Male Celebrities - Taylor Kitsch App.#2:"He’s a tough kid, and he did a lot of his own stuff — and he looked like a million bucks doing it"

**Poupa** · 12-18-2008, 09:10 AM

Welcome to Taylor Kitsch Appreciation Thread | 2 |

Date of Birth
8 April 1981, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Height
6' (1.83 m)

Taylor Kitsch was born on April 8th, 1981 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. As a kid, Taylor grew up in Vancouver and until today, Taylor still lives there when he's not shooting Friday Night Lights in Austin, Texas. Growing up, he aspired to become an actor which eventually was the real reason behind his move to New York.

In New York, Taylor pursued his dreams by studying the art of acting with coach Sheila Grey. Not too long after that, Taylor landed a role in the movie Pacific 121. After landing a role in that movie, Taylor's dreams finally started coming true. Taylor was cast in a few guest acting roles such as John Tucker Must Die, Snakes On A Plane and Kyle XY.

Moving to New York in 2002 was the prize that Taylor received after being scouted by modeling scouts in Canada. Taylor was signed to IMG Models and became a regular face for the famous clothing lines, Abercrombie & Fitch and also Diesel. Taylor was also signed under Untitled Entertainment during his two years stay in the city.

While Taylor was living in New York, he found time to become a certified personal trainer and nutritionist. In the year 2004, Taylor decided that it was time for him to move to Los Angeles to learn more about the acting course. Taylor stayed in Los Angeles for about eight months and did some print work with Nous Modeling Management.

It wasn't too long until Taylor realized that he didn't want to be in Los Angeles. Taylor thought that things were running a little bit too fast for him, then making the decision to move back to Vancouver for the summer of 2005 to spend more time with his family. In 2006, Taylor the signed with Endeavour.

What shot him to bigger fame was his role in the movie The Covenant, with actors Steven Strait, Toby Hemingway and Chace Crawford who were all already successful. In The Covenant, fans got to know who Taylor really is. Even though the movie wasn't as successful as people hoped it would be, Taylor became more recognized since acting in the movie. In the movie, fans also got to see a more fit and toned version of Taylor.

Fortunately, after The Covenant, casting directors from the football teen drama, Friday Night Lights, saw the talent that Taylor had. They eventually hired Taylor to play the role of Tim Riggins, one of the Dillon Panthers' main players. In Friday Night Lights, Taylor managed to show his acting skills to fans and television critics who were very impressed with Taylor's acting skills.

After receiving fame and gaining a big fan base from Friday Night Lights, Taylor received the acting publicity he has always been waiting for. In February 2008, he signed on to play Gambit in the X-Men franchise spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The film recently finished shooting and is set to premiere soon.

Despite being famous, Taylor is still a very humble guy and claims that he'd prefer to skip the whole tabloid craze. During his free time, he enjoys doing charity work and listening to music, especially those in the country genre. With all the success and a humble attitude, we're pretty sure that Taylor is going to be one of the 'Must Watch' stars for the coming years.

More on him

Best known for his portrayal of troubled high school football star Tim Riggins on NBC's acclaimed television series "Friday Night Lights," actor Taylor Kitsch has scored big with audiences and critics on both the big and small screens.

In "Friday Night Lights," the Emmy-nominated series USA Today called "one of the best acted, best written best produced shows on television," Kitsch stars as the strong, brooding backbone of the Dillon Panthers football team. He brings a poignancy and vulnerability to the role of a Texas high school fullback struggling to find his identity and wrestling with his demons by way of the bottle. Executive produced by actor-director Peter Berg based on his hit Universal Pictures feature, the second season of "Friday Night Lights" premiered on October 5, 2007.

During the show's summer hiatus, Taylor filmed the feature Gospel Hill alongside Julia Stiles, Danny Glover, Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Giancarlo Esposito, the film focuses on the bigoted former sheriff of a southern town and a one-time civil rights worker whose intersecting lives are still haunted by events that took place decades earlier. Old wounds are reopened as residents of a black neighborhood are forced out of their homes to make way for a multi-million dollar development.

Kitsch got serious about acting in 2002 when he moved to New York City to study with renowned acting coach Sheila Grey. His career took off the next year after he returned to his home town of Vancouver and landed his first film major role alongside Samuel L. Jackson in David Richard Ellis' adrenaline fueled action picture Snakes on a Plane. The film was released in August 2006 by New Line Cinema.

Then, Kitsch starred as prep school student Pogue Perry in director Renny Harlin's The Covenant, which opened at No. 1 on the box office chart in September 2006. In the stylish thriller from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sony Screen Gems, four young witches do battle with a powerful, centuries-old supernatural force.

Kitsch's other credits include director Betty Thomas' comedy John Tucker Must Die, opposite Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti, Sophia Bush and Brittany Snow, which was released by 20th Century Fox in July 2006; the TV series "Godiva's" and the pilot for ABC Family's sci-fie drama "Kyle XY."

When he's not on set, Kitsch pursues children's charity work and enjoys spending time with family and friends

Trivia

+ Favorite movies are: State of Grace, Hurly Burly and Dead Man Walking.

+ In January 2008 participated in Luc Robitaille's Celebrity Shoot Out, a celebrity hockey game that raised money and awareness for the children's charity Echoes of Hope.

+ Played ice hockey in the Canadian BCHL for the Langley Hornets before a career-ending knee injury.

+ In September 2007, took part in the Nautica Malibu Triathlon, which benefits the Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. Taylor supports fitness activities for kids.

