Actor Kyle Chandler Coaches 'Friday Night'

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Published April 21, 2008 at 1:07 PM EDT

Kyle Chandler stars as Coach Eric Taylor on <em>Friday Night Lights</em>. — Kyle Chandler stars as Coach Eric Taylor on *Friday Night Lights*.

Kyle Chandler plays Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights, the NBC series about the big drama of small-town Texas high-school football. The third season of the series will be shown on DirecTV before airing on NBC in 2009.

A drama graduate of the University of Georgia, Chandler earned an Emmy nomination for his guest performances on the TV medical drama Grey's Anatomy. He also co-starred with Jamie Foxx in the 2007 action film The Kingdom.

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