Langley Hornets before a career ending knee injury.
Kitsch moved to New York City in 2002 to study acting, later signing with United Entertainment. During his time in New York he became a certified nutritionalist and personal trainer. Kitsch also pursued modeling, working for IMG, and found success with brands including Abercromie & Fitch, Deisel, Clairol and Osmos. He also appeared in magazines including CosmoGirl, Super (with Meg Ryan) and N'uomo Vogue.
Kitsch admits that he always saw modeling as a "segue" into his acting career and a way to support himself in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 2003. Kitsch hasn't always found himself in the spotlight and has risen through time finding homes in the subway and friend's closets on his way to the top. Kitsch spent weeks living out of his car attending auditions and hoping to find the role to jump start his acting career.
Taylor Kitsch made his acting debut in three 2006 summer blockbusters, co-starring in The Covenant as Pogue Perry. In addition to co-starring in Friday Night Lights, 2006 also found Taylor appearing on television in Kyle XY and Canadian TV show Godiva's.
In August 2006, Taylor appeared on the cover page of the magazine named Dish Entertainment Magazine.
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Taylor learned acting from the renowned acting coach Sheila Grey.
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Taylor is 6 feet (1.83 meters) tall.
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At age 25, Taylor became the youngest ever cover boy for Men's Health magazine.
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Taylor's favorite book is The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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He joined the men of the Friday Night Lights cast in Esquire's October 2006 spread, "There's no I in Coat".
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Made his big screen debut in 2006 with appearances in 3 summer blockbusters: John Tucker Must Die (July), Snakes on a Plane (August), and The Covenant (September).
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Taylor: Mark my words, if ten years from now you're seeing me on those red carpets at every premiere possible, posing with these toys...never, never, never, never, no. I'll be back home on the lake, on the boat, hanging out with friends and family.
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Taylor: (on playing Tim Riggins) I think it's any actor's dream to do this kind of role.
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Taylor: (on his first job cleaning outdoor toilets) Any job you start you know you're going to be that try-hard kid of the year, you know, you're scrubbing those toilets and you're just going to be going off, but soon you realize, that hey- you know what- it's a Biffy, you know, no one is going to walk into this thing going, "Whoa! Someone did a bang-up job cleaning this thing."
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Taylor: (on receiving his role on Friday Night Lights) When I walked in the door the phone's ringing. Manager is like, "You're Tim Riggins." Take the phone off, and I'm like, 'Whew!' So many things are going through you head, like, 'Oh my God...I tricked 'em. I got 'em. Now what? I have to actually act and be this kid?'
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