Christopher James Natoli

Christopher James Natoli (CJ) grew up in Chesterfield, Missouri playing ice hockey and has worked and performed in all aspects of stage and film production. The youngest of three siblings, Stephen and Melissa, to his parents, Vincent and Tami, who were all a part of a large Mid-Western Italian family. Due to this Christopher was influenced by performers such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Louis Prima, and began performing in musical acts and hosting live events at an early age. CJ, as he is known to by friends and family, moved to Los Angeles in 2011 where he took a character development intensive with director Dan Ireland, who went on to mentor CJ for five years. Christopher also attended the Groundling School of Improv, where he performed in a one-man show. Also, having worked behind the camera as an Assistant Director in the 2024 feature-film "Best Man" (Produced by Famulari Films), as well as producing his own music videos for his music group "The Summit" which was a four-man modern day crooning group that was teamed up with CAA and John Stamos from 2015-2018. Most recently CJ was spotted on the new series "Game Bros." (Produced by Reckless Content) as the title character "The Influencer," as well as portraying the antagonist (Rex) in "Breaking the Ice" (ReelShort), which was the first vertical series to receive over 500 million views.