Sydney Chandler feared telling her father Kyle Chandler that she wanted to act Sydney Chandler has recalled how she was fearful of telling her father Kyle Chandler that he wanted to follow in his footsteps by acting. 14 March 2026 Sydney Chandler was "terrified" to tell her father Kyle Chandler that she wanted to go into acting. Sydney Chandler has followed her father Kyle Chandler into the acting profession The 30-year-old star has confessed that she felt a sense of trepidation about informing her father - whose credits include Friday Night Lights - that she had caught the performing bug.