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John Gallagher Jr.

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John Howard Gallagher Jr. (born June 17, 1984) is an American actor and musician best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in the 2006 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, Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night, and Mate in the 2024 Broadway production of Swept Away. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gallagher Jr. is the 6,753rd most popular actor (up from 11,410th in 2024), the 10,441st most popular biography from United States (up from 16,427th in 2019) and the 3,105th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, John Gallagher Jr. ranks 6,753 out of 13,578. Before him are Natassia Malthe, Angela Visser, Lee Kwang-soo, Abby Dalton, Aracely Arámbula, and Jesse Williams. After him are Florence Vidor, Kerry Fox, Charlie Murphy, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Cara Buono, and Cha Hwa-yeon.

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Among people born in 1984, John Gallagher Jr. ranks 148. Before him are Georgia Moffett, Masahiko Kimura, Jeremy Jordan, Seo Ji-hye, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Asia Kate Dillon. After him are Vitaly Petrov, Andriy Pyatov, Maria Lvova-Belova, Dustin Brown, Gökhan Inler, and Yoo Yeon-seok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Gallagher Jr. ranks 10,443 out of 20,380. Before him are D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Rufus King (1755), Abby Dalton (1932), Martin Luther King III (1957), Gustav Hasford (1947), and Jesse Williams (1981). After him are Michael Swanwick (1950), Florence Vidor (1895), Victor Schertzinger (1888), José M. Hernández (1962), Gilbert Colgate (1899), and Maxine Kumin (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Gallagher Jr. ranks 3,106. Before him are Dan Lauria (1947), Judy Tyler (1932), Tommy Rettig (1941), Inga Swenson (1932), Abby Dalton (1932), and Jesse Williams (1981). After him are Florence Vidor (1895), Cara Buono (1974), Stephen McNally (1911), Joan Leslie (1925), Sheree North (1932), and Richard Masur (1948).

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