Williams, Chris

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Williams, Chris

(Christopher J. Williams, Christopher James Williams)

PERSONAL

Full name, Christopher James Williams; born in Westchester, NY; brother of Vanessa Williams (an actress).

Addresses:

Agent—Agency for the Performing Arts, 405 South Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Artist Management, 1118 15th St., Suite 1, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Career:

Actor. Also works as a stand-up comedian; performed with the Groundlings.

Awards, Honors:

MTV Movie Award nomination (with others), best on-screen team, 2005, for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Production manager, Blankman, Columbia, 1994.

Marksman, Major Payne, Universal, 1995.

Television testimonial number two, Nice Guys Sleep Alone, The Asylum, 1999.

Blue eyed man, Personals (also known as Hook'd Up), Unapix Entertainment Productions, 1999.

Payton and X-Ray, Octopus 2: River of Fear (also known as Octopus II), Nu Image Films, 2001.

Broadway Bill, Friday After Next, New Line Cinema, 2002.

Shawn, Final Draft, Shoreline Entertainment, 2003.

Nigel, Max Payne: Hero (short), 2003.

Boyfriend number three, Mean Jadine (short), 2004.

Dwight, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (also known as Dodgeball and Voll auf die nusse), 2004.

Tina, The World's Fastest Indian, Magnolia Pictures, 2005.

Malik, Bam Bam and Celeste, 2005.

(Uncredited) Marcus, Scary Movie 4, Weinstein Company, 2006.

Bobby, Swedish Auto, 2006.

Himself, A Really Intimate Portrait … of a Complete Unknown (short), 2006.

George Higgins, Look, 2007.

2-Much, Urban Decay, Arsenal Pictures, 2007.

Sammy, The Mayor's Limo, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Professor Chris Williams, One Saturday Morning (also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1997.

Various, Hype, The WB, 2000.

Ralph Snow, The Wedding Bells, Fox, 2007.

Also appeared as voice, A Kitty Bobo Show, Cartoon Network.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(Uncredited) Brother at funeral, Nothing Lasts Forever, CBS, 1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Master of ceremonies, The Courage to Love, Lifetime, 2000.

Daryl Fibbs, Pixel Perfect, Disney Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Assistant director, Tracy Ullman in the Trailer Tales, HBO, 2003.

I Love the '90s: Part Deux, VH1, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Paramedic number one, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Home from the Forum," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1992.

Young men, Where I Live, ABC, 1992.

Waiter, "Loveless in San Francisco," All-American Girl, ABC, 1994.

Helmsman, "Shadow," JAG, NBC, 1995.

Piano bar waiter, "Nice Work If You Can Get It," Cybill, CBS, 1995.

Donnie, "The Bodyguard," Martin, Fox, 1996.

(As Christopher James Williams) Derek Kobey, "Ranger Jarod," The Pretender, NBC, 1997.

(As Christopher James Williams) Attendant, "Shadow of Angels: Parts 1 & 2," Profiler, NBC, 1997.

Krazee-Eyez Killa, "Krazee-Eyez Killa," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2002.

Toronto leather daddy, Queer as Folk, Showtime, 2003.

Agent Quigley, "Playing Tight," The Shield, FX Channel, 2004.

Blind man, "Security for Kenny Rogers," Reno 911!, Comedy Central, 2004.

Willie, "Cool Jerk," Listen Up, CBS, 2004.

Lieutenant Reed Owens, "Committed," CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (also known as C.S.I. and Les Experts), CBS, 2005.

Krazee-Eyez Killa, "The End," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2005.

Tyrell, "Cooking with Jesus," Weeds, Showtime, 2006.

Agent Thorpe, "Mr. Monk and the Really, Really Dead Guy," Monk, USA Network, 2007.

Also appeared as Eddie, "John, I've Been Thinking," Buddies, ABC; Todd Carr, Californication.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Ben Moseley and additional voices, Minority Report, Activision, 2002.

Assistant coach and various, NBA '06, Sony Computer Entertainment America, 2005.

Voice of Crunch, Crash Tag Team Racing, Vivendi Universal Games, 2005.

(As Christopher J. Williams) Voice of Sergeant Cross, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, EA Games, 2005.

Voice of Boog, Open Season, 2006.

Voice of Cop and various, Saints Row, THQ, 2006.

Various, Pimp My Ride, Activision, 2006.

Additional voices, Spider-Man 3, Activision, 2007.

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