Chris Marquette

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Chris Marquette
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Marquette in 2008
Born
Christopher Marquette

(1984-10-03) October 3, 1984 (age 40)
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
Spouse Nora-Jane Noone
Children1 [1]
Relatives Sean Marquette (brother)

Christopher Marquette (born October 3, 1984 [2] ) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in such films as The Tic Code , Freddy vs. Jason , The Girl Next Door , Just Friends , Alpha Dog , and Fanboys . He is also known for his series-regular roles on Joan of Arcadia and Strong Medicine .

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Early life

Marquette has two younger brothers, actors Sean Marquette and Eric. His father was a Cuban refugee and is a nuclear engineer. [3] [4]

Career

In 1995, he made a brief appearance on Saturday Night Live , season 21, episode 4. The 11-year-old Marquette played a trick-or-treater in the opening Halloween sketch. He forgot his line and whispered "damn" under his breath, before Norm Macdonald helped him out. He also provided the voice of Spencer Lionheart in the "MGM Sing-Alongs" Videos back in 1997. However, his acting debut was in 1998 with the musical drama film The Tic Code . In 2000, he appeared in the Disney Channel movie Up, Up and Away . From 2000 to 2005, he had a supporting role in Lifetime TV's Strong Medicine , playing Marc Delgado, the tween-to-teen son of the series' lead character, Luisa Delgado. In 2004, he starred in The Girl Next Door . The same year, he became a series regular on the CBS show Joan of Arcadia opposite Amber Tamblyn and Jason Ritter (whom Marquette co-starred with in the 2003 slasher film Freddy vs. Jason ) before Joan of Arcadia's cancellation in early 2005.

Marquette was also given a supporting role in Just Friends with Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris and Chris Klein. In 2006's Alpha Dog , Marquette portrays Keith Stratten alongside Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake and Ben Foster. He played the best friend of main character Nick Powell in the thriller The Invisible , a remake of a Swedish film, which starred Justin Chatwin and Marcia Gay Harden and was released on April 27, 2007. He has also had supporting/minor roles in the films 61* with Barry Pepper and Thomas Jane, and the Disney Channel original TV movie Up, Up and Away! with Robert Townsend.

Among Marquette's movies is Fanboys , in which he plays obsessed Star Wars fan Linus Poonwah. Fanboys was shot in spring 2006 in New Mexico, and also stars Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel and Veronica Mars ' Kristen Bell. Another of his acting projects is an independent movie called The Education of Charlie Banks, which was directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. Whether on purpose or not, Chris frequently appears in movies with a group of actors including Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Amanda Seyfried and Nikki Reed. In Infestation, an action comedy by Kyle Rankin that was shot in summer 2007 in Bulgaria, he plays the lead role—a young man named Cooper who has to fight for survival against giant alien insects that have taken over the world. One of his latest projects was Race to Witch Mountain , a modern-day reimagining of Disney's 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain in which Marquette played the character of Pope—a computer specialist out of MIT, helping the bad guys. Marquette starred alongside Dwayne Johnson, Tom Everett Scott and Ciarán Hinds; the film was released March 2009.

Marquette has also been seen as a guest star on several TV shows, such as ER , Touched by an Angel , 7th Heaven , Miracles , Boston Public and Judging Amy . The latest guest roles include the Showtime TV series Huff ; Christopher played James, a friend of Byrd's (Anton Yelchin, whom he also played alongside in Alpha Dog ), in the 2006 episodes "Sweet Release", "Bethless", and "Tapping the Squid". As Christopher Marquette, he returned on-screen, in late 2010, with fellow Joan of Arcadia actor Michael Welch as two friends who murder together in the Criminal Minds episode entitled "JJ". In 2011 he appeared as Danny, a young homeless patient who is later revealed to be a cannibalistic serial killer in the award-winning medical drama House .

