Early life

Taylor Jacks Kinney was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Pamela (Heisler), who worked as a dental hygienist, and Daniel Kinney, a banker.

Kinney was raised in Neffsville, Pennsylvania, by his mother after his parents divorced. Kinney had three brothers: Adam, Ryan, and Trent. Ryan Kinney died sometime before September 7, 2008.

In 2000, he graduated from Lancaster Mennonite School. Kinney studied Business Management and earned a degree in Business Management at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Career

Kinney played Luke Gianni on Fashion House (2006) on MyNetworkTV, and played Glenn Morrison on Trauma on NBC.

Kinney had a recurring role on the supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries, joining the cast during season two as Mason Lockwood.

In 2011, Kinney was featured in Lady Gaga's music video for the song "You and I".

In 2012, Kinney landed a starring role on Chicago Fire, a drama series that follows the lives of firefighters and paramedics. Kinney plays Lieutenant Kelly Severide on Rescue Squad 3 opposite former House star Jesse Spencer.

Also in 2012, Kinney appeared on the big screen in Kathryn Bigelow's acclaimed war drama Zero Dark Thirty.

In 2012, he guest starred on Shameless as Craig, the former high school crush of the lead character Fiona (played by Emmy Rossum).

Personal life

Kinney began dating singer Lady Gaga in July 2011. They first met in Nebraska while working on the music video for her song "You and I", and started dating soon afterwards. They became engaged in February 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	White Air	Frank
2007	Furnace	Bill Jamison
2010	Scorpio Men on Prozac	May's Lover
2011	Prodigal	Brad Searcy	Short film
2012	Least Among Saints	Jesse
2012	Stars in Shorts	Brad Searcy
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Jared
2014	The Other Woman	Phil
2015	Rock the Kasbah	Private Barnes
2016	The Forest	Aiden

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Fashion House	Luke Gianni	Main cast, 35 episodes
2007	What About Brian	Jared	Episode: "What About Secret Lovers..."
2008	Bones	Jimmy Fields	Episode: "Player Under Pressure"
2009-10	Trauma	Glenn Morrison	Main cast, 19 episodes
2010-11	Vampire Diaries, TheThe Vampire Diaries	Mason Lockwood	Recurring role (Seasons 2-3), 9 episodes
2011	A Mann's World	France	Television film
2011	Five	Tommy	Television film
2011	CSI: NY	Jason Locke	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2011	Rizzoli & Isles	Jesse Wade	Episode: "Don't Hate the Player"
2012	Dating Rules from My Future Self	Dave	Main cast
2012	Shameless	Craig Heisner	Episodes: "I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day", "A Beautiful Mess"
2012	Castle	Darren Thomas	Episode: "Once Upon a Crime"
2012	Breakout Kings	Perry	Episode: "SEALd Fate"
2012-present	Chicago Fire	Lt. Kelly Severide	Main cast, 92 episodes
2014-present	Chicago P.D.	Lt. Kelly Severide	3 episodes
2015-present	Chicago Med	Lt. Kelly Severide	3 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	You and I	Love Interest

[ Source: Wikipedia ]