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Chris Northup

  • Actor
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Chris Northup
Chris Northup is known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Toy Soldiers (1991).
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    Known for

    Dirty Dancing (1987)
    Dirty Dancing
    7.1
    • Additional Crew(uncredited)
    • 1987
    Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
    Sleepless in Seattle
    6.8
    • Additional Crew(New York)
    • 1993
    Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, George Perez, and T.E. Russell in Toy Soldiers (1991)
    Toy Soldiers
    6.6
    • Camouflaged Soldier
    • 1991
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Derek (segment "Makeup Magic")

    Credits

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    Actor

    • With One Mind
      • Alexander Wright
      • Pre-production
    • Mendocino
      • John I
      • Post-production
    • No Name and Dynamite Davenport (2022)
      No Name and Dynamite Davenport
      3.7
      • No Name
      • 2022
    • Die for a Dollar (2019)
      Die for a Dollar
      4.2
      • Teggy
      • 2019
    • Rusty Tulloch (2018)
      Rusty Tulloch
      4.9
      • Teddy
      • 2018
    • The Grey Area (2017)
      The Grey Area
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Teddy
      • 2017
    • Red Nose
      Short
      • Detective Purallta
      • 2015
    • Sarang Song (2006)
      Sarang Song
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Hero policeman (as Chris Northrup)
      • 2006
    • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
      Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Derek (segment "Makeup Magic")
      • 1999
    • Hyacinth (1998)
      Hyacinth
      4.4
      • Officer #1
      • 1998
    • Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
      Beverly Hills, 90210
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Stuart (as Christopher Northup)
      • 1998
    • Cedric The Entertainer, Steve Harvey, and Wendy Raquel Robinson in The Steve Harvey Show (1996)
      The Steve Harvey Show
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Bjorn
      • 1998
    • Sunset Beach (1997)
      Sunset Beach
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Sheriff (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Diane Lane and Wesley Snipes in Murder at 1600 (1997)
      Murder at 1600
      6.1
      • The Heckler (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Michelle Forbes, Yaphet Kotto, Max Perlich, Kyle Secor, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher, Reed Diamond, Clark Johnson, and Melissa Leo in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
      Homicide: Life on the Street
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Hord Highsmith (as Christopher Northup)
      • 1996
    • Leon in Spirit Lost (1996)
      Spirit Lost
      4.3
      • Capt. John Wright
      • 1996
    • Susan Sarandon and Willem Dafoe in Light Sleeper (1992)
      Light Sleeper
      6.9
      • Retro Yuppie (as Christopher Todd Northup)
      • 1992

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Rusty Tulloch (2018)
      Rusty Tulloch
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Felicia Day in Werewolves (2014)
      Werewolves
      7.4
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2014
    • The Last Immortals (2013)
      The Last Immortals
      6.9
      Video
      • assistant director
      • 2013
    • Shawn Parsons in The Gunfighter (2013)
      The Gunfighter
      8.0
      Short
      • assistant director (as Christopher Northup)
      • 2013
    • Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)
      Air Bud: Spikes Back
      4.0
      Video
      • second assistant director: additional photography
      • 2003

    Additional Crew

    • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
      Sleepless in Seattle
      6.8
      • production assistant: New York
      • 1993
    • Dirty Dancing (1987)
      Dirty Dancing
      7.1
      • assistant to director
      • production assistant (uncredited)
      • 1987
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    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Chris Northrup
    • Height
      • 6′ (1.83 m)

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