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John Gallagher Jr.

John Gallagher Jr.

Birthday: 1984-06-17 | Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Abandoned

as    Alex

2022
Gone in the Night

as    Max

2022
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known

as    Self - Moritz

2020
Underwater

as    Liam Smith

2020
Come Play

as    Marty

2019
American Woman

as    Juan

2019
The Best of Enemies

as    Lee Trombley

2018
Sadie

as    Cyrus

2018
Peppermint

as    Detective Stan Carmichael

2018
The Miseducation of Cameron Post

as    Reverend Rick

2016
10 Cloverfield Lane

as    Emmett

2016
Hush

as    Man

2016
The Belko Experiment

as    Mike Milch

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as    Christopher Kitteridge

2014
Olive Kitteridge

as    Christopher Kitteridge

2014
The Heart Machine

as    Cody

2013
Broadway Idiot

as    Himself (archive footage)

2013
Short Term 12

as    Mason

2012
The Newsroom

as    James Harper

2011
Margaret

as    Darren Rodifer

2010
Jonah Hex

as    Second Lt. Evan

2009
Whatever Works

as    Perry

2006
The Good Student

as    Brett Mullen

2003
Pieces of April

as    Timmy Burns

2001
The Flamingo Rising

as    Gary