Chris Browning

Last updated
Chris Browning
Born
Christopher Jay Browning

(1964-03-08) March 8, 1964 (age 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Spouses
  • Sarah Browning
  • Chrissy Lucia
Children4

Christopher Jay Browning (born March 8, 1964) is an American television and film actor, known for film work and character roles.

Contents

Career

Browning began his acting career in 1987, at age 22 or 23, with a sitcom television series. Due to his drug problems at the time, he spent several years homeless and also served time in jail. He sought treatment for his addiction in 1994. He was cast in the miniseries Hardball as Lloyd LaCombe. He was later cast in a recurring role in In the House , His first major role in a film came in 1996, in The Children of Captain Grant which was filmed 1993 in the Ucraine, Crimea. [1] He also had a recurring role in the day-time soap As the World Turns as David Allen. After not appearing in films and movies between 1999 and 2005 due to his rehabilitation, he made an appearance in the film, A Piece of Pie. In that same year, he was cast in his first big budget film, 3:10 to Yuma . After this he was cast in television shows such as Easy Money [2] and the 2008 film Felon .

In mid-2008, he was cast in the Terminator reboot, Terminator Salvation as "Morrison". [3] He also had roles in movies such as Let Me In , Cowboys & Aliens , The Last Stand , The Book of Eli , and Wild Card .

He plays Aryan Brotherhood member "Redwood" in the prison movie Shot Caller , directed by Ric Roman Waugh.

Brownings's television work includes season three of Ray Donovan . He also appeared in episodes of HBO's Westworld , Agent Carter , Supergirl , Major Crimes , CSI , Graceland , Castle , Bones , The Bridge , three episodes of From Dusk till Dawn: The Series , and as the character "Gogo" in the fifth season of Sons of Anarchy .

Browning was also a voice actor in the 2017 video game Call of Duty: WWII . He voiced the main character's deceased older brother Paul Thomas Daniels.

Personal life

Browning has two daughters with ex-wife Sarah Browning, born in 2006 and 2011. With his second wife, Chrissy Lucia, he had twins, a boy and a girl; however, his son died shortly after birth.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2007 3:10 to Yuma Crawley
2007 In the Valley of Elah Checker Box Bartender
2008 Tennessee Bouncer
2008 Felon Danny Sampson
2008 Beer for My Horses Deputy Stippens
2008 Linewatch Ron Spencer
2008 Shoot First and Pray You Live Garry Patterson
2009 Terminator Salvation Morrison
2009 Dark Country Stranger
2010 The Book of Eli Hijack Leader
2010 Friendship! Jonathan
2010 Beneath the Dark Frank
2010 Passion Play Cecil
2010 Let Me In Jack
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Jed Parker
2012 The Philly Kid Marks
2013 The Last Stand Pony Tail
2013 Now You See Me Cell Phone Guy
2014 Road to Paloma Schaeffer
2014 Mercy Frank
2014PalominasFargo
2014 Hidden in the Woods Jed James
2015 Wild Card Tiel
2016 Shot Caller Redwood
2017 Last Rampage Randy Greenawalt
2017 Bright Serling
2018 Donnybrook McGill
2019 Angel Has Fallen Militia man
2019GreenlightBob Moseby
2020 The Unhealer Coach Gus Whitcomb
2021 Take Back Jerry Walker
2021 Agnes Father Black
2023 Invitation to a Murder Donald Walker
2023 Outlaw Johnny Black Brett Clayton

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotes
1991 Silk Stalkings Phil
1991 In Living Color Episode: "My Left Foot of Fury"
1991 Matlock Peter Vanderhoff
1994 Hardball Lloyd LaCombe
1995–1996 In the House Clayton
1996 High Tide Brad Phillips
1997–1999 As the World Turns David Allen Stenbeck
2005 Into the West Trooper Long
2005–2008 Wildfire Ely / Greg
2006 The Lost Room Hospital Orderly
2008–2009 Easy Money Det. Yapp6 episodes
2009 In Plain Sight Nathan Grady
2009 Cold Case Steve Hess
2010 Scoundrels Russell Bickley
2012 The Finder Tall Man/Ed Beiderman
2012 Sons of Anarchy Gogo7 episodes
2013 The Bridge Jack Childress2 episodes
2014 Bones Derek Johannessen
2014, 2019 The 100 Jake Griffin4 episodes
2014 Castle BikerEpisode "For Better or Worse"
2014 Graceland Billy
2014 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Martin Fox
2015 Ray Donovan Gary RoyalEpisode "The Kalamazoo"
2015 Major Crimes Mustache
2015 From Dusk till Dawn: The Series Nathan Blanchard3 episodes
2015 Supergirl Ben Krull / Reactron Episode: "Fight or Flight"
2016 Agent Carter Rufus Hunt3 episodes: "A View in the Dark"
"Better Angels", "Smoke & Mirrors"
2016 Westworld Holden2 episodes: "The Stray", "Dissonance Theory"
2016 Timeless James BowieEpisode: "The Alamo"
2019 Bosch Borders5 episodes
2021 S.W.A.T. Brady
2021 NCIS NCIS REACT Supervisory Special Agent Tom DaltonEpisode: "Blown Away"
2021 CSI: Vegas Damian Locke
2022–2023 National Treasure: Edge of History Matty
2022–2023 The Lincoln Lawyer Teddy Vogel
2023 Heels Jimmy-John / Slinger

Video games

Year(s)TitleRole
2017 Call of Duty: WWII Paul Thomas Daniels
2022 God of War Ragnarök Surtr

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Elliott</span> American actor, writer, and comedian

