Chris Marrone

Former University of Georgia Football player now actor, Chris Marrone is known for work on Westworld, Vampire Diaries, CryptTV's Fight night, The Internship and The Girl in the Backseat. Based out of Los Angeles. Chris was born in Tallahassee, Florida. His parents first met on an off Broadway play in New York. His father a stage, television and film actor and his mother a musical theater actor. Chris has always had a love for film making and storytelling. The idea of working in the entertainment industry was cultivated in him at a young age from hearing the stories from his parents about their experiences in the business. Chris played football all throughout high school and into College, he played from 2008-2010 at the University of Georgia. After the conclusion of his football career, he was contacted by Coach Van Halanger from UGA informing him of a casting director searching for real football players who could act. Taking the leap of faith, Chris headed to Atlanta to make the audition. Being his first audition, casting director Shay Griffin insisted he pursuit being an actor due to his raw talent, After getting the call back and landing the role as Murphy in the NBC film "Field of Vision" he knew this is what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. Since "Field of Vision" over the past several years he has worked on a multitude of studio features and television shows. Whenever he has down time, Chris keeps himself in class. And is in post production with his first feature film that he wrote, produced and acted in titled "The Girl in the Backseat"