Kyle Gallner

Kyle Gallner
Gallner in 2015
Born	Kyle Steven Gallner (1986-10-22) October 22, 1986 (age 32) West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse(s)	Tara Ferguson (m. 2015)
Children	2

Kyle Steven Gallner (born October 22, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas in the television series Veronica Mars, superhero Bart Allen in the drama series Smallville and Reed Garrett in the police series CSI: NY, and a lead role as Hasil Farrell in the drama series Outsiders. He is also known for his roles in the horror films The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer's Body, and the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Filmography
  


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  5 Awards and nominations
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early life

Gallner was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to Larry and Mary Jane Gallner. He has three siblings: one older sister, one younger brother, and a younger sister. Kyle attended West Chester East High School. He started his career by following his sister along to one of her auditions.^[1]

Career

Gallner at WonderCon 2010

He proceeded to guest star on popular shows such as Judging Amy and Close to Home. Gallner joined the cast of Veronica Mars as Cassidy Casablancas toward the end of the show's first season, in May 2005, before becoming a season regular during the show's second season. After playing Bart Allen in the Smallville episode "Run", Gallner reprised the role on the January 18, 2007, episode "Justice"^[2] and the season eight finale. He also guest starred on Cold Case as a teenaged gunman in the episode "Rampage", and appeared in the independent film Sublime. In 2007, he guest starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit titled "Impulsive" as a high school student who accuses his teacher (played by Melissa Joan Hart) of statutory rape.^[3] He also guest starred in an episode of Bones as Jeremy Farrell, the suspected murderer of a child beauty-pageant contestant. He also played the lead role in the horror film The Haunting in Connecticut, playing a cancer patient who is tormented by evil spirits.

He appeared in the independent film Cherry, filmed on the campuses of Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, along with several locations in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[4] He plays Aaron, an Ivy-League freshman who falls for an older woman while becoming the object of affection for the woman's young daughter. Gallner played Quentin in the 2010 reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street; his character is the love interest of main character Nancy.^[5] Gallner played the brother of Aaron Paul's character in the 2012 film, Smashed. Gallner played Zach in one episode in the fourth season of AMC's The Walking Dead. It was initially reported that he would be a recurring character, but his character was killed off, instead.^[6] In 2014, Gallner played the role of Kurt, the antagonist to lead character Sam, in the independent film Dear White People.^[7]