Christopher Nash Elliott is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and author, known for his surreal sense of humor. He appeared in comedic sketches on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1988), created and starred in the comedy series Get a Life (1990–1992) on Fox, and wrote and starred in the film Cabin Boy (1994). His writing has won four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. His other television appearances include recurring roles on Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother, starring roles as Chris Monsanto in Adult Swim's Eagleheart (2011–2014) and Roland Schitt in Schitt's Creek (2015–2020). He also appeared in the films Groundhog Day (1993), There's Something About Mary (1998), Snow Day (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Farley</span> American comedian and actor (1964–1997)

Christopher Crosby Farley was an American comedian and actor. He was known for his loud, energetic comedic style, and was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons from 1990 to 1995. He went on to pursue a film career, appearing in films such as Airheads, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Almost Heroes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Patrick</span> American actor (born 1958)

Robert Hammond Patrick is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and authority figures, Patrick is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy London</span> American actor

Jeremy Michael London is an American actor. He is best known for his regular roles on Party of Five, 7th Heaven, and I'll Fly Away, a starring role in the 1995 comedy film Mallrats, as well as a notable supporting role in the Civil War epic Gods and Generals. London made his directorial debut with the 2013 horror film The Devil's Dozen, in which he also appeared.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Penelope Ann Miller</span> American actress (born 1964)

Penelope Ann Miller, sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress. She began her career on Broadway in the original run of Biloxi Blues (1985–1986), later appearing in the 1988 film adaptation of the same name. After playing small roles in the comedies Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Big Top Pee-wee (1988), and receiving a Tony Award nomination for her leading role in the Broadway revival of Our Town (1988–1989), Miller came to prominence with a succession of major parts in films such as The Freshman, Awakenings, Kindergarten Cop, Other People's Money (1991), Chaplin (1992), The Shadow (1994), and The Relic (1997). For her portrayal of exotic dancer Gail in Carlito's Way (1993), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd Bridges</span> American actor (born 1965)

Todd Anthony Bridges is an American actor. He portrayed Willis Jackson on the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and had a recurring role as Monk on the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. Bridges worked as a commentator on the television series TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... from 2008 to 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Peck</span> American actor and comedian (born 1986)

Joshua Michael Peck is an American actor, comedian, and YouTuber. Peck began his career as a child actor, appearing in the film Snow Day (2000) and the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series The Amanda Show (2000–2002). He had his breakthrough playing Josh Nichols on the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh (2004–2007) and in the television films Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006) and Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008). He also began voicing Eddie in the Ice Age franchise (2006–2016).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Cole</span> American actor (born 1956)

Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. He began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. His breakout role was playing Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the NBC series Midnight Caller (1988–1991).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clancy Brown</span> American actor (born 1959)

Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirk Acevedo</span> American actor

Kirk Acevedo is an American actor. He is primarily known for his work on television for the portrayals of Miguel Alvarez in the HBO series Oz, Joe Toye in Band of Brothers, and FBI Agent Charlie Francis in the science-fiction series Fringe. His best-known films are The Thin Red Line, Dinner Rush and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. He also portrayed the character of José Ramse on Syfy's 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), as well as comic book villain Ricardo Diaz / The Dragon on The CW's Arrow (2017–2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Earl Boen</span> American actor (1941–2023)

Earl Boen was an American actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nick Stahl</span> American actor (born 1979)

Nicolas Kent Stahl is an American actor. Starting out as a child actor, he gained recognition for his performance in the 1993 film The Man Without a Face, directed by and co-starring Mel Gibson.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Phil Morris (actor)</span> American actor (born 1959)

Phil Morris is an American film and television actor. He played Jackie Chiles on Seinfeld, John Jones on The CW series Smallville and voiced Doc Saturday on The Secret Saturdays. He is also the voice of Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet in the franchise of Atlantis: The Lost Empire and recently played Silas Stone in Doom Patrol.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ian Roberts (American actor)</span> American actor, comedian and writer (born 1965)

Ian Michael Roberts is an American actor, comedian, writer, and a founding member of the famed Upright Citizens Brigade improv and sketch comedy troupe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miguel Sandoval</span> American actor

Miguel Sandoval is an American actor of film and television, known for the TV series Medium (2005–2011), where he played D.A. Manuel Devalos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andre Royo</span> American actor, producer, and writer

Andre Royo is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins on the HBO crime drama series The Wire, and his appearances on Fringe, Party Down, How to Make It in America, and the 2013 film The Spectacular Now. Royo also appeared as Lucious Lyon's defense attorney Thirsty Rawlings on the FOX drama series Empire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Mensah</span> Ghanaian-British actor

Peter Mensah is a Ghanaian-British actor, based in Canada. He is best known for his role as Oenomaus on the Starz television series Spartacus (2010–2013). He has also appeared in such films as Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, The Incredible Hulk, 300, and Avatar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Anthony Sturgis</span> American actor

Gary Anthony Sturgis is an American actor, musician, writer, teacher and entrepreneur, known for his role as Bar Patron and other characters in the television series America's Most Wanted, and for providing the voice of Ebon in the animated series Static Shock. He is also known by the rap moniker of Illuminati, having successfully promoted a few albums on iTunes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nelsan Ellis</span> American actor (1978–2017)

Nelsan Ellis was an American actor. He achieved critical acclaim for his portrayal of Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which he won a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy, among other accolades. He also starred as Shinwell Johnson in Elementary from 2016 to 2017, and played a variety of guest roles on television.

References

  1. Knox, Michael. ""Terminator: Salvation" actor talks about career, overcoming drug addiction". Modernfilmzine. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. "CW Pulls Mrc TV Shows: No More Valentine, Easy Money or In Harm's Way... and Jericho Returns?". tvseriesfinale. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. Goodwin, Liam (28 May 2008). "Chris Browning Joins Terminator Salvation". Filmonic. Retrieved 16 June 2014.