Acting

John Gallagher Jr.

born 1984 · Acting

64.9avg grm

7titles

#149best rank

1honors

best title · #149 on siteThe Newsroom2012 · as Jim Harper · series71.9

Honors

1

2007Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical

Bio

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

ranked on this site

2020s1 title

Spring Awakening: Those You've Known2022 · as Self59.9

2010s6 titles

The Best of Enemies2019 · as Lee Tromblay64.2 M

Modern Love2019 · as Rob · series59.4 1

10 Cloverfield Lane2016 · as Emmett53.1 O

Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Christopher Kitteridge · series67.2 S

Short Term 122013 · as Mason78.5 N

The Newsroom2012 · as Jim Harper · series71.9

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John Gallagher Jr.

J

born1984

known forActing

titles on site7

best title rank#149 · The Newsroom (2012)

avg GRM64.9

honors1 · Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical, 2007

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

ranked on this site

2020s

1 title

59.9Spring Awakening: Those You've Known2022 · as Self

2010s

6 titles

64.2The Best of Enemies2019 · as Lee Tromblay M

59.4Modern Love2019 · as Rob · series 1

53.110 Cloverfield Lane2016 · as Emmett O

67.2Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Christopher Kitteridge · series S

78.5Short Term 122013 · as Mason N

71.9The Newsroom2012 · as Jim Harper · series

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