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John Gallagher Jr. is a Tony Award-winning[1] American actor and musician. Gallagher portrays Tyler in Season 4 of The West Wing.

Career[]

After appearing on the West Wing at 17 years old, Gallagher later ended up starring in another Aaron Sorkin television work — The Newsroom (2012). Gallagher has starred in acclaimed indie films, including Pieces of April (2004), Short Term 12 (2013) (with Diana-Maria Riva and Frantz Turner), Sadie (2018) and The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018). In 2007, he won a Tony Award for his performance in Spring Awakening. Gallagher is a musician, currently drumming in the band LAKES.[2]

Works[]

FILM
YEAR TITLE ROLE NOTES
2018 Sadie Cyrus
2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post Reverend Rick
2016 Hush Man
2014 The Heart Machine Cody
2013 Short Term 12 Mason
2011 Margaret Darren
2003 Pieces of April Timmy Burns
TELEVISION
YEAR TITLE ROLE NOTES
2014 Olive Kitteridge Christopher Kitteridge
2012—2014 The Newsroom Jim Harper
2001 The West Wing Tyler

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