Kyle Gallner
Born	October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22) (age 23) West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Kyle Gallner (born October 22, 1986) is an American actor. He is possibly best known for his portrayal of Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas in neo-noir teen drama Veronica Mars, and for guest-starring in teen sci-fi drama Smallville as superhero Bart Allen, an adaptation of the The Flash and Impulse comic book character. He is also well known for portraying Reed Garrett, Mac Taylor's stepson, on CSI: NY beginning in 2006, and for his roles in the horror films The Haunting in Connecticut, Jennifer's Body and the upcoming remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and career

Gallner was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He started his career by following his sister along to one of her auditions.^[1] He proceeded to guest star on popular shows such as Judging Amy and Close to Home. Gallner joined the cast of Veronica Mars as Cassidy Casablancas toward the end of the show's first season, in May 2005 before becoming a season regular during the show's second season.

After playing Bart Allen in the Smallville episode "Run", Gallner reprised his role on the January 18, 2007 episode "Justice"^[2] and the season 8 finale. He also guest starred on Cold Case as a teenage gunman, and recently appeared in the independent film Sublime. He guest starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on October 9, 2007 titled "Impulsive" as a high school student who accuses his teacher (played by Melissa Joan Hart) of statutory rape.^[3]

He also guest starred in an episode of Bones as Jeremy Farrell, the brother of a beauty pageant contestant and possible suspect of murdering one of the beauty pageants most renowned contestants.

Gallner also played the lead role in an allegedly true-story-based horror film. The Haunting in Connecticut pits him playing a son with cancer, who becomes possessed and tormented by evil spirits. His family moves from New York to Connecticut to get him special treatment for the cancer, but the only house they can afford comes with a dodgy past. His character, Matt Campbell, is taken over by a dead spirit in the house and consequently sees a manner of disturbing sites. He cannot tell anyone because if he is reported hallucinating his treatment will be terminated. In the end, Matt releases the evil spirits from the possessed house and completely recovers from his terminal cancer.

He was involved in the independent film "Cherry," filmed on the campuses of Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, along with several locations in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[4] He plays Aaron, an Ivy League freshman who meets and falls for an older woman while becoming the object of affection for her young daughter in the process.

Kyle was cast as Quentin in the reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Quentin is the indie type guy that runs "Insomnia Radio" the school podcast. He is the boyfriend of Nancy. He was also cast in the indie film Unicorns written by Leah Meyerhoff. A story about an awkward teenage girl who escapes to a fantasy world when her first romantic relationship turns increasingly violent. His role is yet to be announced.

[edit] Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Bobby's Buddy
2003	Red Betsy	Charlie
	Finding Home	Young Dave
2005	Red Eye	Headphone Kid's brother
2006	Danika	Kurt Merrick
2007	Sublime	Ned
2008	Red	Harold
	Gardens of the Night	Ratboy
	Trunk	Will
2009	The Haunting in Connecticut	Matt Campbell
	Jennifer's Body	Colin Gray
	Cherry	Aaron	post-production
2010	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Quentin	post-production
	Unicorns	Sterling	pre-production
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Third Watch	Raleigh	"Young Men and Fire"
2003	Touched by an Angel	Josh	"Virtual Reality"
2004	The District	Brian Johnson	"Something Borrowed, Something Bruised"
2005	Judging Amy	Zachary Pettit	"The Long Run"
	Jack & Bobby	BJ Bongaro	Two episodes
2006	Close to Home	Jacob Towers	"The Good Doctor"
2005-2006	Veronica Mars	Cassidy Casablancas	Twenty-five episodes, main character
2006	Cold Case	Cameron Coulter	"Rampage"
	Skater Boys	Sean Davis	"Sundown"
	Bones	Jeremy Farrell	"The Girl with the Curl"
	Four Kings	Spencer	"Upper West Side Story"
2007	Medium	Young Stephen	"The Boy Next Door"
	The Closer	Eric Wallace	"Homewrecker"
2006-2007	Big Love	Jason Embry	Six episodes, recurring character
2007	Insatiable	Dickie	Pilot
2002-2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	March Lesinski	"Juvenile"
		Shane Mills	"Impulsive"
2006-2008	CSI: NY	Reed Garrett	Six episodes, recurring character
2008	Life	Zak Sutter	"Black Friday"
	The Shield	Lloyd	Three episodes
2004-2009	Smallville	Bart Allen	Three episodes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kyle Gallner at the Internet Movie Database
• Kyle Gallner on A Haunting in Connecticut at FEARnet