Personal Life
Chandler was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth child of Edward Chandler, a farm owner and cigarette sales representative, and his wife, Sally. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois and at age 11 moved with his family to a farm in Loganville, Georgia. Chandler graduated from George Walton Academy, in nearby Monroe, in 1983. As a freshman at Walton, Chandler was a member of the 1979 state championship football team but left the following year after his father died in a car accident. Chandler participated in the theatre program at Walton after quitting football. Chandler's widowed mother also opened a kennel to support Kyle and his siblings.
After graduating from high school, Chandler attended the University of Georgia, where he was a drama major and member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. In 1988, seven credits short of a bachelor's degree in drama, Chandler dropped out of Georgia to pursue a television deal. He is married to Kathryn Chandler, a television writer; the couple have two daughters and since 2007 have lived in Dripping Springs, Texas, southwest of Austin. For nearly 20 years since beginning his acting career in the late 1980s, Chandler lived in Los Angeles.
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