Taylor Kinney

Taylor Kinney stars as Kelly Severide, a brash lieutenant who runs the Rescue Squad with an unflappable veneer, in NBC’s drama “Chicago Fire.”

Kinney has a variety of television credits, including a series regular role in NBC’s “Trauma” and a recurring role on “The Vampire Diaries.” He starred in the Michael Patrick King pilot for NBC, “A Mann’s World,” opposite Don Johnson, and has appeared on such shows as “Breakout Kings,” Castle,” “Shameless,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” “Bones” and “CSI: NY.”

Kinney starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Lesley Mann in the 2014 film “The Other Woman,” directed by Nick Cassavettes. He will appear in several films this year, including “Rock the Kasbah,” directed by Barry Levinson and starring Bill Murray, Danny McBride and Kate Hudson; and the independent ”Consumed,” directed by Daryl Wein, featuring Zoe Lister Jones, Victor Garber and Danny Glover. Kinney will also star in the “The Forest,” opposite “Game of Thrones” star Natalie Dormer, set to be released in early 2016.

Kinney was featured in the telefilm “Five,” a project produced by Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keyes. He was also seen in the web series “Dating Rules From My Future Self.”

Kinney recently starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Lesley Mann in the 2014 film “The Other Woman,” directed by Nick Cassavettes. He will appear in several films next year, including “Rock The Kasbah,” directed by Barry Levinson and starring Bill Murray, Danny McBride and Kate Hudson; and the independent ”Food,” directed by Daryl Wein and starring with Zoe Lister Jones, Victor Garber and Danny Glover.

Additional big screen credits include Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Marty Papazian-directed independent feature “Least Among Saints” and the short film “Prodigal,” with Kenneth Branaugh.

Born in Lancaster, Pa., Kinney is an experienced surfer and currently resides in Los Angeles.