John Gallagher Jr.

Born: 1984-06-17, 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

• Law & Order (1990)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
• The Newsroom (2012)
• Ed (2000)
• Underwater (2020)
• 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
• Modern Love (2019)
• Love Life (2020)
• Peppermint (2018)
• Easy (2016)
• Jonah Hex (2010)
• Come Play (2020)
• Hush (2016)
• Olive Kitteridge (2014)
• Whatever Works (2009)
• The Belko Experiment (2017)
• Short Term 12 (2013)
• I.S.S. (2024)
• Gone in the Night (2022)
• Which Brings Me to You (2023)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• The Best of Enemies (2019)
• The Exorcist: Martyrs (2027)
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
• Margaret (2011)
• The Good Student (2006)
• The Same Storm (2022)
• Pieces of April (2003)
• The Flamingo Rising (2001)