John Gallagher Jr.
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.
As actor 45
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The West Wing
1999
Westworld
2016
The Newsroom
2012
Stars in the House
2020
Underwater
2020
Ed
2000
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
Modern Love
2019
Love Life
2020
Peppermint
2018
Easy
2016
Jonah Hex
2010
Hush
2016
The Belko Experiment
2017
Come Play
2020
Which Brings Me to You
2023
Olive Kitteridge
2014
Gone in the Night
2022
Whatever Works
2009
Love Monkey
2006
Short Term 12
2013
The Exorcist: Martyrs
2027
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
I.S.S.
2024
The Best of Enemies
2019
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018
Art That Made Us
2022
Abandoned
2022
The Good Student
2006
Margaret
2011
Pieces of April
2003
The Same Storm
2022
Swim Fishy
Eleven Days
2026
The Flamingo Rising
2001
20/20
American Woman
2019
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
2022
Broadway Idiot
2013
The Heart Machine
2014
Sadie
2018
Short Term 12: Behind the Scenes
2014