Taylor Kitsch

Highest Rated: 94% The Normal Heart (2014)

Lowest Rated: 4% The Covenant (2006)

Birthday: Apr 8, 1981

Birthplace: Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian actor Taylor Kitsch began his career as a model, signing with the agency IMG and moving to New York at the age of 21. As his career in front of the camera slowly but surely developed, Kitsch became a certified trainer and nutritionist. In 2006, his acting career had a breakthrough, and he was cast in the movies John Tucker Must Die and The Covenant, as well as the popular NBC series Friday Night Lights, a show based on the movie of the same name, about a small town in Texas where high-school football is among the most important things in life. He appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and had a major part in The Bang Bang Club in 2010. Two years later he would be the lead in a pair of big-budget action spectacles - the notorious misfire John Carter, and the board-game inspired Battleship. He also was in Oliver Stone's crime thriller Savages.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	21 Bridges	Actor	—	2019
87%	Only the Brave	Chris MacKenzie	$18.3M	2017
35%	American Assassin	Ghost	$34.5M	2017
33%	Bling	Sam	—	2016
No Score Yet	Gridiron Heroes	Narrator	—	2015
59%	The Grand Seduction	Dr. Paul Lewis	—	2014
76%	Lone Survivor	Mike Murphy	$97.7M	2014
94%	The Normal Heart	Bruce Niles	—	2014
51%	Savages	Chon	$47.4M	2012
34%	Battleship	Lt. Alex Hopper	$65.2M	2012
52%	John Carter	John Carter	$73.1M	2012
49%	The Bang Bang Club	Kevin Carter	—	2011
No Score Yet	Into The Wind	Actor	—	2010
37%	X-Men Origins - Wolverine	Remy LeBeau/Gambit	$179.8M	2009
33%	Gospel Hill	Joel Herrod	—	2008
4%	The Covenant	Pogue Parry	$23.3M	2006
69%	Snakes on a Plane	Kyle `Chocodile' Cho	$33.9M	2006
28%	John Tucker Must Die	Justin	$41M	2006

TV

		CREDIT
78%	True Detective 2014	Paul Woodrugh	2019 2015 2014
No Score Yet	Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Daily Show With Trevor Noah 2015	Guest	2018
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest	2018
68%	Waco 2018	David Koresh Executive Producer	2018
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014	Guest	2018 2014
No Score Yet	CBS This Morning 2012	Guest	2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003	Guest	2017 2014 2012
No Score Yet	The Brokenwood Mysteries 2014		2016
No Score Yet	The Talk 2010	Guest	2014
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	MTV First 2011-2014	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014	Guest	2012
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest	2012
96%	Friday Night Lights 2006-2011	Tim Riggins	2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
No Score Yet	30 for 30 2009	Appearing	2010
56%	Kyle XY 2006-2009	Male Camper	2006

QUOTES FROM Taylor Kitsch CHARACTERS

Lt. Alex Hopper

You're going to die. I'm going to die. We're all going to die. Just not today.

Mike Murphy

Whatever you do, just find an excuse to win.

Alex Hopper	I want you to know that I am in love with your daughter. And I am asking permission to marry your daughter.
Admiral Shane	No.
Alex Hopper	Sir, I saved the world.
Admiral Shane	Saving the world is one thing, Hopper. My daughter is quite another. If you'll excuse me, I'm late for lunch. I think I'll have a chicken burrito. Come along Hopper. We'll discuss the terms of your surrender over a meal.

Mike Murphy	I wanna be on you.
Marcus Luttrell	I wanna be on you.
Mike Murphy	On you.

Danny Dietz	New grass leads to new bushes by the window, leads to new windows, leads to new curtains, leads to new sofa, leads to new rug, leads to new floor...
Mike Murphy	Got it.
Marcus Luttrell	Loss of control. Got to let that go bro.
Danny Dietz	It’s like this weird journey that she’s on. Moving through the house one room to the next.
Danny Dietz	It's like this weird journey that she's on. Moving through the house one room to the next.

Danny Dietz	Come on Mike.
Mike Murphy	Yea Danny this is probably not gonna go your way. Shane, get my razor.

Mike Murphy	Why? How much do they cost?
Marcus Luttrell	I don’t know. Oprah money.
Mike Murphy	Fuck.

