As the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards draw near, we look back at the careers of the lead acting nominees.

Chandler got his big break in 1991 in this short-lived ABC drama about three families rebuilding their lives after World War II. Chandler played Jeff Metcalf, a baseball player.

Chandler saw the future on this CBS drama, in which he played a man who received the newspaper the day before it was published and used the knowledge to prevent future disasters.

Chandler played movie star Bruce Baxter in Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 classic.

Chandler earned an Emmy nomination for his guest spot as the ill-fated bomb squad leader Dylan Young in the post-Super Bowl episode of the medical drama.

Chandler has earned an Emmy and Television Critics Association award nominations for his portrayal of football coach Eric Taylor. Go Panthers! Er, Lions!

Chandler starred as Francis Manner, a legal attaché, in this 2007 thriller about a team of FBI agents who investigate a bombing in Saudi Arabia.

Chandler starred as John Driscoll, a U.S. government official who makes a questionable decision, in this 2008 sci-fi remake.