John Gallagher Jr.

Acting · Born 1984-06-17 in 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.

Filmography

• Whatever Works as Perry
• Short Term 12 as Mason
• 10 Cloverfield Lane as Emmett
• The Best of Enemies as Lee Trombley
• Pieces of April as Timmy Burns
• Jonah Hex as Second Lt. Evan
• Abandoned as Alex
• The Same Storm as Dale Salt
• Gone in the Night as Max
• The Good Student as Brett Mullen

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jeff Lynwood
• The Newsroom as James Harper
• The West Wing as Tyler
• Westworld as Liam Dempsey
• Ed as Eric
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Gary
• Love Monkey as Paul
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gary
• Olive Kitteridge as Christopher Kitteridge
• Art That Made Us as Self - Associate Prof. of Early Modern History