John Gallagher Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a CinEuphoria Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Short Term 12" in 2014
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV movie "The Flamingo Rising" in 2001
• Made his Broadway debut in David Lindsay-Abaire's "Rabbit Hole" as an angst-ridden teen
• Quote: "(On the best thing about being on Broadway): "Feeling like you are part of a community and being able to get up on stage in front of a new group of people every night to tell them a story․""
• Quote: "Compassion and patience and understanding are massively important to me as a person․․․I think life gets a lot easier if you start looking at it that way and stop maybe holding grudges and being angry․ It takes less out of you at the end of the day․"
• Has appeared on stage in productions of "Spring Awakening," "Rabbit Hole," and "American Idiot," among others
• Best known for his role as Timmy Burns in "Pieces of April" and as Jim Harper in "The Newsroom․"
• Wrote the play "Slainte," about a group of young, unemployed actors, which was read at the New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater program at Vassar College
• Is also a musician and has been a member of the bands Not Now Murray, What Now, Annie's Autograph, and Old Springs Pike