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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
I.S.S.
Character: Christian Campbell
MOVIE • 2024
Which Brings Me to You
Character: Wallace
MOVIE • 2023
The Same Storm
Character: Dale Salt
MOVIE • 2022
Gone in the Night
Character: Max
MOVIE • 2022
Abandoned
Character: Alex
MOVIE • 2022
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known
Character: Self - Moritz
MOVIE • 2022
Art That Made Us
Character: Self - Associate Prof. of Early Modern History
TV • 2022
Come Play
Character: Marty
MOVIE • 2020
Love Life
Character: Luke Ducharme
TV • 2020
Stars in the House
Character: Self
TV • 2020
Underwater
Character: Liam Smith
MOVIE • 2020
Modern Love
Character: Rob
TV • 2019
American Woman
Character: Juan
MOVIE • 2019
The Best of Enemies
Character: Lee Trombley
MOVIE • 2019
Sadie
Character: Cyrus
MOVIE • 2018
Peppermint
Character: Detective Stan Carmichael
MOVIE • 2018
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Character: Reverend Rick
MOVIE • 2018
Westworld
Character: Liam Dempsey
TV • 2016
Easy
Character: Lucas
TV • 2016
The Belko Experiment
Character: Mike Milch
MOVIE • 2016