What is Taylor Kitsch?
{{Infobox person | image = Taylor Kitsch, 2012.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = Kitsch at the Australian premiere for ''[[Battleship (movie)|Battleship]]'' on April 10, 2012 | birth_name = Taylor Kitsch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|04|08}} | birth_place = [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]] | residence = | education = [[Gleneagle Secondary School]] (high school) | occupation = Actor, model | years_active = 2002–2004 (modeling)<br>2006–present (acting) | spouse = | children = | family = | website = }} '''Taylor Kitsch''' (born April 8, 1981) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[actor]] and [[Model (person)|model]]. He is known for his roles as Tim Riggins in the television series, ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'', [[Gambit (Marvel Comics)|Gambit]] in ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', Lieutenant Alex Hopper in ''[[Battleship (movie)|Battleship]]'', John Carter in ''[[John Carter (movie)|John Carter]]'', Chon in ''[[Savages (2012 movie)|Savages]]'', Dr. Lewis in ''[[The Grand Seduction]]'', Michael Murphy in ''[[Lone Survivor (movie)|Lone Survivor]]'', and Bruce Niles in ''[[The Normal Heart (movie)|The Normal Heart]]''. He was born in [[Kelowna]], [[British Columbia]]. His mother was a member of the BC liquor board, and his father worked in construction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/the-next-action-hero/|accessdate=2014-11-09|title=Taylor Kitsch: the next action hero|publisher=[[Maclean's]]}}</ref> Before becoming an actor, Kitsch played [[junior ice hockey]] for the [[West Kelowna Warriors|Langley Hornets]] in the [[British Columbia Hockey League]] (BCHL), before his ice hockey career was ended because of a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/juniorhockey/blog/buzzing_the_net/post/action-hero-taylor-kitsch-heads-junior-hockeys-pipeline-to-hollywood?urn=juniorhockey,wp8352|accessdate=2014-11-09|title=Action hero Taylor Kitsch heads junior hockey's pipeline to Hollywood|publisher=[[Yahoo! Sports]]}}</ref>