Philanthropy

He supports charities such as the Sunshine Kids Foundation (to grant wishes of seriously ill, handicapped and abused children), Pediatric AIDS, and the Children's AIDS Fund. [5] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1999 The Tic Code Miles Caraday
2003 Freddy vs. Jason Charlie Linderman
2004 The Girl Next Door Eli Brooks
2005 Just Friends Mike Brander
2006 Alpha Dog Keith Stratten
American Gun David Huttenson
2007 Remember the Daze Felix
The Education of Charlie Banks Danny
Graduation Carl Jenkins
The Invisible Pete Egan
2009 Life During Wartime Billy
Race to Witch Mountain Mr. Pope
Infestation Cooper Flynn
Fanboys Linus
2011 The Rite Eddie
The Double Harrison
2013 Kilimanjaro Mitch
10 Rules for Sleeping Around Ben Roberts
The Odd Way Home Duncan
2014 Chu and Blossom Steve
Bad Country Fitch
2015 Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story Milo Burns
Broken Horses Buddy Heckum
Night of the Living Deb Chaz Waverly
2016 Misconduct Giffords
Fear, Inc. Ben Davidson
Chokeslam Corey Swanson
2018 Nostalgia Craig
Parker's AnchorJared
2020 I Hate the Man in My Basement Claude
Faith Based Hans

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Saturday Night Live KidEpisode: "Gabriel Byrne / Alanis Morissette"; uncredited[ citation needed ]
1996 Aliens in the Family Adam BrodyMain role
Beverly Hills, 90210 AlexEpisode: "Fearless"
1998 The Nanny Young Maxwell SheffieldEpisode: "The Hanukkah Story"
1999 7th Heaven Peter LawernceEpisode: "Who Nose?"
Touched by an Angel TimEpisode: "Fighting the Good Fight"
2000 Even Stevens Curtis StevensEpisode: "Heck of a Hanukkah"
Up, Up and Away RandyTelevision film
Touched by an Angel Cody BensonEpisode: An Angel On My Tree
ER MartyEpisode: "Abby Road"
2000–2001 The Kids from Room 402 Arthur Kenneth Van der WallVoice role; 2 episodes
2000–2005 Strong Medicine Marc DelgadoMain role (season 1–5); guest role (season 6)
2001 Pasadena Mason McAllisterMain role
2001–2003 The Mummy Alex O'ConnellMain voice role
2002–2004 Fillmore! Jamie Townsend / various charactersRecurring voice role
2003 Miracles Travis PrescottEpisode: "The Bone Scatterer"
K10C: Kids' Ten CommandmentsSethTelevision special
2003–2005 Joan of Arcadia Adam RoveMain role
2005 Huff James CullenEpisodes: "Sweet Release", "Bethless", "Tapping the Squid"
2010 Weeds TedEpisodes: "Bliss", "Boomerang"
Criminal Minds Jimmy BarrettEpisode: "JJ"
Outlaw Tim ReedEpisode: "In Re: Tony Mejia"
2011 House DannyEpisode: "Fall from Grace"
2012 Awake Kenneth JonesEpisode: "Awake"
Hawaii Five-0 Seth TiltonEpisode: "Mohai (Offering)"
The UnknownIanWeb series; episode: "Life Sentence"
Co-Op of the DamnedJamieWeb series; episode: "Zombie Love - Braaaaiinss"
2015 Mozart in the Jungle MozartEpisode: "Stern Papa"
2016 Lucifer Carver CruzEpisode: "Manly Whatnots"
2017–2018All WrongCarlosMain role
2018–2022 Barry Chris LucadoRecurring role; 5 episodes
2020 The Fugitive RidgeRecurring role; 3 episodes
2021 Magnum P.I. Barry WilsonEpisode: "Better Watch Out"
2024 RZR OctieMain role

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  1. "Chris Marquette on Instagram: "My daughter is 2! Shes way smarter than I am already. Plus shes the boss. I wasn't happy about it at first but.. She offers good benefits, great healthcare, extended holidays, I get along with her mom so.. She's taught me deep lessons in patience, vulnerability, healing.. And all about a love that reaches far beyond life's horizon. All the nice cliches are true. And all the fears are not. Except for the one about being exhausted all the time. That shits the realest #parenthood #toddlerlife"".
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