Personal life

Gallner's father is of Jewish descent.^[8] Gallner is good friends with actor Jake Abel, his former roommate. The two had a band called The Third Kind together for a short time.^[9] Gallner attended Abel's wedding to Allie Wood in late 2013,^[10] and Abel attended Gallner's wedding to Tara Kathryn on December 12, 2015. Gallner is also good friends with fellow actor Chris Coy.
In 2013, Kyle co-founded the independent production company Minutehand Pictures along with Oliver Thompson and Bay Dariz. The trio is currently producing the feature film Welcome to Happiness, in which Gallner portrays Woody Ward, a children's-book author with a secret door in his closet.^[11] Gallner and his wife have two sons.^[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Bobby's Buddy
2003	Red Betsy	Charlie
2003	Finding Home	Young Dave
2005	Red Eye	Headphone Kid's Brother
2006	Danika	Kurt Merrick
2007	Sublime	Ned
2008	Red	Harold
2008	Gardens of the Night	Ratboy
2008	Trunk	Will
2010	Cherry	Aaron
2009	The Haunting in Connecticut	Matt Campbell
2009	Jennifer's Body	Colin Gray
2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Quentin Smith
2010	Beautiful Boy	Sam Carroll
2011	Red State	Jared
2011	Losers Take All	Brian
2011	Little Birds	Jesse McNamara
2011	Cougars, Inc.	Sam Lowell
2011	Magic Valley	TJ Waggs
2012	Smashed	Owen Hannah
2013	Beautiful Creatures	Larkin
2013	CBGB	Lou Reed
2013	The Scissoring Part 2	Aaron Walker
2014	Dear White People	Kurt
2014	Just Before I Go	Zeke
2014	American Sniper	Winston
2015	Band of Robbers	Huck Finn
2015	Welcome to Happiness	Woody
2016	The Finest Hours	Andrew Fitzgerald
2016	The Cleanse	Eric
2017	Zen Dog	Reed / Mud
2018	Alien Code	Alex Jacobs	Post-production
2018	Far Cry 5: Inside Eden's Gate	Alex	Short film
2018	Ghosts of War	Tappert
2018	Skull	Sam Razor	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Third Watch	Raleigh	Episode: "Young Men and Fire..."
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Marc Lesinski	Episode: "Juvenile"
2003	Touched by an Angel	Josh	Episode: "Virtual Reality"
2004; 2008; 2009	Smallville	Bart Allen / Impulse	Episodes: "Run", "Justice" and "Doomsday"
2004	The District	Brian Johnson	Episode: "Something Borrowed and Something Bruised"
2005	Judging Amy	Zachary Pettit	Episode: "The Long Run"
2005	Jack & Bobby	BJ Bongaro	Episode: "Time Out of Live" and "Querida Grace"
2005	Skater Boys	Sean Davis	Episode: "Sundown"
2005–06	Veronica Mars	Cassidy 'Beaver' Casablancas	Main role (Season 1–2)
2006	Close to Home	Jacob Towers	Episode: "The Good Doctor"
2006	Cold Case	Cameron Coulter	Episode: "Rampage"
2006	Bones	Jeremy Farrell	Episode: "The Girl with the Curl"
2006	Four Kings	Spencer	Episode: "Upper West Side Story"
2006–07	Big Love	Jason Embry	Recurring role (Season 1–2)
2007	Medium	Young Stephen	Episode: "The Boy Next Door"
2007	The Closer	Eric Wallace	Episode: "Homewrecker"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Shane Mills	Episode: "Impulsive"
2007–11	CSI: NY	Reed Garrett	Recurring role (Season 3–6)
2008	Life	Zak Sutter	Episode: "Black Friday"
2008	The Shield	Lloyd Denton	Recurring role (Season 7)
2010	Past Life	Xander	Episode: "Saint Sarah"
2012	Criminal Minds	James Heathridge	Episode: "Heathridge Manor"
2012	Jan	Robbie	Main role
2013	The Walking Dead	Zach	Episode: "30 Days Without an Accident"
2014	Play It Again, Dick	Himself	Main role
2016–17	Outsiders	Hasil Farrell	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2011	Fright Meter Awards	Best Supporting Actor[13]	Red State	Nominated
2016	Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema	Best Actor – Feature[14]	Welcome to Happiness	Nominated

References

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   ^ "Ausiello on Smallville". TVGuide.com. Retrieved September 27, 2006.
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   ^ "Ausiello on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Melissa Joan Hart and Kyle Gallner". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
   


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   ^ "Movie mayhem invades Kalamazoo College as shooting begins for independent film Cherry". mlive.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2008.
   


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   ^ "BDTV: Video Interview with 'Elm Street' Stars Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara, and Kyle Gallner! - Bloody Disgusting". www.bloody-disgusting.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
   


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   ^ "'The Walking Dead' Season 4: Governor Arc Revealed, New Threat and 'Veronica Mars' Vet!". ScreenCrush. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
   


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   ^ "Interview with Kyle Gallner". myFanbase. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
   


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   ^ "Paid Obituaries". Retrieved July 27, 2018.
   


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   ^ "Search Results - Entertainment". www.msn.com. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
   


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    ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
    


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    ^ "Nick Offerman Joins Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thirlby in 'Welcome to Happiness'". Retrieved July 27, 2018.
    


12. 
    ^ Kimble, Lindsay (December 13, 2015). "Veronica Mars' Kyle Gallner Marries Mother of His Children in Outdoor Wedding". People. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
    


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    ^ "2011 Fright Meter Award Winners". frightmeter.com. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
    


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    ^ "Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema - Awards - IIFC 2016". Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
    

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kyle Gallner.

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  Kyle Gallner on IMDb


• Kyle Gallner on A Haunting in Connecticut at FEARnet

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