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BIO

     In May 2003, Chris performed as Marius in the new school edition of Les Miserables at University High School, directed by Daniel Trevino. He was thrilled to play one of the adult leads in his all-time favorite musical. For this role, Chris received an Individual Highest Achievement MACY Award.

     On the classic side of "stupid human tricks," you may run across Chris sharing his expertise of burping on MTV's, Big Urban Myths Show. Such talent! He would love to challenge Justin Timberlake to a burp-off.

    In his senior year of high school, Chris directed The Diary of Anne Frank, played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, which was directed by his sister Stephanie Winsor and performed in Footloose as Ren. He also sang in the Varsity Choir, an Octet, was VP of the Drama Club and was Co-captain of the school's Comedy Sportz team.

     Since graduating, Chris has played Claudius in the Indie Film Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth, directed by J. Paul Zimmerman, appeared on an episode of Nickelodeon's All That, continues to fullfill one of his childhood dreams of working at Knott's "Scary" Farm's Halloween Haunt (he'll be there again this year), attended college, and played Johnny in Negotiations, an intense, multi award-winning short film written and directed by Ethan Cushing, which made it to 20 film festivals including CANNES. And since Chris loves working with kids, he has also spent several summers working as a camp counselor and assistant teacher for the Theatre Experience of SoCal Summer Camp.

     In his spare time, Chris enjoys spending time with friends, watching great films, plunking out tunes on the piano or guitar, listening to and singing various styles of music, writing, dancing, horseback riding, kayaking, snowboarding, playing video games and just doing "random" things that make people laugh. His other interests include American history, astronomy, animals, sea life, "real" ghost stories, horror movies, vampires, classic cars and aviation from vintage war planes to modern fighter jets.

     In addition, Chris also spent several years volunteering his time with the Kids with a Cause foundation, founded and directed by Linda Finnegan. This is a very special organization where performing kids are able to give of themselves for gatherings and special events and spend time with less fortunate children who are in need. Chris wishes he had more time to work with this amazing organization.

     Chirs continues to pursue his love of singing and acting, as he knows that performing is what he is meant to do.

As a baby, Christopher's love for music and sound became evident when he would hum himself to sleep and hum as he awoke. As he learned to talk, singing was his next step. By the age of 3, he had taught himself The Star-Spangled Banner and has been singing it ever since.

At the ripe old age of 6, Christopher began sharing his love of music when he was invited to sing the national anthem for his Little League Baseball opening ceremonies. Since then, he has sung the anthem at various major venues throughout southern California, including several times for the Anaheim Angels at Edison Field. Chris has also performed God Bless the USA for various American tribute events, his first taking place at Disneyland.

   Christopher made his acting debut at the age of 9, in Disney's Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast
with James Barbour, Yvette Lawrence and Tom Bosley, at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. He played Chip for the final three months of the show's LA run which closed September 29, 1996.

     In 1997, Chris played the title role in Oliver!. First, with the Theatre Experience of SoCal workshop group directed by Christopher Robertson at the Irvine Barclay Theatre, then with Theatre League's mini US Tour with Andrea McArdle and Richard Kline, which played in Tuscon and Phoenix, AZ, Thousand Oaks, CA, Toledo, OH, and Kansas City, MO.

     Following the Oliver! tour, Christopher made his Broadway debut at age 11, as Gavroche in Les Miserables at the Imperial Theatre, NY. He enjoyed his run from Nov. 1997 to May 1998. He thought New York City was quite an amazing place to live, meeting some of the friendliest people he'd ever met. Also while in NYC, he was priviliged to be a part of the Broadway All-stars NBA All-star Halftime Show at Madison Square Garden. He was then invited to join the Third National Tour of Les Mis while it played in Oklahoma City in June 1998.

     Since then, Chris has appeared in other stage productions including The King and I (Fullerton CLO), Footloose, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Anything Goes, Arsnic and Old Lace,Fi ddler on the Roof, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, A Chorus Line, The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, The Odd Couple , Annie and Flowers for Algernon.

    A memorable adventure for Chris was performing in the world premiere musical Songs from the Tall Grass originating the role of Son, at the historic Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, from March to June 2001. The experience of living and working in DC for three months was an especially meaningful experience for Chris, due to his love of American history and patriotism.

     The most notable television appearances for Chris have been the recurring role of Davis Sims on Lifetime's Any Day Now with Annie Potts, Lorraine Toussaint and Chris Mulkey (Season #1-1998-99), Disney's MOW Geppetto with Drew Carey, Even Stevens, Son of the Beach and Coach. Chris has also appeared in national commercials and voiced numerous voice-overs for film and television.

Angel Stadium age 7