Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/17/1984
Place of Birth
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Also Known As
John Howard Gallagher Jr.John GallagherJohnny Gallagher
John Gallagher Jr.
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 DeWit...
Known For
Peppermint
as Detective Stan Carmichael
10 Cloverfield Lane
as Emmett
Abandoned
as Alex
Come Play
as Marty
Which Brings Me to You
as Wallace
Jonah Hex
as Second Lt. Evan
Underwater
as Liam Smith
Broadway Idiot
as Himself (archive footage)
I.S.S.
as Christian Campbell
Hush
as The Man
Whatever Works
as Perry
Sadie
as Cyrus
American Woman
as Juan
Gone in the Night
as Max
Short Term 12
as Mason
The Best of Enemies
as Lee Trombley
The Belko Experiment
as Mike Milch
Pieces of April
as Timmy Burns
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
as Reverend Rick
The Good Student
as Brett Mullen