Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Tim Riggins in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He has also worked in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Battleship (2012), John Carter (2012), Savages (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), The Grand Seduction (2014), American Assassin (2017), Only The Brave (2017), and 21 Bridges (2019).

Kitsch starred in the second season of the HBO series True Detective (2015) and the television film The Normal Heart (2014), as well as portrayed David Koresh in the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018) and a CIA Ground Branch operative in the Amazon Prime Video series The Terminal List (2022).