Portrait of Taylor Kinney

Taylor Kinney

Acting

Biography

Taylor Kinney is an American actor and model, known for his starring role as Kelly Severide in NBC's Chicago Fire. He also starred as Mason Lockwood in The Vampire Diaries, as Glen Morrison in Trauma, and Luke Gianni in Fashion House. He's also appeared in films including Zero Dark Thirty, The Other Woman, and Here and Now. In 2011, Kinney was featured in Lady Gaga's music video "Yoü and I". Soon after, he and Lady Gaga started dating and they became engaged in February 2015, but ended up calling off their engagement in July 2016.

Born: July 15, 1981

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2025
2018
Here and Now

as Jordan

2017
Chicago Justice

as Kelly Severide

2016
The Forest

as Aiden

2015
Chicago Med

as Kelly Severide

2015
Rock the Kasbah

as Private Barnes

2015
Consumed

as Eddie

2014
2014
Chicago P.D.

as Kelly Severide

2012
Zero Dark Thirty

as Jared - DEVGRU

2012
Chicago Fire

as Kelly Severide

2012
Stars In Shorts

as Brad Searcy

2011
Five

as Tommy

2011
Prodigal

as Brad Searcy

2011
Shameless

as Craig Heisner

2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Jesse Wade

2010
Scorpio Men on Prozac

as May’s Lover

2009
Trauma

as EMT Tyler Briggs

2009
The Vampire Diaries

as Mason Lockwood

2009
Castle

as Darren Thomas

2007
Furnace

as Bill Jamison

2006
2005
Bones

as Jimmy Fields

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter