John Gallagher Jr.
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Pieces of April
2003
Jonah Hex
2010
Abandoned
2022
The Same Storm
2022
Gone in the Night
2022
The Good Student
2006
Margaret
2011
Whatever Works
2009
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
2022
Short Term 12
2013
Broadway Idiot
2013
The Heart Machine
2014
Which Brings Me to You
2023
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
The Belko Experiment
2016
Hush
2016
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018
The Flamingo Rising
2001
The Best of Enemies
2019
Sadie
2018
Peppermint
2018
Underwater
2020
American Woman
2019
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
2014
Come Play
2020
I.S.S.
2024
Eleven Days
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Untitled The Exorcist Film
2027
Swim Fishy
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Spring Awakening 2006 Original Broadway Cast Musical
2006
Ed
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Love Monkey
2006
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Newsroom
2012
Olive Kitteridge
2014
The West Wing
1999
Art That Made Us
2022
Law & Order
1990
Easy
2016
Stars in the House
2020
Modern Love
2019
Westworld
2016
Love Life
2020