Chris Witaske

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Chris Witaske
Born (1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 (age 40)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Chris Witaske (born June 12, 1983) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Chris Czajkowski in the Netflix romantic comedy Love and Pete in the Emmy Winning FX comedy series The Bear

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Life and career

Witaske was born in St. Charles, Illinois. [1] He began taking classes at Second City in Chicago as a teenager and also performed as a birthday party magician before focusing mainly on comedy and acting. Witaske attended St. Charles High School and after graduation, he commenced his studies at the University of Iowa where he majored in Theater Arts. He then moved to Chicago and worked at comedy venues including the Second City, iO, and Annoyance Theaters before moving to Los Angeles. [2] [3] [4]

In 2014, Witaske made his television acting debut in the Fox comedy-drama series New Girl . Following on from his first role, Witaske won other roles on a variety of TV shows and films including The Comeback , Teachers , Drunk History , Lady Bird , Unicorn Store , What Men Want , Arrested Development , Weird City , The Wrong Missy , and The Bear .

In 2016, Witaske was cast as Chris Czajkowski in the Netflix romantic comedy Love [5] and was promoted to a series regular role the following year. [6]

In July 2021, it was announced that Netflix had greenlit the adult animated series Chicago Party Aunt , created by Witaske with Jon Barinholtz and Katie Rich and based on the Twitter account Witaske created of the same name. [7] The series started airing on September 21, 2021.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Lady Bird James
Unicorn Store Matt
2019 What Men Want Eddie
2020 The Wrong Missy Rich
2022 The Bubble Josh
2024 Omni Loop Morris

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 New Girl BradleyEpisode: "Dice"
The Comeback KevinEpisode: "Valerie Gets What She Really Wants"
2015 W/ Bob & David SalesmanEpisode: "1.04"
2016–2018 Love Chris Czajkowski17 episodes
Recurring (season 1–2); Main (season 3)
2017 Drunk History Alexander Hamilton Episode: "Drunk History Christmas Special"
Teachers Mr. SchmidtEpisode: "Passive Eggressive"
2018 Arrested Development InstructorEpisode: "Sinking Feelings"
Alone Together JasonEpisode: "Crypto"
2019 Fresh Off the Boat KenEpisode: "Just the Two of Us"
Weird City BoojEpisode: "The One"
Sunnyside TannerEpisode: "Skirt-Skirt!"
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm DekeEpisode: "Igor, Gregor, & Timor"
2021–present Chicago Party Aunt Kurt (voice)Also series co-creator
2022–2023 The Bear Pete7 episodes
Is It Cake? Himself / Judge3 episodes

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