John Gallagher Jr.
Biography
John Gallagher Jr. is an American actor and musician who grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and moved to New York as a teenager to act professionally. He worked in plays by David Lindsay-Abaire, made his Broadway debut in Rabbit Hole, and had his film debut in Pieces of April (2003). His breakout came originating Moritz Stiefel in the rock musical Spring Awakening, for which he won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He later starred as Johnny in American Idiot and appeared on Broadway in Jerusalem and Long Day's Journey into Night. On television, he played Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom. His films include Short Term 12, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Hush, Margaret, The Heart Machine, The Belko Experiment, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Sadie, and Gone in the Night. He has also released music, including the albums Six Day Hurricane and Goodbye or Something.
42years old
Turns 43 on June 17in 251 days
- Born Wilmington
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as John Howard Gallagher, Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 21 years2003 to 2024
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Big break
Gallagher originated Moritz Stiefel in Spring Awakening, a role he had performed Off-Broadway and in Lincoln Center workshops before the show reached Broadway. His work in that part earned him the 2007 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical.
About the name
Under the name Johnny Gallagher, John released his first album, Six Day Hurricane, on January 15, 2016. The recording took place in Brooklyn in 2012, across six days while Hurricane Sandy hit.
Behind the camera
Gallagher wrote about the short Broadway run of Swept Away, the Avett Brothers musical that reunited him with director Michael Mayer, in an American Theater Magazine piece titled Life and (Near) Death in Broadway's Swept Away.
John Gallagher Jr. movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What John Gallagher Jr.'s films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$287 million
11 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$110M38.4% of the total
- 2$54M18.8% of the total
- 3$41M14.3% of the total
- 4$36M12.6% of the total
- 5$13M4.6% of the total
- 6$12M4.1% of the total
- 7$11M3.7% of the total
- 8$6.6M2.3% of the total
$3.7 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2007 | Best Featured Actor in a Musical | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.