Chris Browning

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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.

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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 Ukraine, 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 Preston 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 Bosch: Legacy Preston Borders1 episode
2023 Heels Jimmy-John / Slinger

Video games

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

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