Chris English(VI)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Chris is an original Jersey boy. Chris
took his first step toward entertainment at age 11 when he joined the
cast of a variety show at school. He brought down the house by
spontaneously leaping offstage into the audience during a musical
number. He became the talk of the entire production and in that moment,
he got bit by the acting bug.
In high school, Chris chose athletics over the stage as he loved both the competition and working as a team to achieve success. His high school football team (he played wide receiver) went undefeated for the first time in its school history. Setting his sights on baseball, Chris played left field on not one but three New Jersey State Championship teams.
Although his main focus was sports, Chris couldn't resist the urge to perform, and he appeared in every school fashion, variety and talent show throughout his four years of high school. His final high school performance was a comedic scene from Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, where Chris dressed the varsity football team as the Fembots, complete with lingerie, and performed to a standing ovation.
After trying his hand at mainstream college as a business management major at Coastal Carolina University, Chris heard about an open audition at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Manhattan. Remembering the sensation he got from feeding off of a live audience, Chris decided to audition by performing an on-the-spot two minute dialogue from the movie Disturbia for the academy's faculty. Not only did he win acceptance to the film academy, he also won a scholarship.
After graduating NYFA, Chris spent time in New York appearing on TLC's Four Weddings; USA Network's Royal Pains; MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back; and appeared with Justin Timberlake in Runner Runner. Moving back to Los Angeles, Chris had the good fortune of working with acclaimed director, Joss Whedon in his recent release Shakespeare film, Much Ado About Nothing.
Chris had the lead role in a short titled The Long Road written and directed by Jarek King which won honors at the Las Vegas Film Festival in September 2012. This year he starred in his first feature film House Arrest which premiered at Warner Bros. Studios in March '13 and also filmed Fade to Black directed by Michael Kuciak.
Chris and some close friends formed a production company The Best Friends Club and are producing comedic shorts appearing on FunnyorDie.com.
In high school, Chris chose athletics over the stage as he loved both the competition and working as a team to achieve success. His high school football team (he played wide receiver) went undefeated for the first time in its school history. Setting his sights on baseball, Chris played left field on not one but three New Jersey State Championship teams.
Although his main focus was sports, Chris couldn't resist the urge to perform, and he appeared in every school fashion, variety and talent show throughout his four years of high school. His final high school performance was a comedic scene from Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, where Chris dressed the varsity football team as the Fembots, complete with lingerie, and performed to a standing ovation.
After trying his hand at mainstream college as a business management major at Coastal Carolina University, Chris heard about an open audition at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Manhattan. Remembering the sensation he got from feeding off of a live audience, Chris decided to audition by performing an on-the-spot two minute dialogue from the movie Disturbia for the academy's faculty. Not only did he win acceptance to the film academy, he also won a scholarship.
After graduating NYFA, Chris spent time in New York appearing on TLC's Four Weddings; USA Network's Royal Pains; MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back; and appeared with Justin Timberlake in Runner Runner. Moving back to Los Angeles, Chris had the good fortune of working with acclaimed director, Joss Whedon in his recent release Shakespeare film, Much Ado About Nothing.
Chris had the lead role in a short titled The Long Road written and directed by Jarek King which won honors at the Las Vegas Film Festival in September 2012. This year he starred in his first feature film House Arrest which premiered at Warner Bros. Studios in March '13 and also filmed Fade to Black directed by Michael Kuciak.
Chris and some close friends formed a production company The Best Friends Club and are producing comedic shorts appearing on FunnyorDie.com.
