Taylor Kinney

Taylor Kinney is an American actor and model. The main in his filmography called the fantastic drama "The Vampire Diaries" and at once 4 series about the city services of Chicago - firefighters, police, doctors and prosecutors.

Taylor Kinney was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in July 1981. In addition to him, the family grew up three more sons: Adam, Trent and Ryan (died in 2008). Shortly after Taylor's birth, his parents divorced. After the departure of her husband Pamela Heisler Kinney, who worked as a dentist, she raised and put children on their feet.

There is multinational blood in the actor's veins. His father has Irish roots, and his mother has Swiss and German roots. From a young age Taylor was seriously fond of football, well studied in school, preferring exact sciences. After graduating from high school, Kinney went to West Virginia and easily enrolled at the university, where he chose the Faculty of Business Management.

While studying at the university, the guy continued to play sports. He had a beautiful physical shape and attractive appearance - 180 cm tall, pumped muscles and blue eyes with a squint. Thanks to this Kinney was once seen as a modeling agent and received an offer to try himself on the catwalk. Taylor's photos appeared in Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Glamour magazines.

Taylor's cinematic biography began in 2006. He made his debut in an episode of Crime Scene New York. But before starring in a movie, the young man appeared on the stage of the theater, playing in two performances. On stage, he was noticed by an agent looking for actors for roles in the popular American procedure. Before Kinney, Gary Sinise, Claire Forlani, Silas Ward and Hill Harper were cast.

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Immediately after appearing in the series, Taylor Kinney was offered a new role and again in a multi-part project. But now the image was more voluminous and serious: the young actor starred in the popular film "Bone", which glorified David Borianaz and Emily Deschanel, in the season, which was released during 2006. In the same year, Kinney was invited to work in the feature-length thriller "Rise from the Ashes", which can be considered a kind of springboard for further career in cinema.

The star role came to the artist along with the telenovela "Fashion House". It was this multi-episode tape that made Taylor Kinney a real star whose life was now covered in detail in the tabloids. Then there were episodes in the comedy "Shameless" about the family of an alcoholic father, the series "Castle" about the family and professional union of the writer and detective, the crime film "Kings of Escape", where criminals catch criminals.

Not unnoticed by the audience and a considerable army of fans Kinney his work in the action film "Diary of Champions", which told about the fate of 8 athletes who qualified for the Olympics. Taylor's sports training was very useful here, because it is impossible to imitate good physical form.

From 2006 to 2008, the series "Brian's House" aired on American TV channels. Taylor Kinney also starred here. During the same period, he appeared on screens in the feature film "Ice Adrenaline." Both projects were rated among American viewers, and the popularity of the artist increased.

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But even more fame Taylor acquired in the image of a young writer and Dr. Glenn Maurice in the series "Trauma", which tells the story of the lives of doctors and patients. Preparing for this work, the actor spent many days next to the real emergency physicians, went with them to the calls of patients and delved into the specifics of the work. Throughout 2009, "Trauma" was watched by millions of U.S. television viewers.

The following year brought Taylor Kinney a new star role. At the same time, the star can be called the team in which he was lucky to work. Together with Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev Kinney starred in the TV series "The Vampire Diaries". As Mason Lockwood, Kinney appeared in Season 2 of the draft. In such a capacity, he has not yet starred, so for a long time doubted whether this hero would suit him. But the first responses after the release of the picture on the screens dispelled all doubts.

Surrounded by celebrities, Taylor also played in a special project called "Five" dedicated to the problem of oncology. The short films, directed by Jennifer Aniston, feature Rosario Dawson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Patricia Clarkson and Josh Holloway.

In 2012, Taylor Kinney was cast as Lieutenant Northid in the television series Chicago Fire. And then came the experience he had during the filming of the film "Trauma." The series shows the everyday life of rescuers, firefighters and paramedics in the Chicago Fire Department.

Taylor Kinney's character is one of the main end-to-end characters. The actor played the role of the leader of the rescue group in the car No. 3. Severaid suffers from vertebral damage and takes painkillers. Injuries and regular conflicts with the leader of another group put Kelly's career in jeopardy.

The film has received a number of spin-offs about other Chicago services. In 2014, Taylor Kinney appeared in the same role in the TV series "Chicago Police", but in the background. In 2015, a new action series is released as part of the same franchise called "Chicago Medics". In the same year, the man was awarded the People's Choice Award in the category "Favorite Dramatic Actor of Television."

The drama "Target Number One" was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the ex-wife of James Cameron and the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, and for a picture on a brutal military theme, in which it is more accustomed to work men - "Lord of the Storm."

