Christopher Egan

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Christopher Egan
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Egan in 2008
Born
Christopher Andrew Egan

(1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 40) [1] [2]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present
Notable work Home and Away (2000–2003)

Christopher Andrew Egan (born 29 June 1984) [1] [2] is an Australian actor. He played Nick Smith in the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 2000 to 2003, and David Shepherd on the NBC television drama Kings . He also portrayed Alex Lannon in the apocalyptic TV series Dominion .

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Life and career

Egan has appeared in several commercials and did some modelling, but his ability and ambition for acting came out when he performed in the Glen Street productions of Les Misérables and West Side Story . He also appeared in the TV soap Home and Away .

He has also been trained in gymnastics, singing, dancing and acting at the KICK Performance Group (now The School @ AIPA) in Sydney. As well as competing in several eisteddfods at an early age, Egan has been able to use his gymnastics skills extensively in the thriller film Crush . [3]

He moved to Los Angeles in 2003. [4] In 2006, he appeared in the film adaptation of Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon . In 2007, he played a small role in Resident Evil: Extinction , the third movie in the Resident Evil series. In the summer of 2009, he shot the movie Letters to Juliet in Italy, with Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave and Gael García Bernal.

Egan starred in Dominion, the Sci Fi supernatural action drama based on characters from the 2010 feature film Legion that starred Paul Bettany. Egan played Alex Lannon, a rebellious young soldier who discovers he is the unlikely savior of humanity. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Eragon RoranDebut film
2007 Virgin Territory Dioneo
2007 Resident Evil: Extinction Mikey
2009 Crush Julian
2010 Letters to Juliet Charlie Wyman
2019CultDougShort
TBABeyond the RushPeter GrievessPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000–2003 Home and Away Nick Smith82 episodes
2002 Home and Away: Secrets and the City Nick Smith Direct-to-video special
2005 Empire AgrippaMiniseries, 3 episodes
2006 Everwood Nick Bennett2 episodes
2006 Alpha Male Felix MethusulahTV film
2006 Vanished Ben Wilson12 episodes
2008 Pretty/Handsome BeckettTV film
2009 Kings David Shepherd13 episodes
2011Poe Edgar Allan Poe TV film
2013GothicaDorian GreyTV film
2014–2015 Dominion Alex LannonMain cast
2015The PrinceZachTV film

References

  1. 1 2 "Chris Egan". Empire . Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Egan, Christopher 1984- (Chris Egan)". Encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Crush". Nexus 6bn(Australia). Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  4. ↑ Nicholson, Sarah; Downie, Stephen (10 January 2007). "Everybody loves Chris". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
  5. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (5 September 2013). "Christopher Egan To Star, Alan Dale & Tom Wisdom To Co-Star in Syfy Pilot 'Dominion'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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