Marcus Luttrell	Since when does she want an Arabic horse?
Mike Murphy	Since I got an email this morning. Probably saw it on Oprah.
Marcus Luttrell	Oprah rides Arabic horses?
Mike Murphy	I don’t know what Oprah does.
Mike Murphy	I don't know what Oprah does.

Mike Murphy

How do you know about that?

Logan/Wolverine	Okay shithead, here's the deal. You see, you're gonna take me to this "island." And I can kill Creed, Stryker, and pretty much anyone that you hate in this world. You understand?
Logan/Wolverine	Okay shithead, here's the deal. You see, you're gonna take me to this island and I can kill Creed, Stryker, and pretty much anyone that you hate in this world. You understand?
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	You really gonna kill them?
Logan/Wolverine	As long as you stay outta my way, yeah.
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Well why didn't you say so?

John Carter

The Jeddak of Zodanga means to quash Helium this very night, and if Helium falls, so does Barsoom. We must throw out the thought of old hatreds. Tharks did not cause this, but by Issus, Tharks will end it! We ride for Zodanga!

Chon	These people don't make deals; they're fucking Savages.

Chon	I've seen worse and I'd do worse to them.

Lieutenant Alex Hopper	We need to find a way to destroy that communications relay.
Petty Officer Cora "Weps" Raikes	Our last ship was just sunk, and we barely got off it. And we are compeltly cut off from the rest of the fleet. We don't have anything else.
Lieutenant Alex Hopper	Yes, we do. [Stares at the battleship Mississippi anchored in the harbor] We have a battleship.
Lieutenant Alex Hopper	Yes, we do. [stares at the battleship Mississippi anchored in the harbor] We have a battleship.

Captain Yugi Nagata	[On the bridge with Hopper discussing how to track the aliens] What if we could see them without seeing them?
Captain Yugi Nagata	[on the bridge with Hopper discussing how to track the aliens] What if we could see them without seeing them?
Lieutenant Alex Hopper	Don't tell me you're talking about the Art of War. I've read that book six times, and it still dosen't make any sense to me. How do you fight the enemy where they are not?
Lieutenant Alex Hopper	Don't tell me you're talking about the Art of War. I've read that book six times, and it still dosen't make any sense to me. How do you fight the enemy where they are not?
Captain Yugi Nagata	That is a Chinese book. Display NOAA data on the bridge monitor. [All NOAA data from buoys is displayed] Now, set grid formation. [A square grid appears on the monitor, and each buoy is in the center of a square] There's one right over there. [A square shows a large displacement of water from the buoy's measurements]
Captain Yugi Nagata	That is a Chinese book. Display NOAA data on the bridge monitor. [all NOAA data from buoys is displayed] Now, set grid formation. [a square grid appears on the monitor, and each buoy is in the center of a square] There's one right over there. [a square shows a large displacement of water from the buoy's measurements]

Chon	Think of it like this, alright? You're already dead. You're dead from the moment you're born. If you can accept that, you can accept anything.

John Carter

By god...I'm on Mars.

Ben	"Buddha would disagree."
Ben	Buddha would disagree.
John	"Who cares what a fat jap has to say?"
John	Who cares what a fat jap has to say?
Ben	"Actually, he was a fat Indian."
Ben	Actually, he was a fat Indian.

Lieutenant Alex Hopper	Who's in charge?
JPJ Sailor	You are, Sir.

John Carter

Ock, ohem, oktei, weis, Jarsoom!

John Carter

Who will pledge their metal to mine?

Alex Hopper

you gonna die, I'm gonna die, we all gonna die. just not today...

John Carter	[Stares at the balcony of the palace after the battle, and holds the medallion, with Woola right next to him] John Carter of Earth. [Turns to Woola] John Carter of Mars sounds much better. [He throws the medallion far away, Woola growls]
Matai Shang	[Materializes right next to him] Your move Earth man. Jarsoom. [He grabs Carter and a flash of blue light occurs]
John Carter	[Wakes up in the cave covered in a crust of dust] No, no, no. [Crawls to the medallion symbol carved into the cave wall, and places his hand] Barsoom, Barsoom.
Edgar Rice Burroughs	[Reading aloud, and staring at Mars in the night sky] Like a fool I had thrown away my medallion. I am fifty million miles away from my true home, with no possible way to bridge the distance. Then I recalled Matai Shang, how he knew where I had come from. There must be a Thern presence on Earth. The cave was proof of that, I knew what I had to use the gold for. For ten bitter years I searched the world, for any mention of the Therns. I long suspected that the Therns were observing me. I could only trust myself. My searches were fruitless, for many years. Until a few months ago when I found it. That is why my sudden death occurred, and why you have been given everything. I need someone to guard my body on Earth, or my copy will die on Mars. The Therns my have already destroyed my body while you finish reading this last sentence. [He drops the book and runs to John's crypt]

