Movies Gallery 35 Photos of Taylor Kitsch for His 35th Birthday By Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman Madeline Boardman is a former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2017. EW's editorial guidelines Published on April 8, 2016 01:03PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 35 35 Photos of Taylor Kitsch for His 35th Birthday Bill Records/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank Taylor Kitsch celebrates his 35th birthday Friday. The Friday Night Lights alum, who was born in British Columbia on April 8, 1981, rose to fame in his 20s, appearing in John Tucker Must Die and Snakes on a Plane before picking up his five-year gig as Tim Riggins on FNL. In honor of Kitsch's 35th, see 35 photos of the dreamy actor, ahead. 02 of 35 Taylor Kitsch With Scott Porter, Gaius Charles and Jesse Plemons on May 15, 2005 Evan Agostini/Getty Images 03 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on February 2, 2006 Albert L. Ortega/WireImage 04 of 35 Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins on February 25, 2006 Paul Drinkwater/NBC 05 of 35 Taylor Kitsch and Adrianne Palicki on August 26, 2007 Kevin Winter/Fox/Getty Images for Fox 06 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on July 20, 2008 Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic 07 of 35 Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins on October 24, 2008 Bill Records/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank 08 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on November 28, 2008 George Pimentel/WireImage 09 of 35 Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins on October 8, 2008 Virginia Sherwood/NBCU Photobank 10 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on April 27, 2009 Ethan Miller/Getty Images 11 of 35 Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins on October 5, 2009 Bill Records/NBC 12 of 35 Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins on December 7, 2009 Bill Records/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank 13 of 35 Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, and Malin Akerman on April 21, 2011 Larry Busacca/Getty Images 14 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on April 22, 2011 Eugene Gologursky 15 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on April 26, 2011 Isaac Brekken/WireImage 16 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on August 20, 2011 Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage 17 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on February 22, 2012 Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage 18 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on February 22, 2012 Alyse Gilbert/Young Hollywood/Getty Images 19 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on April 5, 2012 Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images 20 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on May 8, 2012 Paul Drinkwater/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank 21 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on May 10, 2012 Steve Granitz/WireImage 22 of 35 May 16, 2012 Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire 23 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on June 27, 2012 Jason Kempin/Getty Images 24 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on June 28, 2013 Bobby Bank/WireImage 25 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on September 8, 2013 Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images 26 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on December 3, 2013 Jim Spellman/WireImage 27 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on May 12, 2014 Bobby Bank/FilmMagic 28 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on May 19, 2014 Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic 29 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on August 16, 2014 Ethan Miller/Getty Images 30 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on October 22, 2014 Neilson Barnard/Getty Images 31 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on October 23, 2014 Noam Galai/WireImage 32 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on November 20, 2014 Noam Galai/Getty Images 33 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on June 5, 2015 Vera Anderson/WireImage 34 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on July 17, 2015 35 of 35 Taylor Kitsch on July 30, 2015 Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage