Chris Wylde(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Chris was born and raised in New Jersey, the son of a preacher man and
a preacher mama. Chris attended Northern Highlands Regional High School
in Allendale, New Jersey, and was selected for the NJ Governor's School
of the Arts for acting. Chris graduated from the American University in
Washington, DC, with a bachelor's degree in Theater-Performance. In the
1980s, he sang for the Queen Mother in Westminster Abbey and went to
the Hit Factory in New York City and sang on the track "Let the River
Run" with Carly Simon, which appeared in
Mike Nichols's classic flick
Working Girl (1988). His group was
the St. Thomas Boys' Choir and it performed regularly on Fifth Aveue
for Jacqueline Kennedy and
other notable New Yorkers.
In the 1990s, Chris hosted his own late-night talk show, which started on campus television at the American University and ended up on Comedy Central. His big-screen debut was in Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (2000), flipping and flying alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Jon Hamm, another actor making his first film foray. Since landing in Hollywood in the summer of 1998, Chris starred in hundreds of episodes of TV, over a dozen films, and over 50 national commercials. Chris was married on October 10, 2009, and, a year later, October 17, 2010, his wife and he had a happy, healthy, and handsome son.
In the 1990s, Chris hosted his own late-night talk show, which started on campus television at the American University and ended up on Comedy Central. His big-screen debut was in Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys (2000), flipping and flying alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Jon Hamm, another actor making his first film foray. Since landing in Hollywood in the summer of 1998, Chris starred in hundreds of episodes of TV, over a dozen films, and over 50 national commercials. Chris was married on October 10, 2009, and, a year later, October 17, 2010, his wife and he had a happy, healthy, and handsome son.
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