John Gallagher Jr.

Known for

Acting

Born

June 17, 1984 (age 42)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

10 Cloverfield Lane

2016

Westworld

2016

Hush

2016

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Underwater

2020

Peppermint

2018

Whatever Works

2009

The Belko Experiment

2017

Jonah Hex

2010

Short Term 12

2013

Filmography

TBA
Swim Fishy
as Abel
TBA
20/20
2027
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2026
Eleven Days
2024
I.S.S.
as Christian Campbell
2023
Which Brings Me to You
as Wallace
2022
The Same Storm
as Dale Salt
2022
Gone in the Night
as Max
2022
Abandoned
as Alex
2022
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
as Self - Moritz
2022
Art That Made UsTV
as Self - Associate Prof. of Early Modern History (4 episodes)
2020
Come Play
as Marty
2020
Love LifeTV
as Luke Ducharme (1 episode)
2020
Stars in the HouseTV
as Self (1 episode)
2020
Underwater
as Liam Smith
2019
Modern LoveTV
as Rob (1 episode)
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
2017
The Belko Experiment
as Mike Milch
2016
WestworldTV
as Liam Dempsey (3 episodes)
2016
EasyTV
as Lucas (1 episode)
2016
Hush
as The Man