John Carter	Find a cause, fall in love, write a book
John Carter	Find a cause... fall in love... write a book.

John Carter	[Draws an outline of the solar system] Sun. Mercury. Venus. Earth, us.
Dejah Thoris	That is Jarsoom. We are on Barsoom. [Dejah points to the next drawing after Earth]
Dejah Thoris	That is Jasoom. We are on Barsoom. [Dejah points to the next drawing after Earth]
John Carter	[Confused look] You mean Mars? I'm on Mars? [Looks at the two moons in the sky]

John Carter	Who are you?
Thark Bookie	American.
Thark Bookie	Who are you, sir?
Matai Shang	Sir? Definitively the South. The Carolinas perhaps? No, Virginia. It's a lovely place.
John Carter	You know Virginia?
Matai Shang	Not as well as I should.

John Carter	"Cut it out!" (To the "monster" Woola who thinks its a game to quickly be waiting for Carter at every turn in his attempt to escape.)
John Carter	Cut it out! [to the 'monster' Woola who thinks its a game to quickly be waiting for Carter at every turn in his attempt to escape]

Kantos Kan	I hear that you are Incredibly dangerous....take me hostage.
Kantos Kan	I hear that you are Incredibly dangerous...take me hostage.
John Carter	What?
Kantos Kan	Take me hostage...
John Carter	Are you alright?

John Carter

We did not cause this. But this very night, we will end it!

John Carter	"Son,we are up to our chinstraps in Apaches! We need someone to defend the Arizona territory"
John Carter	Son,we are up to our chinstraps in Apaches! We need someone to defend the Arizona territory.
Powell	Son,we are up to our chinstraps in Apaches! We need someone to defend the Arizona territory.
John Carter	"Yanks, Apaches....you can all go to hell. WeÂ´re nothing but a worn species and I want no part in it"
John Carter	Yanks, Apaches... you can all go to hell. We're nothing but a worn species and I want no part in it.

John Carter

I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird landscape. I knew that I was on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity or my wakefulness. I was not asleep, no need for pinching here; my inner consciousness told me as plainly that I was upon Mars as your conscious mind tells you that you are upon Earth. You do not question the fact; neither did I.

Tars Tarkas	VIRGINA!
Tars Tarkas	VIRGINIA!
John Carter	NO!...John Carter from Virgina!
John Carter	NO!...John Carter from Virginia!

John Carter

Good God...I'm on Mars.

John Carter	That doesn't look like a fair fight
John Carter	That doesn't look like a fair fight.

John Carter

WE DID NOT CAUSE THIS! BUT WE WILL 'END' IT!

John Carter

That don't look like a fair fight.

Logan/Wolverine	Are you Remy LeBeau?.
Logan/Wolverine	Are you Remy LeBeau?
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Do I owe you money?.
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Do I owe you money?
Logan/Wolverine	No.
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Then Remy LeBeau, I am.

Dejah Thoris	You, are, John Carter of Earth?
John Carter	Yes Mam.

Remy LeBeau/Gambit

See, the only difference between a winner and a loser is character. Every man has a price to charge, and a price to pay. Yeah, I've paid mine in spades.

Remy LeBeau/Gambit

Two years I rotted in that hellhole and I ain't ever going back.

Logan/Wolverine	Are you Remy LeBeau?
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Do I owe you money?
Logan/Wolverine	No.
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	Then Remy LeBeau, I am.

Remy LeBeau/Gambit	If I learnt anything about life, it's this: always play the hand you're dealt. My name is Gambit... and I play for keeps.
Remy LeBeau/Gambit	If I learned anything about life, it's this: always play the hand you're dealt. My name is Gambit and I play for keeps.