Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't LoseThe Cast of ‘Friday Night Lights’ — Where Are They Now?

Updated: Dec 9, 2015 3:31 pm

It's pretty hard to believe that Friday Night Lights premiered nine years ago! The beloved show lasted five seasons – and if fans could have their way, it'd still be on the air.

Since the series ended, the cast has been incredibly busy. Click through the gallery to see what everyone's up to now.

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Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins)

The 34-year-old starred in this season's HBO show True Detective. It was also recently announced that he'll be a part of the film The Death and Life of John F. Donovan with Jessica Chastain and Kathy Bates.

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Scott Porter (Jason Street)

The 36-year-old married his long-time girlfriend Kelsey Mayfield in 2013 and they welcomed their first child together, McCoy, in May.

The new dad starred on the CW's show Hart of Dixie for four years after FNL.

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Zach Gilford (Matt Saracen)

The 33-year-old will star in the upcoming ABC show The Family. In 2012 he married actress Kiele Sanchez, 38, and in August of this year they announced that Kiele was pregnant. Sadly, she lost the baby in October due to a late-term miscarriage.

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Jesse Plemons (Landry Clarke)

The 27-year-old was in last season's FX series Fargo. He was also in the last seasons of Breaking Bad.

Next year he'll star in Other People with Molly Shannon and Mena with Tom Cruise.

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Minka Kelly (Lyla Garrity)

The 35-year-old is involved with the organization fashionABLE, which helps create sustainable business in Africa. She recently graduated from culinary school and spends most of her free time hanging out with her bestie Mandy Moore.

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Gaius Charles (Smash Williams)

It was recently announced that the 32-year-old will guest star on the NBC show Blindspot. He appeared in a few episodes of Aquarius last year.

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Kyle Chandler (Coach Taylor)

The 50-year-old stars in the Netflix series Bloodline and will be in the film Manchester by the Sea with Michelle Williams next year.

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Connie Britton (Tami Taylor)

The 48-year-old stars in ABC's show Nashville and will be in next season's FX series American Crime Story. She was in Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and American Ultra earlier this year.

In 2011, the actress adopted an Ethiopian son named Yoby. He's 4-years-old.

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Aimee Teegarden (Julie Taylor)

The 26-year-old was in the CW series Star-Crossed in 2014. Next year she has three new movies coming out, including Rings with Johnny Galecki.

She has a lifestyle blog called Haute Hammer.

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Adrianne Palicki (Tyra Collette)

The 32-year-old is on the ABC show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and has filmed a pilot episode for a spinoff series called Marvel’s Most Wanted. Her movie Baby Baby Baby with Kelsey Grammer debuted at the Austin Film Festival in October.

She's engaged to stuntman Jackson Spidell.

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Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Angela Collette)

The 55-year-old was in Nashville with Connie Britton last year.

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Stacey Oristano (Mindy Collette)

The 35-year-old was on the ABC family series Bunheads in 2013. She then went on to star in the off-Broadway musical Disaster!.

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Derek Phillips (Billy Riggins)

The 39-year-old was on Netflix's show Longmire last season. He recently guest-starred on Chicago P.D. and Rosewood, and will be in the movie Retake next year.

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Louanne Stephens (Matt's grandma)

Everyone's favorite grandma is on Netflix's show Longmire with Derek.

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Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity)

The 61-year-old has appeared in a few episodes of HBO's show Veep. Next year he'll be in the movie Deepwater Horizon with Mark Wahlberg and Kate Hudson.

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Dora Madison (Becky Sproles)

The 24-year-old is on the NBC series Chicago Fire and has a bunch of new projects in the works for next year, including a Terrence Malick film with Natalie Portman and Christian Bale.

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Matt Lauria (Luke Cafferty)

The 33-year-old was on NBC's Parenthood and now stars in the DIRECTV show Kingdom. He's dating musician Armstrong Leigh.

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Jurnee Smollett-Bell (Jess Merriweather)

The 29-year-old was on True Blood in 2014 and will star in the Showtime series Underground next year. She'll also be in the film Hands of Stone with Robert De Niro.

She's married to songwriter Josiah Bell and her older brother Jussie stars on the FOX show Empire.

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Michael B. Jordan (Vince Howard)

The 28-year-old's boxing movie Creed recently hit theaters and received rave reviews. Earlier this year his superhero film Fantastic Four was also released.

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