+ Favorite book is The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

+ In 2008 took a trip to Africa with Friday Night Lights co-star, Connie Britton. They toured Uganda and Kenya and became more aware of a charity called the African Children's Choir.

+ In August 2006, appeared on the cover page of the magazine named Dish Entertainment Magazine.

+ Learned acting from the renowned acting coach Sheila Grey.

+ At age 25, became the youngest ever cover boy for Men's Health magazine.

+ Did all his own stunts in the movie 'The Covenant'.

+ He joined the men of the Friday Night Lights cast in Esquire's October 2006 spread, "There's no I in Coat".

+ He lives in Vancouver when he isn't filming Friday Night Lights in Austin.

Filmography

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (post-production) .... Remy LeBeau / Gambit
"Friday Night Lights" .... Tim Riggins (47 episodes, 2006-2009)
-Gospel Hill (2008) .... Joel Herrod
The Covenant (2006) .... Pogue Parry
Snakes on a Plane (2006) .... Kyle
... aka SoaP (USA: promotional abbreviation)
John Tucker Must Die (2006) .... Justin
"Kyle XY" .... Male Camper (1 episode, 2006)
Self: Breaking the Silence: Exposing the Covenant (2007) (V) .... Himself

Supporters List
01. Enigma (Mel)
02. Prinston Girl
03. PFlyer (Laura)
04. hockeycanada87 (Jordyn)
05. London2LA
06. -Louise-
07. ~Natali~
08. Poupa (Sally)
09. njbrc (Nikki)
10. Lothiriel
11. Kissed By Starlight

***Enigma*** · 12-18-2008, 01:25 PM

No worries Sally. Thanks for the new thread.

It looks wonderful.

**Poupa** · 12-18-2008, 03:30 PM

Thanks, hun!

Taylor is ranked #14 at Buddy TV's TV's 50 Sexiest Men of 2008. Click here for the link.

I managed to get my hands on Tribeza magazine, with the help of Allison who was so generous and helpful enough to buy the magazine and scan it for us. Big thanks to her

The HQ versions are gonna be up on TK.net soon. I already sent them to Kelly.

He looks so hot, although so photoshopped. LOL. But gorgeous nonetheless. The article is such a lovely read

Gisele · 12-19-2008, 06:24 AM

TFTNT!!!

Gosh, Taylor is pretty much perfect.

**Poupa** · 12-20-2008, 11:50 AM

He is perfect

***Enigma*** · 12-20-2008, 12:50 PM

That's for sure.

**Rebel_Diamond** · 12-21-2008, 02:20 AM

TFTNT!

Taylor's eyes are just so captivating in that shoot.

**Poupa** · 12-21-2008, 02:12 PM

The rest at my LJor site.

**Rebel_Diamond** · 12-21-2008, 08:56 PM

Love the icons Sally

Lothiriel · 12-21-2008, 09:34 PM

Oh could you add me to the list please

, I need to be on every list about this amazing man!

kissed by starlight · 12-21-2008, 11:16 PM

Thanks for the new thread, Sal

Simply beautiful icons

Can I be added as well?

**Poupa** · 12-22-2008, 05:39 AM

I added you, girls

Glad you like the icons

Lothiriel · 12-22-2008, 08:44 PM

Thank you Sally!
the world is a better place because of your icons

***Enigma*** · 12-22-2008, 11:19 PM

Beautiful icons Sally.

**Poupa** · 12-23-2008, 07:38 AM

Aw, that's so sweet of you, Lothiriel

Thanks, hun. Thanks, Mel

Glad you like them.

Two articles with a mention of Taylor:

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5 people we'd love to spend the holidays with.

You can't pick your family. At no time of the year are we more reminded of this fact than during the holidays. But what if we could? What if we could hand select our Christmas invitees? Thanks to the magic powers of this website, we can!

Here's who we'd like to share our Golden Goose with.

It's always good to be reminded of the miracles of daily existence around the holidays. Like, say, that whole birthing in a manger thing, or surviving flying shrapnel in Belgrade. Who better to bring a sense of gravitas to the occasion than the Silver Fox himself, Anderson Cooper.

Since our chances of gettin' some mad action under the mistletoe with the Silver Fox are slim at best, we'd like to have a hot holiday alternative: Taylor Kitsch. Nothing balances the nice like a good dose of Christmas naughty. We're certain this high school football star would know just how to navigate his way around our childhood bedroom.

To read more click here.

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Share these television hunks with Nana.

Looks like Patrick Dempsey has even more reason to be Smirky McSmirky. The Grey's Anatomy brain surgeon and all-around pretty face was just named Hottest Hunk Ever by AOL.

"From his perfect hair and killer smile to his piercing eyes and soothing voice, Dempsey – one of those actors who only gets better, and better looking, with age – also knows how to make sensitivity sexy."

That's nice and all, but we'll take our sensivity with a side of tormeted soul and repressed emotions. We're emotionally healthy like that. Taylor Kitsch, who plays brooding football star and budding alcoholic Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights, can make us blush on cue. Our flushed cheeks tell us he was robbed coming in at #7!

Other injustices? Mark Harmon (#8), Tom Selleck (#10), and John Stamos (#6). Mark Harmon? Selleck? Stamos? Who'd they have planned for #51? Regis?

Here's the Top 10. For the full list of Hunks, head to television.aol.com.

10. Tom Selleck
9. Michael Vartan
8. Mark Harmon
7. Taylor Kitsch
6. John Stamos
5. Tom Welling
4. Taye Diggs
3. Josh Holloway
2. George Clooney
1. Patrick Dempsey

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