Her second such project is also nominated for the highest award of the American Film Academy and BAFTA, the Producers Guild and the Golden Globes, Saturn and Sputnik. At the same time, he was criticized for excessive cruelty and propaganda of torture. Kinney, along with Chris Pratt and Joel Edgerton, played a commando involved in the elimination of al-qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.

The thriller "Food," in which Taylor starred in the company of Danny Glover and Victor Garber, raises the issue of the superiority of the interests of corporations to produce genetically modified products over the task of preserving human health. In the center of the plot of the picture - the mother of a boy who found a serious disease caused by the constant use of such food.

In the footage of the comedy "The Other Woman" the actor lingered only for a few minutes, posing as the brother of the main character. His on-screen sister Leslie Mann and friends in misfortune Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton are going to punish the banker, stealing other people's ideas. "Game of Thrones" star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau took the role.

In 2016, Taylor starred in the horror film "Ghost Forest." Kinney's character, a journalist, goes to the mystical forest of Aokigahara in Japan to help a young American in the person of Natalie Dormer find the missing twin sister.

In 2017, Taylor Kinney re-appeared on TV as lifeguard Kelly Northida in the 4th series of the popular urban services franchise, "Justice of Chicago." This project focuses on the work of the prosecutor's office. But in May of the same year, NBC closed the picture after the release of the only season.

In the summer of 2011, on the set of Lady Gaga's music video, Taylor Kinney got to know the shocking singer. They starred together in an intimate scene. Passion screen transformed into a real, although his girlfriend at that time was the manager Brittany Sackett, and the pop star was going through a breakup with Matt Williamson, the art director of his own creative team.

On Valentine's Day in 2015, the actor invited his lover to marry him, to which the singer agreed, accepting from the groom a ring with an 8-carat diamond cut "heart". Despite the fact that the 4-year relationship was quite difficult, the couple had a lot to do with, for example, a love of surfing and travel.

Kinney dreamed of a wedding in Morocco (this country he liked when he starred in the film "Rock in the East") and about a large number of children. Lady Gaga said that she too was brought up in a large family and wants more than one child to laugh in her house. According to the stars, the only obstacle on the way to the wedding - their busy schedules. The date has not been announced for a long time, but intrigued fans were waiting for a speedy and bright wedding.

In June 2016, fans realized that the holiday will not wait. At first, the former lovers stopped appearing together in public and posting joint photos on Instagram, then the paparazzi noticed that Lady Gaga stopped wearing an engagement ring.

There was no official information from representatives of the singer and the actor, but journalists managed to announce that the couple had broken up. The woman later explained that Taylor, whom she initially considered a spiritual brother, had not lived up to expectations enough to become his wife, but would always be a close friend. Kinney later answered questions about her personal life that she was on set.

In 2017, Lady Gaga's concert took place in Chicago. The actor attended the performance of his former lover, which gave rise to a lot of rumors about the possible resumption of relations with the singer. Fans did not hear any comments from celebrities.

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A movie star doesn't have a clear female type that she likes.

The actor's body is decorated with three tattoos. As he himself admitted, happiness is that you don't have to look at them every day because "they have stupid stories that you don't want to share."

In 2018, the premiere of the musical melodrama "The Best Day of My Life" took place. On the set of Taylor was waiting for an unusually attractive company - Sarah Jessica Parker, Jacqueline Bisset, Renee Sellweger. The touching tape told about the famous jazz singer, who learned about the fatal diagnosis. The artist decides to use the remaining one and a half years of her life wisely.

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In 2019, Kinney continued shooting in three parts of the Masters franchise - "Chicago Medics," "Chicago Police" and "Chicago Firefighters." In March of the same year, the actor joined the ranks of celebrities who participated in the charity action Operation Smile Ski Challenge, held by the non-profit medical organization "Operation Smile". The company saves children around the world from the congenital anomaly of the "hare lip."

2006 - "Fashion House"

2007 - "What about Brian"

2007 - "Ice Adrenaline"

2009 - "Injury"

2010 - The Vampire Diaries

2011 - "Rizzoli and Ailes"

2011 - "Five"

2011 - "Manna's World"

2012 - "Dating Rules from the Future"

2012 - "Shameless"

2012-2019 - Chicago Fire

2014 -2019 - "Chicago Police"

2015-2019 - Chicago Medics

2016 - "Ghost Forest"

2017 - "Justice of Chicago"

2018 - "The Best Day of My Life"

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Taylor Kinney Net Worth 2021

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Taylor Kinney Net Worth 2019

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Taylor Kinney Net Worth 2017

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Taylor Kinney Net Worth 2016

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