Kevin Rankin

Kevin Rankin is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Herc in the NBC series Friday Night Lights, Tyler Briggs in the NBC series Trauma, Roe Sanders in the CBS series Unforgettable, Kenny in the AMC series Breaking Bad, and Derek "Devil" Lennox in the FX TV series Justified.

Early life and career After watching the television show The Fall Guy, Rankin originally intended on becoming a stunt man, until he realized the main character, a stunt man, was, in fact, played by an actor, Lee Majors.

Rankin began his acting career with an appearance on the television show Unsolved Mysteries, followed by a small role in the drama film The Apostle in 1997. Starting in 2000, roles in various television series followed, notably Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NYPD Blue and Philly. In 2002, he starred as "Doc" in eleven episodes of the series My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star. He also had other, longer-running appearances in Undeclared, Six Feet Under, State of Mind, Bionic Woman, and Friday Night Lights.

In 2009, he landed the role of "Tyler Briggs" in the NBC series Trauma; the series was canceled after the first season. In 2011, he guest-starred in five episodes of the HBO drama Big Love. He played a main role in the criminal series Unforgettable from 2011-12. After a restructuring of the show, his character was dropped in the second season. Since 2017, he has played Bryce Hussar in TNT's drama Claws.

Personal life In 2000, Rankin moved to Los Angeles, where he met Jill Farley

At the shooting of the pilot episode of Trauma, he proposed to her.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 The Apostle Young Man in Car 1999 Clean and Narrow Tommy Lee 2001 Carman: The Champion Scrappy 2003 Riverside Brent Short film 2003 Hulk Harper 2005 Heads N TailZ Heads 2007 Box One Forty-Seven Bill Short film 2010 Friendship! Marvin 2011 The Chaperone Goldy 2012 Santeria: The Soul Possessed Brother Neil Direct-to-video 2012 Congratulations Casey Tremblay Co-executive producer 2013 Pawn Shop Chronicles Randy Direct-to-video 2013 Dallas Buyers Club T. J. 2013 White House Down Carl Killick 2014 Wild Greg 2014 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes McVeigh 2016 Hell or High Water Billy Rayburn2018 Skyscraper Ray 2019 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Kenny

Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Unsolved Mysteries 2000 After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped Lanny Television film 2000 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Donny Maclay Episode: "Family" 2001 Spin City Kurt Episode: "Trainstopping" 2001–2002 Undeclared Lucien Recurring role 2002 Philly Marty Schlosser Episode: "Tall Tales" 2002 NYPD Blue Chris Nelson Episode: "One in the Nuts" 2002 Birds of Prey Dr. Lewis Melfin Episode: "Three Birds and a Baby" 2002 My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star Doc Main cast 2003 All About the Andersons Director, episode: "My Hero" 2004 The O.C. Lucas Episode: "The Strip" 2004 Without a Trace Larry Schneider Episode: "Transitions" 2005 Six Feet Under Johnny 4 episodes 2006 Bones Mike Doyle Episode: "The Man in the Morgue" 2006–2008 Friday Night Lights Herc Recurring role (seasons 1–3) 2007 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shawn Curtis Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" 2007 Grey's Anatomy Jack Vaughan 2 episodes 2007 State of Mind Arthur Cromwell 3 episodes 2007 Bionic Woman Nathan Recurring role 2008 Law & Order Dean Emerson Episode: "Misbegotten" 2008 NCIS Dennis Moran Episode: "Stakeout" 2008 My Name Is Earl TR Episode: "Killerball" 2008 The Closer Dean Murphy Episode: "Live Wire" 2008 1% Television film 2009 Last of the Ninth Slick Rick Television film 2009 Lost Jerry Episode: "LaFleur" 2009 In Plain Sight Jerry Rogan / Jerry Royal Episode: "In My Humboldt Opinion" 2009–2010 Trauma Tyler Briggs Main cast 2010 The Mentalist Danny Ruskin Episode: "Cackle-Bladder Blood" 2010 All Signs of Death Talbot Television pilot 2010 The Odds Holt McCready Television film 2010–2012 Justified Derek "Devil" Lennox Recurring role (seasons 1–3) 2011 Lie to Me Kent Clark Episode: "Saved" 2011 Big Love Verlan Walker 5 episodes 2011–2012 Unforgettable Roe Saunders Main cast (season 1) 2012–2013 Breaking Bad Kenny 7 episodes 2014 Gracepoint Paul Coates Main cast 2014 The Newsroom Cellmate Episode: "Oh Shenandoah" 2015 Halt and Catch Fire Henry Clark 2 episodes 2016 Lucifer Malcolm Graham 7 episodes 2017–2022 Claws Bryce Husser Main cast 2020 The Umbrella Academy Elliott Recurring role (season 2) 2022–2023 East New York Tommy Killian Main cast 2026–present R.J. Decker Aloysius "Wish" Aiken Main cast