Keir Gilchrist

Keir Gilchrist Biography

Keir David Peters Gilchrist (born September 28, 1992) is an English-born Canadian actor. Gilchrist is known for playing Marshall Gregson on Showtime's original series United States of Tara, Craig Gilner in the 2010 comedy-drama film It's Kind of a Funny Story, Paul in It Follows, and Sam in the Netflix original series Atypical.

Early life

Gilchrist was born in Camden Town, London, to Canadian parents Catherine (ne Peters) and Ian Gilchrist. His maternal grandfather is Canadian banker, economist, and politician Douglas Peters, and his uncle is economist David Wilfrid Peters. He has Scottish, English, and Northern Irish ancestry. Gilchrist spent his early years in London, before relocating to Boston, Massachusetts during his childhood, then to New York City, before finally settling in Toronto, Ontario.

Career

Gilchrist discovered his passion for acting at a young age, and his drama teacher persuaded him to become a professional actor. He attended the Annex Children's Theatre. Gilchrist's first significant television role was that of Josh McKellar on Fox's short-lived television sitcom The Winner, which aired in 2007. From 2009 until its ending in 2011, Gilchrist co-starred as Marshall Gregson, the son of the lead character portrayed by Toni Collette, on the Showtime comedy-drama series United States of Tara.

In 2009, Gilchrist won the lead role of Craig Gilner in the comedy-drama film It's Kind of a Funny Story, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010. In 2014, Gilchrist co-starred with Maika Monroe and Jake Weary in the thriller film It Follows. Also in 2014, he portrayed the lead role of Daniel Austin in the thriller film Dark Summer. He next starred as John Lovett in The Stanford Prison Experiment (2014), and William in Len and Company (2015). In 2015, he also portrayed the boyfriend of Taissa Farmiga's character in the Cannes Film Festival-winning short drama film Share. In May 2015, he and James Caan were cast to co-star in the thriller film The Good Neighbor.

In August 2017 he began starring as Sam, a teen with autism, in the Netflix dramedy Atypical.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	The Right Way	Young David
2004	Saint Ralph	Kid Collins
2005	Horsie's Retreat	Louie
2005	The Waldo Cumberbund Story	Young Waldo
2006	A Lobster Tale	Mike Stanton
2007	Dead Silence	Young Henry
2008	The Rocker	Moby Type Kid
2009	Just Peck	Michael Peck
2009	Hungry Hills	Snit Mandolin
2010	It's Kind of a Funny Story	Craig Gilner
2011	Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray	Matty Hanson
2013	Seasick Sailor	Penna	Short film
2014	It Follows	Paul
2015	Dark Summer	Daniel Austin
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment	John Lovett
2015	Share	Dylan	Short film
2015	Len and Company	William
2015	Tales of Halloween	The Stranger	Segment: "The Weak and the Wicked"
2016	The Good Neighbor	Sean Turner
2016	Katie Says Goodbye	Matty
2017	The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards	Michael	In post-production
2017	Heartthrob	Henry Sinclair	In post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Queer as Folk	Jim Stockwell Jr.	Episode: "#3.9"
2004	Doc	R.J. Mitchell	Episode: "The Last Ride"
2004	Samantha: An American Girl Holiday	Factory Boy	Television film
2005	1-800-Missing	Danny Sheperd	Episode: "Unnatural Disaster"
2006	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	Squidge	Episode: "Giddy Up Bugs/A Plushy Parable"
2006	ReGenesis	10 Year Old Boy	Episode: "The Wild and the Innocent"
2007	Family Guy	Kyle (voice)	Episode: "The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou"
2007	The Altar Boy Gang	Neil	Unsold pilot
2007	The Winner	Josh McKellar	Main role, 6 episodes
2007	Life with Derek	Jamie	3 episodes
2009	The Listener	Daniel / Lisa	Episode: "Lisa Says"
2009-11	United States of Tara	Marshall Gregson	Main role, 36 episodes
2012-13	Delete	Daniel Gerson	2 episodes
2013	Family Guy	Toby (voice)	Episode: "Valentine's Day in Quahog"
2013	Newsreaders	Ben Hayflack	Episode: "31-Up"
2014	Sea of Fire	Rudy McAllister	Unsold pilot
2017	Atypical	Sam	Main role

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