Not just any star, Kitsch is also celebrated for his portrayal of Tim Riggins in NBC's Friday Night Lights, where he shared the screen with Minka Kelly. The drama off-screen is just as palpable, with Kelly revealing in her tell-all book Tell Me Everything their connection was far from perfect.

Primeval is a new Netflix series which delves into the violent clash between religion and culture in the American West, with Taylor Kitsch leading the cast

American Primeval airs on Netflix on January 9 and the series explores the fight to gain control of the American West and the violent clash between religion and culture. Taylor Kitsch is a 43-year-old Canadian actor and model who leads the series.

Taylor Kitsch told UPI he wanted to play Isaac in "American Primeval" because the character is a broken man who rediscovers his humanity and finds a new sense of purpose.

Set during the Utah War of 1857, Peter Berg's limited series lays out a world where love conquers little, indifference is the only path to survival, and wanting anything will only bring death that much faster.

I've never really been on a horse, so that was a big adjustment for me to learn how to ride – at least well enough for a camera to trick you guyss" said Taylor Kitsch.