Hey, I’m Chris! I am an actor-teacher-writer-director-singer-improv comedian currently based in Chicago, IL.

Comedy, drama, musicals, I do it all!

Christopher Was born and raised in Baltimore, MD.

He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.  He is a proud member of SAG-Aftra and an Actors' Equity Association membership candidate. He is currently represented by Gray Talent Group in Chicago, IL. He is an Adjunct Professor of Acting at the Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at Roosevelt University. 

Christopher began performing at age 8.  A passion for writing and reading fueled his undergraduate degree in English, with a concentration in poetry and drama, and minor in Art History.  Theatre and improv comedy, however, remained a strong focus. 

At Dartmouth College, he was president of the improv comedy troupe the Dog Day Players, sang in the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir, and acted in numerous theatre productions.  

After graduation, before pursuing his MFA, he performed extensively in Baltimore and Washington DC in various productions and events.  He worked for Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theater of the Mid-Atlantic region and the Children's Theater Association of Baltimore, MD.  He was a company member of The Baltimore Shakespeare Factory and main-stage performer with the Baltimore Improv Group (BIG). At BIG, he founded the first troupe comprised completely of performers of color, Casually Dope.  Casually Dope, in addition to weekly shows, has toured across the United States and internationally. 

Christopher currently lives and works in Chicago. When not performing, he loves to enjoy the vibrant live performance scene.  In addition to teaching Acting, he works as a substitute teacher for Chicago Public Schools, a Standardized Patient for Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and on the night staff at The Second City.  

Chicago Theatre Credits: The Player U/S & Hamlet U/S in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Court Theatre), Ensemble (Gabe Brown/Mr. Sanders/Jeff Sanderson) in School of Rock: the musical at Paramount Theatre, Peter in The Luckiest (Raven Theatre), Bachelor in Bachelor: the unauthorized parody musical (Right Angle Entertainment), Liam Neeson & Others in Love Actually?: the unauthorized musical parody (Right Angle Entertainment), Nat Turner in Nat Turner in Jerusalem (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Dr. Hunt & Others in The Project(s) (Stage Left Theatre), Saturninus in Titus Andronicus (Haven Chicago), Jib in Hoodoo Love (Raven Theatre), Principal Clark in Footloose (Marriott Theatre), Derek in Small Jokes About Monsters (16th Street Theater), Lewis Morris in 1776 (Porchlight Music Theatre), Petruchio in Shrew’d: a new musical (First Folio Theatre), David in The Luckiest People (Stage Left Theatre), Nat Turner/Ova Seea Jones in Insurrection: Holding History (Stage Left Theatre), Pharus Jonathan Young in Choir Boy (Raven Theatre), Macduff in Macbeth (Oak Park Festival Theatre), In To America (Griffin Theatre), Capulet in Romeo & Juliet (Teatro Vista), Wolverston in Captain Blood (First Folio Theatre), Inspector Lestrade in Miss Holmes (Lifeline Theatre)

Regional Theatre Credits: George Murchison in A Raisin in the Sun (THEATREWORKS), Ain't Misbehavin' (Spotlighters Theatre), Franco Wicks in Superior Donuts (Fells Point Corner Theatre), George in Stop Kiss (Fells Point Corner Theatre), Wricks in Unraveled on the Gravel: a new musical (Spotlighters Theatre), Othello/Cassio in Othello: an adaptation for young audiences (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Paris/Gregory in Romeo & Juliet (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Antipholus of Ephesus in Comedy of Errors (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Baltimore Shakespeare Factory), Lincoln in Top Dog/Underdog (Dartmouth College), Various Characters in the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Educational Theatre Tour, and Osceola/Osman in Ananse, Brer Rabbit, & the Leprechaun (Children's Theater Association)

Television Credits: The Chi (Showtime), neXt (Fox), Chicago Med (NBC), APB (Fox), Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special (WTTW), Pullman Porters: A Chicago Stores Special (WTTW)

Commercial Credits: Cox Mobile, CDW, Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, James Hardie, Straight Talk Wireless, Miller Lite

Industrial Credits: Starbucks, United Airlines, WebMD, Deloitte US, Target/BCU Credit Union, DePaul University

Film Credits: I Heard the Bells, The Birder, All The Flowers That Cut Through The Earth

Directing Credits: The Phantom Tollbooth (CCPA), Stupid Fucking Bird (CCPA), The Garbologists (Asst. Dir - Northlight Theatre), Hail Mary (virtual - Stage Left Theatre)

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