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Kyle Kaplan

Kyle Kaplan

Actor · Born July 16, 1990 (36) · California, USA

Kyle Kaplan got his start in Theater and still performs on the stage whenever possible. He has appeared as the lead in several film and stage productions and his first professional job was with the stage version of Jim Henson's Bear and the Big Blue House Live!, where he toured across the US and UK for ten months. He performed at the Los Angeles Stage Ovation Awards was nominated for an L.A. Critcs Circle Award as well as a Backstage West Garland Award. In 2005, he started work in television with guest appearances on popular Disney and Nickelodeon shows, as well as a guest starring role in the 100th episode of "The Bernie Mac Show". He has appeared on several prime-time shows, including "The Winner", "CSI: Miami", "The Riches", and as a recurring character on "The War at Home". His commercial career has included national campaigns for Yahoo!, Wendy's, AT&T wireless, and Dairy Queen. He also appears in the Owen Wilson film "Drillbit Taylor", due for release in 2008. He booked his first series regular role on an NBC/Universal comedy pilot called "Grand Union" starring Greg Grunberg. Six months later, he booked another series regular role on the CBS/Warner Bros. sitcom pilot called "You've Reached the Elliotts" starring Chris Elliott, playing the star's son. He booked and filmed his third pilot (in less than year) with a project for Nick at Nite playing the son of comedian Tim Stack in "Tim Stack's Family Vacation". In 2007, he was cast in and filmed his 4th pilot, a drama series for Fox entitled "The Oaks". In his spare time, Kyle plays guitar, sings, loves to travel, and hopes to one day get his pilot's license. Acting, however, continues to be his passion.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
July 16, 1990 (36)
From
California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
7 on Motif · 12 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 32% in 30 days

What are Kyle Kaplan's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
1
Joyful
1
Warm
1
Manic
1
Bittersweet
1
Other
2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kyle Kaplan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Kyle Kaplan's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

12 credits, 7 with a Motif page.

  • Modest Male Exposure 2: I Dream of Genes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Actor

  • Damn Son Where'd You Find This? (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Creator · as Teddy Timbleton

  • The Problem Solverz(2010)

    Show 26 episodes · as Horace (voice)

    Motif score: 1st percentile of all shows
  • Just Peck(2009)

    as Geiger

    Motif score: 45th percentile of all films
  • 10 Things I Hate About You(2009)

    Show 11 episodes · as Michael Bernstein

    Motif score: 52nd percentile of all shows
  • The Winner (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hannah Montana(2006)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chad the Chomper

    Motif score: 19th percentile of all shows
  • The War at Home (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Monte

  • The Beast of Bray Road (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jeff Van Beek

  • Zoey 101(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrew

    Motif score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • CSI: Miami(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Brett Flanders

    Motif score: 37th percentile of all shows
  • The Bernie Mac Show(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as David Wasserstein

    Motif score: 60th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 12 titles from 2001 to 2024.

Film career

  • 2005Screen debut· The Beast of Bray Road

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 12: 11 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Motif score41stDirecting1 of 12: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 12: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2000s8 · acting2010s3 · 3 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.