List of Famous people named Chris

Name Chris is among the most common names in USA, England, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Christopher, Christian. Similar names: Christopher, Christian, Kris, Chrissy, Chrissie, Khris, Chryssa, Kriss, Chrisa. Here are some famous Chrises:

Chris Ashton

First Name Chris
Last Name Ashton
Born on March 29, 1987 (age 39)

Christopher John Ashton is an English rugby union and former rugby league player, and one of the few players who have represented England in both rugby codes. A wing or fullback, he joined Worcester Warriors of the Gallagher Premiership in January 2021.

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Chris Weitz

First Name Chris
Last Name Weitz
Born on November 30, 1969 (age 56)

Christopher John Weitz is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul Weitz on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy; the latter earned the brothers a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Among his other main works, Weitz directed the film adaptation of the novel The Golden Compass and the film adaptation of New Moon from the series of Twilight books, wrote the screenplay for Disney's 2015 live-action adaptation of Cinderella, and co-wrote Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with Tony Gilroy.

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Chris Frantz

Charton Christopher Frantz
First Name Chris
Last Name Frantz
Born on May 8, 1951 (age 75)

Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer for both Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, which he co-founded with wife and Talking Heads bassist Tina Weymouth. In 2002, Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads.

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Chris Thile

First Name Chris
Last Name Thile
Born on February 20, 1981 (age 45)

Christopher Scott Thile is an American mandolinist, singer, songwriter, composer, and radio personality, best known for his work in the progressive acoustic trio Nickel Creek and the acoustic folk and progressive bluegrass quintet Punch Brothers. He is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. In October 2016, he became the host of the radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion, which in December 2017 was renamed Live from Here.

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Chris Menges

First Name Chris
Last Name Menges
Born on September 15, 1940 (age 85)

Chris Menges BSC, ASC is an English cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.

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Chris Lomme

First Name Chris
Last Name Lomme
Born on December 5, 1938 (age 87)
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Chris Hedges

Christopher Lynn Hedges
First Name Chris
Last Name Hedges
Born on September 18, 1956 (age 69)

Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Presbyterian minister, author and television host. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and his most recent, America: The Farewell Tour (2018). Obey, a documentary by British filmmaker Temujin Doran, is based on his book Death of the Liberal Class.

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Chris Young

Christopher Tyler Young
First Name Chris
Last Name Young
Born on April 28, 1971 (age 55)

Christopher Tyler Young is an American actor, producer and director.

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Chris Pang

First Name Chris
Last Name Pang
Born on December 29, 1984 (age 41)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Christopher Pang is an Australian actor and producer. He is best known for his role as Colin Khoo in Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Lee Takkam in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010).

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Chris Orbach

First Name Chris
Last Name Orbach
Born on November 11, 1968 (age 57)

Christopher Ben Orbach is an American actor, voice actor and singer-songwriter who is the younger son of late Law & Order star Jerry Orbach and his first wife, Marta Curro.

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